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    ESA > Our Activities > Observing the Earth > The Living Planet Programme > Meteorological missions > MetOp

    SARP-3 performance

    • 406 MHz distress beacon messages can be received and processed down to a S/N of 34 dB.Hz
    • three messages can be received and processed in parallel
    • receiver bandwidth is 80 kHz
    • frequency is measured with an 200 mHz accuracy
    • time tagging accuracy is 50 microseconds
    • memory capacity is 2048 messages (can be extended to 2560 by ground command)

    SARP-3 products

    The Search and Rescue Processor (SARP-3) is one of the non-meteorological instruments on MetOp. It has been added to the payload based on inter-agency agreement (NOAA/COSPAS/Eumetsat) to guarantee continuity of the Search and Rescue System. As such the instrument does not provide a 'product' as the meteorological instruments do. Its value to the MetOp mission is to continue the search and rescue service.

    Last update: 29 June 2006

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