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http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/klm/html/c3/sec3-7.htm ]

The Search and Rescue instruments are part of the international Cospas-Sarsat system designed to detect and locate Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs), Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs), and Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) operating at 121.5, 243, and 406.05 MHz. The NOAA spacecraft carries two instruments to detect these emergency beacons: the Search and Rescue Repeater (SARR) provided by Canada and the Search and Rescue Processor (SARP-2) provided by France. Similar instruments are carried by the Russian COSPAS polar-orbiting satellites.

The SARR transponds the signals of 121.5, 243, and 406.05-MHz emergency beacons. However, these beacon signals are detected on the ground only when the satellite is in view of a ground station known as a Local User Terminal (LUT).

The SARP detects the signal only from 406.05-MHz beacons but stores the information for subsequent downlink to a LUT. Thus, global detection of 406.05-MHz emergency beacons is provided. This processor consists of a receiver power unit (rpu) and signal processing unit (spu).

The U.S. fishing fleet is required to carry 406.05-MHz emergency beacons. The 406.05-MHz beacons are also carried on most large international ships, some aircraft, and pleasure vessels, as well as on terrestrial carriers. The 121.5-MHz and 243-MHz beacons are required on many small aircraft with a smaller number carried on maritime vessels.


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   Group: Instrument_Identification
      Instrument_Category: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments
      Instrument_Class: Passive Remote Sensing
      Instrument_Type: Positioning/Navigation
      Short_Name: SARR
      Long_Name: Search and Rescue Repeater
   End_Group
   Group: Associated_Platforms
      Short_Name: NOAA-19
      Short_Name: NOAA-18
   End_Group
   Online_Resource: http://goespoes.gsfc.nasa.gov/poes/instruments/sarrsarp.html
   Online_Resource: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pod-guide/ncdc/docs/klm/html/c3/sec3-7.htm
   Sample_Image: http://goespoes.gsfc.nasa.gov/poes/instruments/images/enlarged_sarr.jpg
   Creation_Date: 2009-02-12
   Group: Instrument_Logistics
      Instrument_Owner: USA/NASA
      Instrument_Owner: USA/NOAA
   End_Group
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