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

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

The upgraded McMurdo FastFind 220 and Kannad SafeLink Solo Personal Location Beacons. (Photo: Orolia)

Orolia launches Galileo-enabled personal locators in Europe

February 28, 2019

Orolia’s McMurdo FastFind 220 and Kannad SafeLink Solo personal location beacons (PLB) now operate with the Galileo GNSS […]

This article is tagged with beacons, emergency response, Galileo constellation, Orolia, personal locator, PLB, search and rescue and posted in Latest News, Mobile

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 […]

This article is tagged with Australia, Cospas-Sarsat system, Cospas–Sarsat, LEOSAR-GEOSAR-MEOSAR, McMurdo, MEOSAR, MEOSAR system, mission control, Orolia, search and rescue, Spain and posted in Latest News

In MIT project, drones map without GPS

January 9, 2019

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) presented a project at the International Symposium on Experimental Robotics […]

This article is tagged with autonomous drone fleet, dense forest, drones, International Symposium on Experimental Robotics, lidar, mapping, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, search and rescue, UAVs and posted in Latest News, Mapping, UAV/UGV

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