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Insat search and rescue system helps save 28 lives
Bangalore, Aug 29: An Indian satellite has helped save the lives of 28 people by detecting the distress signals from a Chinese cargo vessel, M V Yujiya, which sank in the Bay of Bengal, the Indian Space Research Organisation said today.
Bangalore, Aug 29: An Indian satellite has helped
save the lives of 28 people by detecting the distress signals
from a Chinese cargo vessel, M V Yujiya, which sank in the Bay
of Bengal, the Indian Space Research Organisation said today.
ISRO said that rescue authorities of the Indian Coast Guard were alerted by ISRO's mission control centre here, soon after the distress signals were detected by the satellite aided search and rescue transponder on board the Insat-3A spacecraft and all the 28 persons on board the vessel were rescued.
The incident occurred on August 11, ISRO said in a statement and added that the centre was part of the international 'Cospass-Sarsat' satellite aided search & rescue programme.
Insat-3A, launched on April 10 this year, carries a search and rescue transponder, which keeps a constant vigil over the Indian Ocean region, complementing the Cospass-Sarsat satellites, to detect distress signals from beacons carried by maritime, aviation and land users.
The satellites transmit the distress signals to the local user terminals established by ISRO at Bangalore and Lucknow. The alert signals are then passed onto search and rescue coordination centres at Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Delhi, along with location information, for rescue operations.
ISRO said that rescue authorities of the Indian Coast Guard were alerted by ISRO's mission control centre here, soon after the distress signals were detected by the satellite aided search and rescue transponder on board the Insat-3A spacecraft and all the 28 persons on board the vessel were rescued.
The incident occurred on August 11, ISRO said in a statement and added that the centre was part of the international 'Cospass-Sarsat' satellite aided search & rescue programme.
Insat-3A, launched on April 10 this year, carries a search and rescue transponder, which keeps a constant vigil over the Indian Ocean region, complementing the Cospass-Sarsat satellites, to detect distress signals from beacons carried by maritime, aviation and land users.
The satellites transmit the distress signals to the local user terminals established by ISRO at Bangalore and Lucknow. The alert signals are then passed onto search and rescue coordination centres at Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Delhi, along with location information, for rescue operations.
On July 24, this satellite aided search and rescue system detected a distress signal from a Panama cargo vessel, M V Jubilee, which was sinking in the Bay of Bengal, and all the 21 crew members were rescued, ISRO said.
Bureau Report