Galileo SAR locates persons in distress and makes their position known to the competent authorities. Without Galileo, the average Search and Rescue operation can take up to four hours, with search zones up to 10 km in size. With Galileo, rescue teams can localise distress signals in less than 10 minutes and reduce the search zone to 2 km or less!
The Return Link Service, a unique feature of Galileo, further provides SAR users with an automatic acknowledgement message, letting them know that their distress signal has been received and their position computed.
Other Galileo services
Galileo’s Open Service (OS) is a free Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) service for global users. It is embedded in almost all smart devices such as smartphones, smartwatches, wearable health devices, in-vehicle navigation devices, and many more.
The Galileo High Accuracy Service (HAS) provides free access to an accurate positioning solution using a Precise Point Positioning algorithm in real-time.
The Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) is a robust, encrypted navigation service for the European Union and partner countries’ government-authorised users.