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NOAA satellites help rescuers locate victims

Published Tuesday, February 02, 2010

NOAA’s fleet of satellites played a vital role in the rescues of 195 people during life-threatening situations throughout the United States and its surrounding waters in 2009, said Shawn Maddock, a lieutenant with NOAA. The agency’s satellites pinpointed downed pilots, shipwrecked mariners or stranded hikers by detecting distress signals from emergency beacons and relayed the information to first responders. NOAA deploys polar-orbiting and geostationary satellites — along with Russia’s Cospas spacecraft — as part of the international Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking system, or COSPAS-SARSAT. This system uses a network of satellites to ...

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