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Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2014, 14:50
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,318,863
Posted By geneman

Southern Ocean "objects of interest".

We have seen low-resolution satellite images of objects in the sea, reported to be around 25m long.

Given the sensitivity of surveillance techniques, we do not know the origin of the data or if...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 16:48
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,318,863
Posted By geneman

Perhaps quantity does not necessarily equate...

Perhaps quantity does not necessarily equate quality.
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 16:32
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,318,863
Posted By geneman

Thanks for the tip. I checked this website and...

Thanks for the tip. I checked this website and found the following conclusions, although I obviously can't vouch for their accuracy:

"Key point 8: The position of the aircraft is being estimated...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 16:14
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,318,863
Posted By geneman

Given that the satellite is at an altitude of...

Given that the satellite is at an altitude of about 36,000 kilometres, a 5km precision would be about +/- 0.014% of the distance, which would be truly remarkable.
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 14:55
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,318,863
Posted By geneman

This post implies that the AIRCRAFT initiates the...

This post implies that the AIRCRAFT initiates the ping.
Other posts have stated that the SATELLITE initiates the ping.

Obviously both can't be right. The pings seem to be a critical part of the...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 14:13
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,318,863
Posted By geneman

So presumably the aircraft being 'pinged' will...

So presumably the aircraft being 'pinged' will still reply even if the onboard ACARS has been turned off (or has failed for some reason)?

It seems that a lot of commentators in the media seem to...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 13:16
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,318,863
Posted By geneman

Identification of ping origin.

Simple question:
Does a ping transmitted from an aircraft and received by a geostationary satellite UNEQUIVOCALLY identify the aircraft, in the absence of any other data?

(Sorry if this has...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Mar 2014, 20:15
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,318,863
Posted By geneman

What Inmarsat knows:

14 March 2014: Inmarsat has issued the following statement regarding Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

Now, isn't that helpful! :confused:
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Mar 2014, 14:36
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,318,863
Posted By geneman

New report in Australian newspaper

For what it's worth:

Malaysian Airlines plane: Military believes it tracked missing jetliner over Strait of Malacca...
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