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Old 1st Jul 2016, 18:03
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If this is about just fair weather level flight tracking, Panasonic already announced their IFE system will be able to do that.

Of course you can mount antennae around the fuselage or make entire fuselage as phased array to make this work most of the time, it would cost a fortune.

And with Brexit, why would an EU consortium promote Inmarsat. There are cheaper options out there.
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