Ship position reports received with the NORAIS Receiver during 24 hours, 29th June 2010. (FFI)
An interesting view of maritime traffic posted by Eaglespeak. Tackling the Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) problem, it is apparent:
- 1) You need computers to sort it out and identify the contacts you are interested in.
- 2) You still have to have some way to pick up the contacts vessels that are not using Automatic Information System (AIS) transponders.
Chuck Hill's CG Blog 
I found this PDF while searching Google for “NORAIS Receiver”
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Global Vessel Tracking – NordicSpacewww.nordicspace.net/PDF/NSA240.pdfSimilar
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Norwegian jurisdiction, but the Norwegian technology will be tested in large scale from the platform in space. The NORAIS- receiver has a viewing range of more …
Interesting:
ISS ship-tracker operating alongside Norwegian satellite
26 August 2010
Nearing the end of its third month of continuous operation, the International Space Station’s ship-tracking experiment has experienced a marked increase in data quality. Now it operates along with a dedicated satellite carrying the same receiver.
The Station’s Columbus laboratory is being used to track Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals from ships at sea. AIS is, in a way, the marine equivalent of the air traffic control system, with commercial vessels mandated to carry AIS transponders.
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/ISS_ship-tracker_operating_alongside_Norwegian_satellite