Error analysis of the COSPAS SARSAT system
Abstract
An overview of the COSPAS-SARSAT international system that uses satellites to detect and locate emergency beacon signals from aircraft and ships in distress is presented. The influence of the number of satellites and their altitudes on mean time of visibility, and the effect of particular errors on the accuracy of position fixing are described.
- Publication:
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Artificial Satellites
- Pub Date:
- 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991ArtSa..26..369B
- Keywords:
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- Cospas;
- Error Analysis;
- Sarsat;
- Satellite Doppler Positioning;
- Accuracy;
- Radio Beacons;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking