IBIZA, Spain — Iridium Communications on Aug. 2 said it expects its newly formed Aireon LLC subsidiary to generate $200 million in one-time hosting fees to integrate and launch commercial aircraft-monitoring payloads on Iridium’s second-generation satellite constellation scheduled for launch between 2015 and 2017.

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Peter B. de Selding was the Paris Bureau Chief for SpaceNews.