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NOAA’s SARSAT Makes 6,000th Rescue in the United States

Washington (Oct. 31)—Two people rescued from the site of their downed airplane near Concrete, Wash., pushed to 6,000 the number of people rescued in the United States by the system that uses the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) weather and climate satellites to pinpoint downed pilots, shipwrecked mariners, and stranded hikers. Since 1982, the Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking system called, COSPAS-SARSAT has been credited with supporting more than 25,000 rescues worldwide. (More)
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October 31, 2008
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