SAR- GPS
Abstract
Search and Rescue GPS (SAR/GPS) is an approved auxiliary payload on GPS III beginning no earlier than SV11. SAR/GPS fills validated National Search and Rescue Committee requirements to provide enduring, space-based distress alerting capability to detect, locate, and relay distress alerts to fulfill its responsibilities under international agreements for Search and Rescue. In addition, the USAF has on-going requirements to rescue US Military personnel in harm's way per Air Force Doctrine Document 2-1.6. The implementation of a US Medium Earth Orbiting (MEO) Search and Rescue Space Segment is via a Canadian-provided 406 MHz SAR repeater on GPS III SVs. This system presents a cost effective, low-risk opportunity that accommodates existing and planned 406 MHz beacons across the globe. Per National Security Presidential Directive (NSPD)-39, USAF and USCG, the US operators of the civil Cosmicheskaya Sistyema Poiska Avariynich Sudov-Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking (COSPAS/SARSAT) system and the international search and rescue system, share costs (50/50) associated with integrating the Canadian-provided SAR repeater to GPS III beginning no earlier than SV11. Costs presented in this document represent the USAF 50% Share.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2017
- Source ID
- 676007_0305265F_7_3600_PB_2017
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