General Documents (G.xxx Series)

There are two Cospas-Sarsat "G" series documents available for downloading, G.003 and G.005.

Document G.003 "Introduction to the Cospas-Sarsat System" provides a detailed information of the System history, Programme Management, concept of operation, and description of the various components. This is the best document to read to obtain a general understanding of the Cospas-Sarsat System.

Document G.005 "Cospas-Sarsat Guidelines on 406 MHz Beacon Coding, Registration and Type Approval", was developed as an aide to help understand these issues. G.005 is not a specification document, but it may be useful in explaining some of the complicated issues defined in Specification documents. For example, the specifications for coding 406 MHz beacons is detailed in the "Cospas-Sarsat 406 MHz Beacon Specification" C/S T.001. Document G.005 complements the information provided in C/S T.001 by clarifying some of the concepts and rules for beacon coding, and by providing several examples.

C/S Ref.	Document Title	Dated	Size (kBytes)
G.003	Introduction to the Cospas-Sarsat System, Issue 5 - Revision 1	Oct 1999	675
G.005 Complete Document	Cospas-Sarsat Guidelines on 406 MHz Beacon Coding, Registration and Type Approval, Issue 2 - Revision 2	Oct 2006	371
G.005 Updated Pages		Oct 2006	239