APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) enables real-time repeat* or forward positioning and data of ground tracking equipments, such as vehicles, animals, etc. AIS (Automatic Identification System) receiver picks up vessels position that use an AIS A/B channels transponder. ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast) technology which enables aircrafts to determine their position via satellite and then broadcast it. This information can be received by Cubesat which enables aircrafts to be tracked.

Triple-A (APRS / AIS / ADS-B) payload module effectively tracks and collects a large number of land and sea (surface) objects, as well as collects traffic information for commercial airliners (aerial), to achieve acquisition of APRS/AIS/ADS-B data globally.

Applications:

The Triple-A (APRS / AIS / ADS-B) payload “Real Time Repeater” / “Store & Forwarding” applications are:

◆ APRS - Vehicle and vessels positioning with data collection

◆ APRS - Ecological & seismic / tracking & detection: birds, animals, landslides

◆ APRS - Ocean windmills, widespread area power grid management

◆ AIS - Sea surface drifts, ocean current tracking and tide wave change monitoring

◆ ADS-B - Receiving Latitude, longitude, altitude and direction information with ICAO codes

◆ ADS-B - Space-based flight information enables broad coverage areas compensating geographic obstacles; flexible, responsive flight data for advanced air traffic controls