International Cospas-Sarsat Programme
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title:
International Cospas-Sarsat Programme
text:
The International Cospas-Sarsat Programme is a satellite-aided search and rescue (SAR) initiative. It is organized as a treaty-based, nonprofit, intergovernmental, humanitarian cooperative of 45 nations and agencies. It is dedicated to detecting and locating emergency locator radio beacons activated by persons, aircraft or vessels in distress, and forwarding this alert information to authorities that can take action for rescue. Member countries support the distribution of distress alerts using a
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description:
International satellite-aided search and rescue initiative
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Cospas-Sarsat_Programme
date created:
2005-10-31T07:06:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T13:18:38Z
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