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Spinoff story
Emergency Systems Save Tens of Thousands of Lives
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
To improve distress signal communications, NASA pioneered the Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (SARSAT) system. Since its inception, the international system known as Cospas-Sarsat has resulted in the rescue of more than 30,000 people. Techno-Sciences Inc., of Beltsville, Maryland, has been involved with the ground station component of the system from its earliest days.