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Are things flying at that altitude required to have a ADS-B transponder or something like that to prevent collisions with other aircraft? I wonder if you could
by snazz 7y ago
Are things flying at that altitude required to have a ADS-B transponder or something like that to prevent collisions with other aircraft? I wonder if you could track the balloons tracking you.
- i_am_nomad 7y agoYes. Google Loon balloons do show up on FlightRadar24, and if you’re close enough you can detect them with a $8 RTS-SDR.
- Aaronn 7y agoAt 65,000 ft (the altitude mentioned in the article), no ADS-B will not be required because it would be above Class A airspace. Law enforcement and intelligence flights are not required to have ADS-B turned on anyway. (f) Each person operating an aircraft equipped with ADS-B Out must operate this equipment in the transmit mode at all times unless— (1) Otherwise authorized by the FAA when the aircraft is performing a sensitive government mission for national defense, homeland security, intelligence or law enforcement purposes and transmitting would compromise the operations security of the mission or pose a safety risk to the aircraft, crew, or people and property in the air or on the ground; or §91.225 https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=b7f6514979a4014c173ca196f35b0020&mc=true&node=pt14.2.91&rgn=div5#se14.2.91_1225 https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=b7f6514979a4014c17...