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AISSat-1
AISSat-1 is a satellite used to receive Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals. Launched on 12 June 2010 from Satish Dhawan Space Center as a secondary payload, AISSat-1 is in a sun-synchronous low Earth orbit. Initially a development project, the satellite has since passed into ordinary operations. Via downlinks at Svalbard Satellite Station and at Vardø Vessel Traffic Service Centre it tracks vessels in the Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea for the Norwegian Coastal Administration, the Norwegian Coast Guard, the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries and other public agencies. The satellite was developed as a cooperation between the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (NDRE), the Norwegian Space Centre and the Coastal Administration. The payload was developed by Kongsberg Seatex while the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies built the bus and completed manufacture. The satellite measures cube and weighs . Ownership and operation passed to Statsat in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vardø Vessel Traffic Service Centre
Vardø Vessel Traffic Service Centre ( no, Vardø trafikksentral; call sign: NOR VTS), also known as Norwegian Oceanic Region Vessel Traffic Service, is a vessel traffic service situated in the town of Vardø (town), Vardø in Vardø, Norway. It is responsible for monitoring ship traffic off the baseline (sea), baseline of Norway throughout the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), including the areas around Jan Mayen and Svalbard. It has special responsibilities for the sealanes into Hammerfest and Sveagruva. Proposals for a northerly VTS arose around 2000 and the plans approved in 2003. The station became operational on 1 January 2007 and was jointly located with Vardø Radio. It was issued the task of a new Traffic Separation Scheme, traffic separation scheme and the emergency tugboat service. Since 2010 NOR VTS has been able to monitor a larger area with through the AISSat satellite constellation, ultimately resulting in a ground station being built at Vardø. Since 2010 NOR VTS has coo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |