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AIS vessel BRIGHT STAR - show graphs
Callsign: D5QA2
MMSI number: 636018508
IMO number: 481960
Navigational status: At anchor (1)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: CO BAQ > US MSY
Location: 29°53.22' N 89°54.43' W - locator EL59BV12DU - show map
1.3 km Southwest bearing 222° from Violet, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States [?]
2.6 km Northwest bearing 318° from Poydras, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States
17.8 km Southeast bearing 115° from New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States
135.2 km Southeast bearing 117° from Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States
Last position: 2023-03-28 12:54:30 UTC (1m40s ago)
2023-03-28 07:54:30 CDT local time at Violet, United States [?]
Course: 261° – heading 340°
Speed: 0 km/h
Dimensions: length 180 m width 30 m draught 6.4 m
Last path: D5QA2>ais via W0DIE
Positions stored: 11782
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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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