TAG: MEOSAR

Arctic Mass Rescue Operation in 2021 tested the rescue of 200 cruise-ship passengers using Galileo SAR. (Photo: EUSPA)

Mass rescue operation takes place in Arctic Circle with Galileo SAR

October 26, 2021

News from the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) In freezing arctic waters 60 nautical miles […]


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Orolia provides improved search and rescue with ground station upgrades

April 4, 2019

Orolia has successfully installed the first operational Cospas-Sarsat second-generation technology on search-and-rescue ground stations for the National Oceanographic and […]


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The Orolia PRISMA Mission Control Center. (Photo: Orolia)

Spain and Australia commission Orolia for Sarsat

February 25, 2019

Orolia’s LEOSAR-GEOSAR-MEOSAR (LGM) Mission Control Center (MCC) solutions are now commissioned as Nodal MCCs in Spain and Australia, enabling […]


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The McMurdo SmartFind and Kannad SafePro distress beacons support beacon transmission, GNSS for location positioning, and AIS for localized connectivity.

McMurdo launches emergency beacons with GPS, GLONASS, Galileo

September 7, 2016

Emergency preparedness company McMurdo has launched a new family of Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) that will […]


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MEOSAR ground station in New Zealand.

McMurdo Completes MEOSAR Ground Station in New Zealand

November 10, 2015

Emergency readiness and response company McMurdo has completed the installation of a six-antenna next-generation Medium-Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) […]


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In a typical Cospas-Sarsat search and rescue process, a Distress Beacon signal is sent via Satellite to a Local User Terminal. A Mission Control Center validates the emergency and sends critical information to Rescue Coordination Centers. MEOSAR, the next-generation version of Cospas-Sarsat, will provide several unique features including a Return Link Service function to acknowledge receipt of the distress signal.

McMurdo Introduces Next-Gen Software for Satellite-Aided Search and Rescue

September 4, 2015

McMurdo has introduced PRISMA MCCNet, a new software solution with several new features to improve the Cospas-Sarsat satellite-aided search and rescue process, […]


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The MEOSAR satellite payload is being developed for GPS III satellites.

Canada to Supply MEOSAR Search and Rescue Repeaters to GPS III

August 13, 2015

The Canadian government will begin providing search-and-rescue repeaters for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III satellites, reports Space News. The […]


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McMurdo Group Completes Acquisition of Techno-Sciences

May 28, 2014

McMurdo Group, an end-to-end search and rescue (SAR) and maritime domain awareness (MDA) company, has acquired Techno-Sciences, Inc. […]


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