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INSAT Search & Rescue System Helps Save 28 Lives
Bangalore - Sep 01, 2003 The Satellite Aided Search & Rescue transponder on board ISRO's INSAT-3A satellite has helped in saving the lives of 28 persons on August 11, 2003 by detecting the distress signals from a Chinese cargo vessel, M V YUJIYA, which sank in the Bay of Bengal. Soon after the distress signals were detected, the rescue authorities of Indian Coast Guard were alerted by ISRO's Indian Mission Control (INMCC) Centre at Bangalore which is part of the international COSPAS-SARSAT Satellite Aided Search & Rescue Programme and all the 28 persons on board the vessel were rescued. It may be noted that INSAT-3A, launched on April 10, 2003, carries a Search & Rescue transponder that keeps a constant vigil over the Indian Ocean region, complementing the COSPAS-SARSAT satellites, for detecting distress signals from beacons carried by maritime, aviation and land users. The satellites transmit the distress signals to the Local User Terminals established by ISRO at Bangalore and Lucknow. The alert signals are then passed on to the Search & Rescue Coordination Centres at Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Delhi, along with location information, for rescue operations. A month ago, on July 24, 2003, this Satellite Aided Search & Rescue System detected a distress signal from a Panama Cargo Vessel, M V JUBILEE, which was sinking in the Bay of Bengal. All the 21 crew members of that vessel were also rescued. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Indian Space Research Organisation SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Earth Observation News - Suppiliers, Technology and Application
New Legislation Initiated To Support Commercial Remote Sensing Industry
New York NY (SPX) Jan 11, 2006The importance of remotely sensed data and technologies to support natural disasters has prompted attention and action in Washington. New initiatives and legislation authorizing appropriations to the remote sensing industry will be discussed at Strategic Research Institute's U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing Industry conference, scheduled for February 9-10, 2006 in Washington D.C. |
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