Hi, nice to see that the blue satellite-tracked flights are now available!
It did raise some questions, maybe someone can elucidate?
Blue flight make a dotted black track as if it is out of coverage. Normally it is a color coded track showing altitude. Is altitude data also available from the satellite feed, and will this be used for the track information in the future?
Why are some oceanic flights (middle of nowhere) yellow (estimated) while a close by flight is blue (satellite). I would think both signals should be received by an overhead satellite?
Your information cites some satellite sources such as Spire, but not Aireon which is used by Flightaware. Is this indeed not available to you? What is the coverage of the constellation that you can use? (i.e. almost continuous or occasional updates when a satellite happens to pass)
I noticed satellite tracks are missing from playback, will this be implemented at some point?
Just curious, thanks,
Martijn
It did raise some questions, maybe someone can elucidate?
Blue flight make a dotted black track as if it is out of coverage. Normally it is a color coded track showing altitude. Is altitude data also available from the satellite feed, and will this be used for the track information in the future?
Why are some oceanic flights (middle of nowhere) yellow (estimated) while a close by flight is blue (satellite). I would think both signals should be received by an overhead satellite?
Your information cites some satellite sources such as Spire, but not Aireon which is used by Flightaware. Is this indeed not available to you? What is the coverage of the constellation that you can use? (i.e. almost continuous or occasional updates when a satellite happens to pass)
I noticed satellite tracks are missing from playback, will this be implemented at some point?
Just curious, thanks,
Martijn
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