This paper describes a system concept for search and rescue which is capable of making a major contribution to saving lives and reducing the search time for downed aircraft. In addition, a beacon location experiment is described using the Amateur Radio Satellite Corporation Oscar-6 and Oscar-7 spacecraft. The purpose of this experiment was to demonstrate the system concept above by determining the geographical location of a low power 'distress beacon' via satellite based on a single pass of Doppler frequency measurements. Preliminary results are presented showing beacon location recovery on the order of 10 km with indications that an order of magnitude improvement is entirely possible. This experiment is in support of NASA's current exploration into the role satellites might play in providing much needed improvements in the reliability, coverage and accuracy of present search and rescue procedures.


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    Title :

    Improvements in search and rescue distress alerting and locating using satellites


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    Conference:

    Western Electronic Show and Convention ; 1976 ; Los Angeles, CA


    Publication date :

    1976-01-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English