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MAS signs first-ever satellite tracking deal
Published:  Apr 19, 2017 10:25 AM
Updated: 2:31 AM

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has become the first airline to sign a deal for space-based tracking of its aircraft, three years after losing flight MH370 over the Indian Ocean.

This followed a deal signed between the airline, the satellite communications company SITAOnAir, and aircraft tracking service providers Aireon LLC and FlightAware.

“By incorporating this data, Malaysia Airlines’ aircraft operations centre will receive real-time position updates of its airborne fleet globally.

“Aireon’s space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data will also resolve any existing data feed coverage gaps that remain, particularly over oceanic and remote airspace, where there is currently no surveillance.

“No new avionics or modifications are needed for aircraft to take advantage of this service,” the three companies said in a joint press release yesterday...

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