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Satellite Transmitting Black Box
from a dish just inside the skin of the aircraft
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Mount at least one of the black boxes just inside the top skin of an aircraft and connect it to a satellite dish which is free to rotate within this space.
Constantly transmit encrypted black box information which is relayed to air traffic control, the CAA/FAA or another such agency. The recepient monitors 'planes that lie within its field of responsibility giving backup to the flight crew and, should the worst happen, have a copy of the last actions of the 'plane accessible welll before the black box is recovered.

(The reason for a satellite broadcast is to maintain contact in situations where the aircraft may have lost radio contact.)

st3f, Nov 13 2001

Iridium Satellite Phone Relaunch http://news.bbc.co....1247000/1247385.stm
They now plan to serve a niche market. [Aristotle, Nov 13 2001, last modified Oct 05 2004]


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       Those satellites that were left when Iridium went bust - are they still up there?
hippo, Nov 13 2001
   

       Iridium was bought at the last moment and has been relaunched as niche market that reaches the parts that other mobile phones can't reach (see link).
Aristotle, Nov 13 2001
   

       This is being baked as we speak - mostly for plotting the current position of the aircraft, but a whole load of other status info is transmitted too (because the bandwidth is there, and it's useful).
drew, May 26 2002
   

       <pun system operational>Connecting a satellite to a black box is going to take an aweful lot of cable, isn't it?</discontinue pun>   

       I have a female friend who's an RC-135 pilot; it's a militarized Boeing 707 outfitted with advanced radar and networked to the big AWACS planes. It's a terribly ugly plane with a big schoz.
RayfordSteele, May 26 2002
   

       That's no way to speak about your friends.
drew, May 27 2002
   


 
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