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Mission control centre (Cospas-Sarsat)

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Within the 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:[1]

As of 13 May 2009, there are 29 MCCs around the world.[2]

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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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