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AIS vessel VIKING VENUS - show graphs
Callsign: LACS8
MMSI number: 257552000
IMO number: 833175
Navigational status: Under way (engine) (0)
Vessel class: Passenger (60)
Destination: BURNIE, TASMANIA (ETA Feb16 20:15)
Location: 38°06.04' S 144°54.88' E - locator QF21KV95SU - show map
16.5 km Northwest bearing 321° from Mornington, Victoria, Australia [?]
16.7 km Southwest bearing 212° from Black Rock, Bayside, Victoria, Australia
32.1 km South bearing 188° from Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
48.7 km East bearing 84° from Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Last position: 2025-02-16 07:00:30 UTC (2d 13h4m ago)
2025-02-16 18:00:30 AEDT local time at Mornington, Australia [?]
Course: 181° – heading 183°
Speed: 34 km/h
Dimensions: length 228 m width 34 m draught 6.8 m
Last path: LACS8>ais via PALASKAS-AIS
Positions stored: 61111
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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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