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Nasas new system to aid quicker search and rescue |
WASHINGTON: Nasa has unveiled an
advanced satellite-based search and rescue system that it claims would quickly
identify the locations of people in distress.
The next-generation
system called the Distress Alerting Satellite System (DASS) will be able to
locate emergency beacons carried by aircraft, boats and hikers almost
instantaneously, the US space agency said in a statement.
DASS,
designed and developed at the Nasa Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt,
could offer help in minutes and replace the current 'Search and Rescue
Satellite' system that usually take an hour or more to locate lost boaters and
hikers, the agency said.
"DASS technology is the future of
international satellite-aided search and rescue," Nasa search and rescue mission
manager David Affens said while its unveiling on Monday.
However, the
new technology won't be operational until the hardware can be fully deployed
aboard a constellation of 24 new US Air Force Global Positioning System
satellites. Nine are already in orbit, but the rest may not get there until
2017.
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