CEOS Instrument: Search and Rescue
| Instrument: | S&R (GOES) |
| Agency: | NOAA |
| Missions: | GOES-7 |
| GOES-10 | |
| GOES-11 | |
| GOES-12 | |
| GOES-8 | |
| GOES-9 | |
| GOES-14 | |
| GOES-15 | |
| GOES-13 | |
| Status: | Operational |
| Type: | Communications system |
| Description: | Satellite and ground based system to detect and locate aviators, mariners, and land-based users in distress. |
| Spatial Resolution: | N/A |
| Swath Width: | N/A |
| Wavebands: | N/A |
| Technology: | Communications system |
| Description: | To command and control the satellite, to transmit the data from the satellite to the ground, to transpond data from ground sites to other ground sites via satellite, etc.. It includes Search & Rescue by satellite. Applicable in LEO and GEO. |
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CEOS Data Base Version: 17 - Created: 2012-01-18