ESAIL Maritime Satellite Launched

OHB subsidiary LuxSpace’s satellite for global ship monitoring has reached its target orbit.

At sea, space technology is used to help save lives every day: managing traffic between ships, picking up migrants and refugees in distress or spotting oil spills. The European Space Agency is once again at the forefront developing new technologies and satellites: to keep us safe at sea and to monitor the environment. Space makes a difference here on Earth and certainly at sea where there is no infrastructure.
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Discover the final hours of packaging and preparations of the ESAIL satellite before it left Luxembourg. The ESAIL microsatellite for tracking ships at sea has completed its latest environmental and system performance tests and set off for Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. On 17 February the satellite left Luxembourg, where it was built by LuxSpace under an ESA Partnership Project with the Canadian operator exactEarth, sponsored by the Luxembourg Space Agency and other ESA member...

This video shows how to update the firmware of your TRENZ Pilot Plug using the TRENZ Pilot Plug Manager and a Windows 10 machine.
The TRENZ Pilot Plug Manager is downloadable for free. Get it here: https://manager.trenz-pilotplug.com/
Please visit https://trenz-pilotplug.com/ for more information.

Everyone said, "You can't do that!" Until someone came along who didn't know that. Then he did it:
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The introduction of modern lightweight Portable Pilot Units (PPU) for use during pilotage has proved to be another major advance for pilotage operations worldwide.

A small video tutorial showing some useful tips for pilotage using Transas Pilot PRO application for iPad - Part 2, Berthing

P&O Maritime Logistics has equipped all pilots in Jebel Ali with new Pilot Portable Units (PPUs). The PPUs are made by TRENZ and supported by Wärtsilä software.

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This document aims to provide information to pilot organisations and/or competent pilotage authorities on the conduct of pilot transfer operations.