Time Satellite to Elevation Ring Ring
UTC Aircraft (km) Angle Radius(km) Radius (nm)
[MH370 on the ground at KLA]
16 27 59 37296.19 37.18 4138.96 2234.86
16 41 53 37293.52 37.15 4135.05 2232.75
16 42 4 37290.46 37.11 4131.06 2230.60
16 42 17 37296.37 37.19 4139.71 2235.27
16 42 48 37290.16 37.11 4130.65 2230.37
16 43 12 37290.01 37.10 4130.45 2230.27
[MH370 has taken off and is on the way to Beijing]
16 55 38 37327.22 37.66 4192.73 2263.89
16 56 17 37332.97 37.74 4201.50 2268.63
17 6 49 37383.13 38.41 4275.56 2308.62
17 7 19 37382.98 38.41 4275.35 2308.50
17 7 49 37385.80 38.44 4279.36 2310.67
[MH370 turned around and began heading to the west northwest in the direction of the Andamans and the satellite]
18 27 4 36906.07 31.86 3546.32 1914.86
18 27 4 36900.07 31.77 3536.39 1909.50
18 27 8 36900.07 31.77 3536.39 1909.50
18 28 6 36900.07 31.77 3536.39 1909.50
18 28 15 36893.87 31.68 3526.08 1903.93
[MH370 turned south southwest heading directly toward the satellite whose geostationary position is at the equator ]
19 41 3 36740.62 29.31 3262.87 1761.81
[MH370 crosses the equator on its way south and thus is now flying at an angle away from the equatorial satellite position]
20 41 5 36780.97 29.95 3333.89 1800.16
[MH370 is now flying south southeast on a more direct path away from the satellite]
21 41 27 36949.66 32.50 3617.86 1953.49
[MH370 has turned further east and is now flying a more direct path eastward away from the satellite]
22 41 22 37233.50 36.46 4058.16 2191.23
24 11 0 37798.16 43.47 4839.29 2613.01