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New European sites for MEO search and rescue satellite reception

Submit on Monday, November 17th, 2014 22:53

The ground network for Galileo’s search and rescue service has now passed a major exam. These stations sit on Spitsbergen in the Norwegian Arctic, Maspalomas on the largest island of Spain’s Canary Islands, and Larnaca on the island nation of Cyprus, forming a triangle enclosing Europe. The three are coordinated and overseen from a control centre in Toulouse, France.

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