[Gobbledock]

This may have already been covered somewhere, or maybe not, and it is more of an Engineering type question, but here goes; I understand Inmarsat detected the deployment of the RAT, which is good. But my question is 'can Inmarsat detect if the RAT was deployed manually or automatically'?

I'm not so sure that the aircraft technology nor the satellite technology is equipped to determine that, but it is a thought that keeps bugging me and one I would dearly love answered by those more technically minded than this simple stick and rudder man. I believe the difference between a manual or automatic deployment is quite a critical point.

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