September 8th, 2007 @ 7:55 am
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What Is COSPAS-SARSAT? A COSPAS-SARSAT System Overview - EQUIPPED TO SURVIVE ™
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Cospas-Sarsat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cospas-Sarsat is an international satellite-based search and rescue (SAR) alert detection and information distribution system, established by Canada, France, the United States, and the former Soviet Union in 1979. Since 1982, the Cospas-Sarsat system has tracked distress signals from the following types of beacons (referred to collectively as EPIRBs): * Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) onboard ships,
* Emergency Locator Transmitters onboard aircraft, and
* Personal Locator Beacons designed for individual use.
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via That’s No Personal Locator Beacon! | Doug Ritter’s Equipped.org Blog
