{"id":50537,"date":"2026-09-10T08:44:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/?p=50537"},"modified":"2026-09-10T09:02:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:02:03","slug":"cospas-sarsat-and-beacon-registration-the-complete-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oceansignal.com\/us\/news\/cospas-sarsat-and-beacon-registration-the-complete-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Cospas-Sarsat and Beacon Registration: The Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\n Global Search and Rescue Day · 10 September<\/span>\n <\/p>\n\n \n

\n You activate a 406 MHz emergency beacon.<\/span>\n What happens next?<\/span>\n <\/p>\n\n

\n Cospas-Sarsat is the international satellite Search and Rescue system that detects compatible 406 MHz distress beacons and routes their alerts towards rescue authorities around the world.\n <\/p>\n\n

\n It is a global safety net used across maritime, aviation and outdoor or wilderness emergencies: EPIRBs carried by vessels, ELTs fitted to aircraft and Personal Locator Beacons carried by people.\n <\/p>\n\n

\n From the moment a beacon is activated to the point where an alert reaches a rescue coordinator, satellites, ground stations and Mission Control Centres work together to turn a radio transmission into an actionable Search and Rescue case.\n <\/p>\n\n

\n And while that infrastructure is global, one important part remains in your hands: registering your beacon and keeping the record current.\n <\/p>\n\n \n

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\n 70,000+<\/strong>\n people rescued since 1982<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n 22,000<\/strong>\n Search and Rescue operations since 1982<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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\n 100%<\/strong>\n coverage of Earth’s surface<\/span>\n <\/div>\n
\n 70+<\/strong>\n satellites across LEO, MEO and GEO orbits<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n

\n Headline figures in this guide follow the International Cospas-Sarsat Programme’s official 2026 Global Search and Rescue Day<\/a> verified figures. Detailed 2024 rescue-event, beacon-population and infrastructure data are drawn from System Data No. 51, December 2025<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n