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[Satellite Aided Search and Rescue]
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1983Item number (ISN):185848Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADA. DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE / MINISTÈRE DE LA DÉFENSE NATIONALEAccession:1991-0336Media:VideoPart:1 of 1Production date:1983Production company:Imago Productions AssociatesSponsor:Department of National DefenceDistributor name:National Film BoardDescription:The SAR SAT (Search and Rescue Satellite-aided) programme originated by NASA began with the U.S., Canada and France to include also Norway, Sweden, and Brittain plus the USSR where it is called CO SPAZ.~In Canada and the U.S., boats and planes are all equipped with beacons called ELT (for emergency located transmitters) whose signals can be picked up by any of the numerous satellites orbiting around the globe and relayed in Canada to the mission centre at Trenton, Ontario.~Transport Canada, Fisheries and Oceans and the Ministry of State for Science and Technology are participating in the programme. The search and rescue activities are carried out by the Department of National Defence.Language:EnglishDetailed holdings information: -
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