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Re: Question for pilots.
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2014 Mar 17, 15:24 -0300
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2014 Mar 17, 15:24 -0300
In the future, we might not have to rely on radar. NAV CANADA has entered into a joint venture with Iridium Communications, called Aireon, which will expand air traffic surveillance to the entire planet by installing ADS-B receivers on Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. The plan is to use the Iridium NEXT satellites. I guess such a system could also be turned off on an aircraft unless it is made tamper-proof. But it would likely have a circuit breaker somewhere. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Richard B. Langley E-mail: lang@unb.ca | | Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://gge.unb.ca/ | | Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142 | | University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943 | | Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3 | | Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.fredericton.ca/ | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
