BA117A U.S Mid-Atlantic 09/06/2016

[BM82557]

I had quite a few hits on BA117A between 03:18 Eastern and 05:20 Eastern on 09/06/2016. Had so many I don't think it was a bad decode. Any ideas on what it was?

 

[kma371]

Was BA117A a callsign? Was it an aircraft ID? Need some more information to help.

 

[kma371]

Was likely this


https://planefinder.net/data/flight/BA117

 

[BM82557]

Oops, I messed up my first post, BA117A was the hex id I picked up on mode S. Sorry about the confusion I caused.

 

[ATCTech]

It was one of the Google high-altitude balloons. Mode-S code BA117A passed over southern Ontario over the weekend drifting southeast tagging up as HBAL469. What altitude reading and speed was it showing? It was about 51000' as it went through Toronto Centre airspace at about 8kts.

Here's a screen capture of it near Sudbury Ontario on Sept. 5th at 0230Z. By noon local (16Z) it was passing Rochester New York.

 

[BM82557]

It was one of the Google high-altitude balloons. Mode-S code BA117A passed over southern Ontario over the weekend drifting southeast tagging up as HBAL469. What altitude reading and speed was it showing? It was about 51000' as it went through Toronto Centre airspace at about 8kts.

Here's a screen capture of it near Sudbury Ontario on Sept. 5th at 0230Z. By noon local (16Z) it was passing Rochester New York.

It was at 52000' at 12knts, I didn't know they showed up on Flightradar24, current screenshot -

 

[ATCTech]

That's the one alright. Look to the midwest and west coast on FR24 some days and you'll see 5 or 6 or them simultaneously.

Bob

 

[ATCTech]

7 Google balloons over Nevada, screen capture from July 27th.