such things how it s possible to lose a 777 in the age of satellites and cell phones. you talked about a satellite network called iridium that can provide real-time information in the air. how does that work? reporter: it is the question that we ve all been scratching our heads about. how do we lose this giant commercial airliner. iridium system was set up back in the 90s, a way for us to make phone calls from every corner of the globe. now they are relaunching it, rebranding it, if you will to not only provide the satellite phone technology but also provide this immediate real-time location information about airplanes. the company saying they are starting to launch these new satellites that will have this capability starting in 2015. have all 66 of these satellites which is a lot of satellites to replace vied this sort of service. if something had been in place