Inmarsat to provide free global airline tracking service - Inmarsat
Back in May 2014 , in the wake of the MH370 tragedy Inmarsat indicated that it was to start a free global tracking network for sat com equipped long haul.
I assume this would be L band from a/c to sat , C band from sat to ground station using Mode S idents and location info every 15 minutes , or less.
Was this ever implemented ?
There is plenty of L band
ACARS traffic on Inmarsat , bit nothing as far as I can see relating to regular position updates.
Be interested to know if any airlines have adopted the new safety measure