Cospas-Sarsat: a quiet success story

This article will look at the origins of the Cospas-Sarsat International cooperative space program and its transition in the mid-1980s from a technical demonstration to an operational program. It will then attempt to identify some of the reasons for its success, with a view toward determining their...

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Published inSpace policy Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 261 - 268
Main Authors Barnes, Richard J.H., Clapp, Jennifer
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.11.1995
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Summary:This article will look at the origins of the Cospas-Sarsat International cooperative space program and its transition in the mid-1980s from a technical demonstration to an operational program. It will then attempt to identify some of the reasons for its success, with a view toward determining their applicability to other joint space applications projects.
ISSN:0265-9646
1879-338X
DOI:10.1016/0265-9646(95)00027-A