SARSAT

Cospas-Sarsat is an international satellite-based search and rescue (SAR) distress alert detection and information distribution system, established by Canada, France, the United States, and the former Soviet Union in 1979.The system consists of both a ground segment and a space segment:Distress radiobeaconsSAR signal processors aboard satellitesSatellite downlink receiving and signal processing stations called LUTs (Local User Terminalss)Mission Control Centres that distribute distress alert data generated by the LUTsRescue Coordination Centres that coordinate SAR response to a distress situation
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