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Does anyone know of a plot of the hourly satellite ping locations? The article made it sound like they contained GPS coordinates.

• analog31 13y ago
  From what I've read, there's no GPS in the satellite ping data, but apparently some rough estimate can be made from signal strengths.
  • dylz 13y ago
    The article also says >Until just a few years ago, the satellite communication system used by jetliners didn't include data on an aircraft's location in the pings, the electronic equivalent of handshakes used to establish initial contact.
    • analog31 13y ago
      I have a personal rule to date-time stamp all data collected from experiments. I'd add GPS if my experiments weren't all stationary. The extra bit of meta-data is a lifesaver if I do something dumb and have to reconstruct what I was doing when I collected the data, for instance correlating the data with my notes or other information that I gather.
• ams6110 13y ago
  One is posted here. http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/535538-malaysian-airlines-mh370-contact-lost-175.html#post8376066 http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/535538-malaysian-airlines...
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