EPIRB device Cospas-Sarsat is a satellite system designed to provide distress alert and location data to assist search and rescue [SAR] operations, using spacecraft and ground facilities to detect and locate the signals of distress beacons operating on 406 Megahertz (MHz). The position of the distress and other related information is forwarded to the appropriate Search and Rescue Point of Contact (SPOC) through the Cospas-Sarsat Mission Control Center (MCC) network. The goal of the System is to support all organizations in the world with responsibility for SAR operations, whether at sea, in the...