Within the International 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: to collect, store and sort the data from local user terminals (LUTs) and other MCCs; to provide international and national data exchange within the Cospas-Sarsat system; and to distribute alert and location data to associated rescue coordination centres (RCCs) or SAR points of contact (SPOCs)
As of September 2024, there are 34 MCCs active or in development around the world.
List of Mission Control Centres Code Name AEMCC United Arab Emirates ALMCC Algiers, Algeria ARMCC El Palomar, Argentina ASMCC Cape Town, South Africa AUMCC Canberra, Australia BRMCC Brasilia, Brazil CHMCC Santiago, Chile CMC Moscow, Russia CMCC Trenton, Canada CNMCC Beijing, P. R. of China CYMCC Larnaca, Cyprus FMCC Toulouse, France GRMCC Athens, Greece HKMCC Hong Kong, China IDMCC Jakarta, Indonesia INMCC Bangalore, India ITMCC Bari, Italy JAMCC Tokyo, Japan KOMCC Incheon, Rep. of Korea MYMCC Malaysia (under development) NIMCC Abuja, Nigeria* NMCC Bodoe, Norway PAMCC Karachi, Pakistan PEMCC Callao, Peru QAMCC Doha, Qatar SAMCC Jeddah, Saudi Arabia SIMCC Singapore, Singapore SPMCC Maspalomas, Spain TAMCC Taipei, ITDC TGMCC Lomé, Togo (under development) THMCC Bangkok, Thailand TRMCC Ankara, Turkey UKMCC Fareham, UK USMCC Suitland, USA VNMCC Haiphong, Vietnam *This MCC is not operational. NIMCC currently configured as a SPOC of the SPMCC
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See also Cospas-Sarsat