Mission Control Centre (Cospas-Sarsat)
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In the field of Search and Rescue
Search and rescue
Search and rescue is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, mostly based upon terrain considerations...

, Mission Control Centres (MCCs) are a type of clearinghouse responsible for receiving and distributing distress signal
Distress signal
A distress signal is an internationally recognized means for obtaining help. Distress signals take the form of or are commonly made by using radio signals, displaying a visually detected item or illumination, or making an audible sound, from a distance....

 alerts from distress radiobeacons. MCCs are a core component of the international satellite system for Search and Rescue - Cospas-Sarsat
Cospas-Sarsat
Cospas-Sarsat is an international satellite-based search and rescue distress alert detection and information distribution system, established by Canada, France, the United States, and the former Soviet Union in 1979. It is best known as the system that detects and locates emergency beacons...

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The functions of an MCC are:
  • to collect, store and sort the data from LUT
    Lut
    Lot is an apostle and prophet of God in the Qur'an. He also appears in the Bible, but the Biblical stories of Lot are not entirely accepted within Islam. According to Islamic tradition, Lot lived in Ur and was the son of Haran and nephew of Abraham. He migrated with Abraham to Canaan in Palestine....

    s and other MCCs;
  • to provide international and national data exchange within the Cospas-Sarsat
    Cospas-Sarsat
    Cospas-Sarsat is an international satellite-based search and rescue distress alert detection and information distribution system, established by Canada, France, the United States, and the former Soviet Union in 1979. It is best known as the system that detects and locates emergency beacons...

     System; and
  • to distribute alert and location data to associated Rescue coordination centres (RCCs) or SAR Points of Contact (SPOCs)


As of 13 May 2009, there are 29 MCCs around the world.

List of Mission Control Centres

  • Canadian Mission Control Centre (CMCC)
  • United Kingdom Mission Control Centre (UKMCC)
  • United States Mission Control Center (USMCC)
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