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Cospas-Sarsat rescue beacon activated. Its signals are picked up by satellites in orbit, including Galileo. (Photo: GSA)

First Galileo personal emergency beacon coming to 19 European countries

October 26, 2020

The first Galileo Return Link Service Personal Location Beacon (PLB) developed under the H2020-funded Helios project will be […]

This article is tagged with Cospas-Sarsat system, European GNSS Agency, FastFind ReturnLink PLB, GSA, Orolia, personal location beacon, search and rescue and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News, Mobile

New DJI map tracks drone-assisted rescues worldwide

June 29, 2020

Global reference includes more than 400 people rescued by drones to date DJI has launched an online reference […]

This article is tagged with DJI, DJI Drone Rescue Map, drone pilots, drone rescue, first responders, online map, police drone, search and rescue, social media and posted in Defense, Featured Stories, Latest News, UAV/UGV

The new line of Sarbe search and rescue beacons. (Photo: Orolia)

Orolia’s Sarbe Evo line meets new Cospas-Sarsat requirements

February 12, 2020

Orolia is introducing the Sarbe Evo line at the Singapore Air Show, taking place Feb. 11-16 at the […]

This article is tagged with Cospas–Sarsat, Orolia, Sarbe Evo, search and rescue and posted in GNSS, Latest News, Mobile

Galileo now replying to SOS messages worldwide

January 23, 2020

News from the European Space Agency As well as providing global navigation services, Europe’s Galileo satellite constellation is […]

This article is tagged with Cospas–Sarsat, distress beacon, ESA, European Space Agency, Galileo, Galileo Return Link Service, Galileo Search and Rescue, rescue beacon, search and rescue and posted in Featured Stories, GNSS, Latest News

Orolia Maritime reveals new PLB with Return Link System for 2020

November 22, 2019

Orolia Maritime has revealed the FastFind ReturnLink PLB with Return Link System (RLS) life-saving beacon system. Orolia worked […]

This article is tagged with European GNSS Agency, FastFind, Galileo Return Link Service, Orolia, personal location beacon, PLB, SAR, search and rescue and posted in Defense, Latest News, Product Showcase

Seen & Heard: Animals crossing, Tesla, search and rescue

November 19, 2019

“Seen & Heard” is a monthly feature of GPS World magazine, traveling the world to capture interesting and […]

This article is tagged with animal tracking, Galileo SAR, mobile app, Route4U, search and rescue, Tesla, Tesla Autopilot, wheelchair and posted in From the Magazine

The Shark Bait test took just over three and a half minutes to locate the PLB developed under a GSA Horizon 2020 project. (Photo: GSA)

Shark Bait operation shows value of Galileo search and rescue

October 15, 2019

News from the European GNSS Service The huge value of the Galileo Search and Rescue (SAR) service was […]

This article is tagged with Belgium, Cospas–Sarsat, Galileo SAR, Galileo Search and Rescue, GSA, PLB, SAR, search and rescue and posted in GNSS, Latest News

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 […]

This article is tagged with Cospas-Sarsat system, Galileo, ground stations, MEOSAR, NOAA, Orolia, search and rescue and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News, Mobile