Within the Cospas-Sarsat programme, Mission control centres (MCCs) are responsible for receiving and distributing distress signal alerts from emergency position-indicating radiobeacon stations.
MCCs are a core component of the international satellite based search and rescue system.
The functions of an MCC are:[1] As of 13 May 2009, there are 29 MCCs around the world.
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