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Aireon Space-Based ADS-B -- Before vs After coverage over the North Atlantic
ADS-B flight tracking over the Atlantic before @AireonLLC space-based ADS-B. vs flight tracking over the Atlantic with 50% of the #Aireon network complete. #ProofIsInThePayload (twitter.com) Plus d'info...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Very cool real world application of integrated data and emerging technologies! Thank you Flight Aware...Keep being an early adopter.
What causes the pattern in the Aireon data? Are those the actual oceanic routes?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Tracks
My guess is the crossing points are fixed way-points that the trans oceanic routes are made up of. The actual routes are determined to take advantage of wind patterns - to fly with the wind where possible and try not to fly into huge headwinds. To make sure all planes follow parralel routes it's useful to superimpose the route lines onto a set of gps co-ordinates so it's just a matter of joining the dots to get the correct route.
Brilliant great news Ray Watson.
Wao! Great news. Goodwork Dan and Team.