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Satellite for Search and Rescue
October 24, 2012 | NOAA

NOAA’s Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking system is celebrating the 30th anniversary of this first life-saving rescue in the United States, which occurred October 10, 1982. NOAA operates several satellites and the U.S. Mission Control Center [...] that have been responsible for the rescue of more than 30,000 people [...] since its inception in 1982.” Quoted from the NOAA press release.


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