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Mission control centre (Cospas-Sarsat)

Within the International Cospas-Sarsat Programme, Mission control centres (MCCs) are responsible for receiving and distributing distress signal alerts from emergency position-indicating radiobeacon stations. MCCs are a core component of the international satellite based search and rescue system.

The functions of an MCC are:

  • to collect, store and sort the data from local user terminals (LUTs) and other MCCs;
  • to provide international and national data exchange within the Cospas-Sarsat system; and
  • to distribute alert and location data to associated rescue coordination centres (RCCs) or SAR points of contact (SPOCs)

As of 13 May 2009, there are 29 MCCs around the world.

List of Mission Control Centre

  • Canadian Mission Control Centre (CMCC)
  • United Kingdom Mission Control Centre (UKMCC)
  • United States Mission Control Center (USMCC)
  • Pakistan Mission Control Centre (PMCC)

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