Inmarsat distress and safety services - Present and future
Abstract
Currently, the International Maritime Satellite Organization (Inmarsat) system of satellite communications with the Standard-A ship earth station is an important means for ship-to-shore and shore-to-ship alerting, search and rescue coordinating and on-scene communications. This capacity will be enhanced by new features and services. Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB's) will automatically transmit a distress message containing vessel identity, position coordinates, course and speed as well as the nature of the distress. The proposed Standard-C terminal would provide a small ship earth station capable of transmitting low speed digital telex-like messages under adverse conditions. The automated collection of data on weather, ship position and performance transmitted by on-board navigation instruments and remote sensors is also feasible. These systems could all play an important role in the Future Global Maritime Distress and Safety System that is expected to begin functioning around 1990.
- Publication:
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Paris International Astronautical Federation Congress
- Pub Date:
- September 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982pari.iafcR....I
- Keywords:
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- Maritime Satellites;
- Rescue Operations;
- Satellite Communications Ships;
- Spacecraft Communication;
- Broadcasting;
- Communication Networks;
- Position Indicators;
- Radio Beacons;
- Ship Terminals;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking