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AIS vessel DESERT SPRING - show graphs
Callsign: V7XQ8
MMSI number: 538004547
IMO number: 543768
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: NG LOS (ETA Jan21 15:00)
Location: 23°33.12' S 42°55.97' W - locator GG86MK87BM - show map
44.3 miles South bearing 189° from Maricá, Maricá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [?]
47.4 miles South bearing 167° from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
48.1 miles South bearing 159° from Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
63.9 miles Southeast bearing 149° from Nova Iguaçu, Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Last position: 2024-04-20 10:32:43 EDT (42d 15h26m ago)
2024-04-20 11:32:43 -03 local time at Maricá, Brazil [?]
Course: 254° – heading 252°
Speed: 11 MPH
Dimensions: length 193 m width 32 m draught 12.7 m
Last path: V7XQ8>ais via PY1AU
Positions stored: 5354
Stations near current position of DESERT SPRING - show more
callsign distance last heard - EDT      callsign distance last heard - EDT
ZAGORI4.1 miles 137°2024-05-18 18:18:20 HONESTY4.8 miles 79°2024-05-23 08:44:39
SAO SEBASTIAO5.5 miles 67°2024-05-23 16:43:45 RECIFE KNUTSEN6.3 miles 91°2024-05-23 14:54:29
GPO EMERALD6.5 miles 243°2024-05-18 22:19:35 7100258507.2 miles 334°2024-05-31 02:13:25
SIEM MARAGOGI8.2 miles 340°2024-05-23 20:46:05 ALPHA HONESTY8.5 miles 345°2024-06-01 06:43:08
GOLDEN BEIJING8.8 miles 208°2024-05-23 21:48:50 SUNSET10.0 miles 20°2024-05-24 10:05:37
LIBRA CONFIDENCE10.5 miles 89°2024-05-18 09:05:36 MAERSK JALAN10.6 miles 236°2024-05-17 22:31:32
LACTA11.5 miles 354°2024-05-06 19:39:21 WINDSOR12.6 miles 211°2024-05-17 06:25:17
PARCEL DO BANDOLIM12.7 miles 341°2024-05-31 10:10:43 MINERAL UTAMARO12.7 miles 65°2024-05-12 16:46:03
71000649213.1 miles 329°2024-06-01 02:54:15 GABY13.5 miles 144°2024-05-04 08:53:36
71000514213.6 miles 353°2024-06-01 01:01:21 CASTILLO DE TEBRA13.8 miles 307°2024-05-31 09:39:19
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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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