Learn how NORAD uses radar and satellites to monitor Santa's Christmas Eve journey and track his progress around the world.
With just one sleep left until Santa Claus and his reindeer arrive, excitement is building around the world. Father Christmas is preparing to leave the North Pole to fly from continent to continent with a sack full of presents for boys and girls across the globe. As Saint Nicholas makes his way through his list, parents and children are invited to track his journey. NORAD 's Santa Tracker app goes live from 11am and will run right up until his last drop-off.
Here's everything you need to know if you want to track Santa this year: What is NORAD? Each day of the year, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) tracks everything that flies above the skies of Canada and the United States. But on Christmas Eve, the command centre also takes on the very special mission of monitoring Santa's progress around the world, making sure he has every single present placed under the tree by morning. NORAD offers a sneak peek into not only where Santa is, but how many presents he's delivered. Of course, Santa sets off from his home in the North Pole before making his huge trek across the world. It's said he visits 390,000 homes per minute - a whopping 6.424 per second. His first stop of the evening is the boys and girls of the Republic of Kiribati in the central Pacific Ocean. He will then pop presents under trees in New Zealand, Australia, Asia and Africa before he touches down in the UK. How does the tracker work? NORAD says it uses a combination of radar and satellites to monitor Santa's progress on Christmas Eve. Its powerful radar is named the North Warning System, and has 47 installations strung across Canada's North and Alaska. Once the radar shows he has left the North Pole, it uses special defence satellites to keep track. Its website explains: 'The moment our radar tells us that Santa has lifted off, we begin to use the same satellites that we use in providing air warning of possible missile launches aimed at North America'
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