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AIS vessel BRIGHT STAR - show graphs
Callsign: D5QA2
MMSI number: 636018508
IMO number: 481960
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Cargo (70)
Destination: US ILG (ETA Jun17 21:00)
Location: 58°41.14' N 3°00.90' W - locator IO88LQ84EN - show map
28.3 km North bearing 8° from Wick, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom [?]
31.3 km East bearing 71° from Thurso, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom
33.4 km South bearing 186° from Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom
116.6 km North bearing 9° from Elgin, Moray, Scotland, United Kingdom
Last position: 2025-06-06 10:44:21 UTC (28d 17h16m ago)
2025-06-06 11:44:21 BST local time at Wick, United Kingdom [?]
Course: 309° – heading 308°
Speed: 30 km/h
Dimensions: length 180 m width 30 m draught 9.7 m
Last path: D5QA2>ais via IC8FGU
Positions stored: 33211
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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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