Within the Cospas-Sarsat programme, Mission control centres (MCCs) are responsible for receiving and distributing distress signal alerts from emergency position-indicating radiobeacon stations. MCCs are a core component of the international satellite based search and rescue system.
The functions of an MCC are:[1]
- to collect, store and sort the data from local user terminals (LUTs) and other MCCs;
- to provide international and national data exchange within the Cospas-Sarsat system; and
- to distribute alert and location data to associated rescue coordination centres (RCCs) or SAR points of contact (SPOCs)
As of 13 May 2009, there are 29 MCCs around the world.[2]
List of Mission Control Centre
edit- Canadian Mission Control Centre (CMCC)
- United Kingdom Mission Control Centre (UKMCC)
- United States Mission Control Center (USMCC)
- Pakistan Mission Control Centre (PMCC)
References
edit- ^ "MCC Description". Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
- ^ "Summary Status". Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
See also
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