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Galileo has search and rescue capabilities (relaying emergency signals, that is) https://www.euspa.europa.eu/european-space/galileo/services/search-and-rescue-

by Aachen 4y ago

Galileo has search and rescue capabilities (relaying emergency signals, that is) https://www.euspa.europa.eu/european-space/galileo/services/search-and-rescue-sar-galileo-service https://www.euspa.europa.eu/european-space/galileo/services/... It does more than GPS / location determining. I didn't think a commercial provider would be as well known (I've never heard of EPIRB) as this constellation, but yeah I guess few people would know Galileo as more than GNSS

hotpotamus 4y ago
I first heard about it because of this story: https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-kaufman-sailing-voyage-20140410-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-kaufman-sailing... I don't think it's a commercial system, but there is great cost in diverting a US Navy vessel for a search and rescue operation, though I suppose that is ideally the reason that they're out there in some sense. After just a touch more reading, it looks like the rescue locator beacon system is piggybacking on GPS and Galileo satellites for some functionality, but includes other satellite and ground based systems too. Pretty cool.