10 Questions Surrounding Missing Malaysian Flight 370

6. Why Hasn€™t There Been Satellite Detection?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRE0yCIvDmg Contrary to popular belief, satellites do not have ubiquitous oversight on the entire planet at once. Each satellite in orbit costs money, and this money is allocated toward certain things, such as cell phone coverage, television distribution, military use, and so on. As such, those satellites that monitor the ground are only tasked with monitoring a very specific area. Satellites don€™t monitor huge areas on the open ocean because, frankly, there€™s nothing there, and it would be a colossal waste of money. The chances of a satellite picking up some visual evidence of Flight 370 during its route is almost nil. Now, satellites can be re-tasked to search areas for visual evidence of a crash or potential landing spot, but at this point, that€™s all they can do. The Inmarsat satellite is the only one to be in communication with the aircraft, and even it isn€™t sure of where the plane is since the pings from the aircraft stopped sometime after 8 a.m. For investigation purposes€”especially this one€”satellites can only be used to search for wreckage, and to a lesser extent, for the plane somewhere on the ground.