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Malaysia Airlines says the new system, which is expected to be operational in 2018, will use 66 low-earth-orbit satellites.

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Malaysia Airlines Says It Will Use Satellites To Track Its Fleet

1:26pm April 19, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Three years after MH Flight 370 disappeared from radar, Malaysia's national carrier says it will use satellites to track its planes at all times and that it will be the first airline to do so.

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U.N. Agency Sets New Standards For Tracking Aircraft In Flight

8:11am February 05, 2015

by David Schaper

After Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished over the Indian Ocean, air safety authorities have argued for more frequent contact in order to better locate aircraft in the event of tragedy.

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