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The MEOSAR system should attain Full Operating Capability (FOC) in 2018,
with the anticipated availability of enhanced second generation 406 MHz
Distress Beacons shortly before or after FOC.
A parallel effort to design the next generation Cospas-Sarsat distress beacon
is also underway. The Second Generation Cospas-Sarsat Beacon (SGB) will
be designed to work with the MEOSAR component to provide increased
detection, return link service, enhanced data fields and is targeted for
introduction at MEOSAR FOC, or shortly thereafter.
Further information on MEOSAR and the Cospas- Sarsat network is available
at the McMurdo website www.mcmurdogroup.com .
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