SWIFT 64 Clearing Swift64 for the airwaves
Like its predecessor services, Swift64 will be subject
to procedures designed to protect service quality and
the integrity of Inmarsat's aeronautical system.
Every prototype installation – that is, the first example
of a new combination of avionics, antenna, wiring and airframe – will be access-approved. This will require
a series of tests to ensure that the installation has no undesirable effects on the Inmarsat network or the service quality experienced by other users.

Each new installation type is designed and usually executed by an integrator, generally an airframe manufacturer, a completion centre or an aircraft modification specialist. The integrator defines the installation in terms of its constituent subsystems and interwiring for a specific airframe type, and takes responsibility for seeing it through the access-approval process.

Once the new combination has been approved, subsequent examples will need only to be commissioned, an administrative process designed to ensure that they perform correctly and are registered with all the ground earth stations in the Inmarsat system.

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