[aprssig] Fw: [gmdss] ESA - Space Engineering - Columbus to host worldwide sea traffic tracking experiment

[Guy Mallery]

Gosh, I wish they'd get the other VHF high band antennas (aboard Columbus) going on APRS...

73,
Guy - W6MSU

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JD Erskine" <sailargh at victoria.tc.ca>
To: "GMDSS-L" <gmdss at gmdss.com.au>
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:34 AM
Subject: [gmdss] ESA - Space Engineering - Columbus to host worldwide sea traffic tracking experiment


> Saw this on a hobbiest AIS watching list.
> 
> Described as a proof of concept for space based AIS monitoring to be 
> fitted to the European Space Agency's Columbus module on the ISS.
> 
> Cheers es 73, John
> 
> http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Space_Engineering/SEMWN5W0EZF_0.html