Describes SARSAT which uses a system of international satellites to detect ELT distress signals. The satellite picking up the signal relays it to a SARSAT ground station, which then accurately pinpoints its location within only a short distance of the crash site and dispatches a rescue team. In a northern British Columbia rescue, a Soviet satellite, COSPAS 1, picked up and relayed the ELT signal.
SARSAT - international search and rescue satellite
SARSAT - internationaler Such- und Rettungssatellit
Canadian Electronics Engineering ; 27 , 6 ; 30-31
1983
2 Seiten
Article (Journal)
English