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AIS vessel POLARIS - show graphs
Callsign: WDM5501
MMSI number: 367635000
IMO number: 944443
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Tanker (80)
Destination: CAPE CANAVERAL,FL
Location: 28°22.50' N 80°27.07' W - locator EL98SJ50UA - show map
9.6 miles East bearing 103° from Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida, United States [?]
10.2 miles East bearing 68° from Cocoa Beach, Brevard County, Florida, United States
25.0 miles North bearing 20° from Palm Bay, Brevard County, Florida, United States
57.5 miles East bearing 101° from Orlando, Orange County, Florida, United States
Last position: 2025-01-27 14:40:04 EST (2d 17h49m ago)
2025-01-27 14:40:04 EST local time at Cape Canaveral, United States [?]
Course: 101° – heading 103°
Speed: 11 MPH
Dimensions: length 130 m width 20 m draught 4.9 m
Last path: WDM5501>ais via W1SPG
Positions stored: 23396
Stations near current position of POLARIS - show more
callsign distance last heard - EST      callsign distance last heard - EST
DADDY'S BOY1.1 miles 299°2025-01-11 10:05:05 BOB1.6 miles 254°2025-01-27 10:43:09
SZARE SZEREGI1.7 miles 245°2024-12-31 17:48:12 COMMANDER3.0 miles 229°2025-01-10 18:32:58
ORLANDO PRINCESS4.9 miles 127°2025-01-29 15:20:35 ST.PETRI5.0 miles 252°2025-01-30 08:27:10
ANGELINA AUTUMN5.2 miles 138°2025-01-26 00:12:28 SIGNET WARHORSE I5.7 miles 134°2025-01-29 09:18:23
SOULMATES5.7 miles 183°2024-12-31 09:16:55 Q-OCEAN SERVICE6.0 miles 69°2025-01-27 09:48:06
HOMARUS6.3 miles 165°2025-01-13 10:04:36 TASTEOFHEAV'N6.4 miles 242°2025-01-18 15:14:21
DRURY LEGACY6.5 miles 263°2025-01-11 09:45:40 BALTIMORE6.6 miles 293°2025-01-29 05:09:59
PEARL RIVER6.7 miles 239°2025-01-29 14:29:11 3677988806.8 miles 147°2025-01-27 09:49:07
BAYOU BRAVE7.8 miles 295°2025-01-30 02:34:50 LISTO7.9 miles 295°2025-01-29 05:04:54
DREDGE ILLINOIS8.2 miles 294°2025-01-30 08:25:14 RIO BRAVO8.4 miles 214°2025-01-23 23:27:35
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This page shows real-time information collected from the Automatic Position Reporting System Internet network (APRS-IS). APRS is used by amateur (ham) radio operators to transmit real-time position information, weather data, telemetry and messages over the radio. A vehicle equipped with a GPS receiver, a VHF transmitter or HF transceiver and a small computer device called a tracker transmits it's location, speed and course in a small data packet, which is then received by a nearby iGate receiving site which forwards the packet on the Internet. Systems connected to the Internet can send information on the APRS-IS without a radio transmitter, or collect and display information transmitted anywhere in the world.
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