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SATELLITE AIDED SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS
INMCC SAVIOR IN SPACE: International COSPAS-SARSAT System
INMCC (Indian Mission Control Center, located at ISTRAC, Bangalore) is the nodal agency responsible for providing distress alert location from India and 7 other neighboring countries
Mission
The International COSPAS-SARSAT program provides accurate, timely, and reliable distress alert with location data to help search and rescue authorities to assist persons in distress.
Objective
The objective of the COSPAS-SARSAT system is to reduce Delays/Time Required to Locate, as far as possible, for distress alerts to SAR services, and provide assistance, which have a direct impact on the probability of survival of the person in distress at sea or on land
Search and Rescue (SAR) services are committed operational services by INMCC (ISTRAC-ISRO) to national and international community (RCCs: Rescue Coordination Center, MRCCs: Maritime Rescue Coordination Center, SPOCs: Search and Rescue Point of Contact and other MCCs: Mission Control Center). ISRO as a member of International COSPAS-SARSAT program supports SAR services by providing space (INSAT-3DR and GSAT-17) and ground segment components of the system comprising of 2 LEOLUTs (Bangalore and Lucknow) and 1 GEOLUT and INMCC at Bangalore. The system has been operational since 1989-90. INMCC is in the process of developing the in-house MEOLUT (MEOSAR ground segment). MEOSAR ground segment has completed POC (Proof of Concept) and will be able to provide near instantaneous distress alert signal transmitted by people in distress
Real Alert Statistics
| Year | Incidents | Involved | Saved | Dead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 4 | NA | NA | NA |
| 1992 | 3 | NA | NA | NA |
| 1993 | 1 | NA | NA | NA |
| 1994 | 4 | 1003 | 1000 | 3 |
| 1995 | 3 | 41 | 41 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 87 | 50 | 37 |
| 1997 | 2 | 33 | 6 | 27 |
| 1998 | 2 | 32 | 32 | 0 |
| 1999 | 4 | 103 | 91 | 12 |
| 2000 | 2 | 74 | 22 | 52 |
| 2001 | 2 | 43 | 39 | 44 |
| 2002 | 5 | 74 | 74 | 0 |
| 2003 | 4 | 68 | 68 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 31 | 25 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | 5 | 89 | 89 | 0 |
| 2007 | 5 | 89 | 83 | 6 |
| 2008 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 2011 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 2012 | 9 | 97 | 73 | 24 |
| 2013 | 14 | 97 | 94 | 3 |
| 2014 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 1 |
| 2015 | 8 | 86 | 76 | 10 |
| 2016 | 5 | 36 | 34 | 2 |
| 2017 | 7 | 42 | 41 | 1 |
| 2018 | 9 | 44 | 38 | 6 |
| 2019 | 9 | 46 | 45 | 1 |
| 2020 | 9 | 208 | 184 | 24 |
| 2021 | 13 | 43 | 36 | 7 |
| 2022 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Total | 163 | 2574 | 2347 | 227 |
