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Global Maritime traffic AIS data

AIS Satellite System put together and prepared in accordance with the

requisites of the different users of this system. This
The system for maritime information by satellite system is of great use to Ministries such as those of
(AIS) is managed through the Canadian company, Defence and the Home Office, but can also be used
exactEarth, which is the result of a joint venture in other governmental fields (merchant navy and
between COMDEV and Hisdesat. The ten satel- other civilian operators). As well as controlling world
lites which make up this new constellation receive traffic and coastal security, it can have applications
AIS signals from the more than 80.000 vessels that in search, rescue and environmental operations, and
have this system, with this data being transmit- it receives complementary data generated by the
ted to terrestrial stations, where the information is Paz satellite

ARqUITECTURA AIS POR SATélITE

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