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First Save with Sarsat Programme in 1982.

Length: 15 minutes
Source: National Search and Rescue Secretariat and Communications Research Centre

Cospas-Sarsat Programme on Global TV, May 2006

Cospas-Sarsat - The First Generation (abridged)

Special abreviated version for launch of Cospas-Sarsat in Montreal (2005)

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