Positioning/Navigation
[Source: NPOESS Project home page, http://npoess.noaa.gov/index.php?pg=instr# ] The Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking system (SARSAT) uses NOAA satellites in low-Earth and geostationary orbits to detect and locate aviators, mariners, and land-based users in distress. The satellites relay distress signals from emergency beacons to a network of ground stations and ultimately to the U.S. Mission Control Center (USMCC) in Suitland, Maryland. The USMCC processes the data and alerts the appropriate search and rescue authorities. Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: SARSAT Group: Instrument_Identification Instrument_Category: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments Instrument_Class: Passive Remote Sensing Instrument_Type: Positioning/Navigation Short_Name: SARSAT Long_Name: Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking System End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: METOP-B Short_Name: JPSS-1 End_Group Online_Resource: http://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/ Online_Resource: http://www.esa.int/esaLP/SEMU2DG23IE_LPmetop_0.html Sample_Image: http://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/New_C-S_System_Overview.jpg Creation_Date: 2009-03-17 Group: Instrument_Logistics Instrument_Owner: USA/NASA Instrument_Owner: USA/NOAA End_Group End_Group
SARSAT