A representative of the EC moderated the SAR session discussing this product of a “long-lasting collaboration with Cospas-Sarsat”, which is the only system that can independently locate a distress beacon wherever it is on Earth.
“Galileo will be the first full constellation with global SAR capability,” said the Head of the Cospas-Sarsat Secretariat.
“This new MEOSAR system has a larger footprint than the current low-earth orbit (LEO) system.”
It also provided improved location accuracy, and the return link available on the Galileo implementation allowed a reassuring response to be sent to the person who had activated the beacon.
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