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Antarctica — research stations and support facilities
RWI-W-PENGUIN-2026-11-01flights 2026-10-31
Nothing out of pattern.
no flights kept · 1 heat (0 on sites)
Full report
Antarctica — research stations and support facilities. Daily open-source look; flights for 2026-10-31 (UTC), heat for 2026-10-31–2026-11-01, newest satellite passes. LLM-generated and automated.
Notable
- Nothing out of pattern.
Flights
0 aircraft kept: 0 US military, 0 foreign military, 0 state/VIP, 0 other (on the ground at a site, or near a range).
US military
None broadcasting.
Foreign military
None broadcasting.
Landings and low passes by site
| Site | Military / government aircraft on the ground or ≤1,500 ft within 4 km; civil count |
|---|---|
| McMurdo Station | — |
| Scott Base | — |
| Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station | — |
| Palmer Station | — |
| Rothera Research Station | — |
| Halley VI Research Station | — |
| Signy Research Station | — |
| Neumayer III | — |
| Concordia Station | — |
| Dumont d''Urville Station | — |
| Casey Station | — |
| Davis Station | — |
| Mawson Station | — |
| Zhongshan Station | — |
| Great Wall Station | — |
| Bellingshausen Station | — |
| Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva | — |
| Professor Julio Escudero Base | — |
| Marambio Base | — |
| Esperanza Base | — |
| Orcadas Base | — |
| San Martín Base | — |
| Belgrano II Base | — |
| Novolazarevskaya Station | — |
| Progress Station | — |
| Vostok Station | — |
| Mirny Station | — |
| Troll Station | — |
| Tor Station | — |
| Princess Elisabeth Antarctica | — |
| Jinnah Antarctic Station | — |
| Juan Carlos I Station | — |
| Gabriel de Castilla Station | — |
| King Sejong Station | — |
| Jang Bogo Station | — |
| Syowa Station | — |
| Dome Fuji Station | — |
| Bharati Station | — |
| Maitri Station | — |
| Comandante Ferraz Station | — |
| Artigas Base | — |
| Henryk Arctowski Station | — |
| Vernadsky Research Base | — |
Heat
1 detections in the watch box (FIRMS area API (agent Gazda)); 0 inside a site box. Whole-continent flight box (everything south of 60° S). Antarctic flights are sparse and mostly logistics (C-17, C-130, LC-130, Basler, A319, Il-76); ADS-B coverage there is thin.
| Date | UTC | Lat, lon | FRP | Satellite | Site / nearest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-01 | 1458 | -73.301, 129.204 | 0.02 | N | Concordia Station (267.4 km) |
Imagery
| Site | Newest clear Sentinel-2 pass (≤12 days) | |
|---|---|---|
| McMurdo Station | none clear | |
| Palmer Station | none clear | |
| Rothera Research Station | none clear | |
| Neumayer III | none clear | |
| Concordia Station | 2026-11-01 23:38 UTC, 100% clear | new plate |
| Casey Station | none clear |