U.S. Coast Guard SARSAT Final Evaluation Report. Volume III. Programs and Data Listings.

Final report: Feb 1983 - Jan 1985PDFTech ReportDOT-TSC-CG-85-03.3CG-D-29-85.3CG524/R5011Artificial satellitesEmergency communication systemsEvaluationPosition fixingSearch and rescue operationsUnited StatesUnited States. Coast GuardBellantoni, Juan F.John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, (U.S.)United States. Coast Guard. Office of Navigation Safety and Waterway ServicesNTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-U.S. Coast GuardNTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-Ships and VesselsNTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-Marine SafetyNTL-MARINE/WATERWAYS TRANSPORTATION-Marine Planning and PolicyVolpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference CenterVolume I of this report, Technical Evaluation, presents the findings of the U.S. Coast Guard's two year demonstration and evaluation (D&E) of the COSPAS/SARSAT satellite-aided search and rescue system for locating distressed vessels and aircraft, a cooperative project of the US, USSR, France, and Canada. The report summarizes results of controlled tests and exercises; analyzes SARSAT's role in actual distress cases; discusses operations of the system's radio beacons; satellites, Cost Guard Rescue Coordination Centers, U.S. Mission Control Center, Local User Terminals, and ground communications; appraises the system's long-term economic costs and benefits; and assesses achievement of project objectives. Results indicate that the COSPAS/SARSAT system increased the role of radio beacons in search and rescue cases and provided key information in locating more than one-third of Coast Guard ELT/EPIRB distress cases during the D&E, resulting in the rescue of 74 persons. Volume II consists of appendices that give detailed information and data in support of each section of the Technical Evaluation; This Volume contains programs and data listings