Not all aircrafts that I see on Flightradar24 are visible

ronald
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2 years 8 months ago #1790 by ronald

Not all aircrafts that I see on Flightradar24 are visible was created by ronald

Hello all!
How does this work?
I can see LAGR140 with the icao24 of adff0c on Opensky.
But I can't see for example LAGR232 with the icao24 of ae0424.

Both have the source MLAT on Flightradar24 and are in flight.
Is this because of the difference in the numbers a receivers between Opensky and Flightradar24 or something else?

I'm not trying to complain, just trying to understand how this works.

Greetings,
Ronald

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2 years 8 months ago #1791 by strohmeier

Replied by strohmeier on topic Not all aircrafts that I see on Flightradar24 are visible

Yes, such military aircraft may not have/use ADS-B (only Mode S) and we don't do multilateration. So, you can see them in the list but not the position.

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2 years 8 months ago #1792 by ronald

Replied by ronald on topic Not all aircrafts that I see on Flightradar24 are visible

Thanks for that info.
Will there be support of MLAT? If I see the most tracked flights on Flightradar24 is it mainly the military aircrafts.

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2 years 8 months ago #1794 by strohmeier

Replied by strohmeier on topic Not all aircrafts that I see on Flightradar24 are visible

We have no current plans for live support, our focus and resources are very different from FR24.

NB: MLAT or not, these tracked aircraft are all aircraft that want to be seen, it's a show of force. Nothing wrong with that, of course.