Since 1955, CONAD, NORAD’s predecessor, is tracking Santa. The crew of North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) again tracked Santa for the lovely children waiting for him this year.

Last night, the crew members tracked Santa for around 31 hours as he crossed the globe at speeds up to 2,326,413 miles per hour. Considering that the speed of sound is 768 miles per hour, it is safe to say that Santa’s sleigh is fast.

NORAD is doing this work since 55 years using 47 radar installations, countless satellites, Santa cams, and unarmed fighter jets to determine Santa’s whereabouts.

Google also joined NORAD in this project using NORAD’s data to create 2D Google Map and 3D Google Earth representations of Santa’s whereabouts.

Santa’s flight can be tracked at noradsanta.org, via cell phone at m.noradsanta.org, or in 3D on Google Earth. For an update on Santa’s location e-mail on noradtrackssanta@gmail.com.

NORAD revealed that Santa has safely reached back home at North Pole and will soon return with the same joy and loads of gifts for the kids. The initiative has been taken by the organization so that the many children waiting for Santa are never disappointed.