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AIS vessel BRISBANE STAR - show graphs
Callsign: VQDB6
MMSI number: 235007728
IMO number: 856189
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Pleasure (37)
Location: 50°47.95' N 1°07.11' W - locator IO90KT51ST - show map
1.9 km West bearing 271° from Portsmouth, City of Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom [?]
2.4 km West bearing 289° from Southsea, City of Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
104.9 km Southwest bearing 222° from London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
106.8 km Southwest bearing 222° from City of London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-06-08 13:49:46 UTC (49d 23h50m ago)
2025-06-08 14:49:46 BST local time at Portsmouth, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 129° – heading 511°
Speed: 6 km/h
Dimensions: length 12 m width 4 m draught 0.0 m
Last path: VQDB6>ais via IC8FGU
Positions stored: 1259
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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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