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Why satellites didn't find missing plane - CNN.com

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The aviation industry is moving toward replacing its traditional radar-based tracking system with a satellite one that would allow air traffic control to know where a plane is at all times, even over oceans.

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The technology exists. It is time to make it a reality.

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