Russian ground segment

The Russian subsystem of the international system COSPAS-SARSAT includes rather a capacious technical area including the following elements:

• COSPAS orbital constellation;
• Command and measurement (satellite control and management facility);
• International Coordination Computing Center (ICCC) in Moscow;
• Local User Terminals (LUTs) in Moscow and Nakhodka

ICCC is the only organization in Russia which registers ELTs-406 MHz and keeps a computer database on all emergency locator transmitters of Russia, some CIS countries, as well as some other states.

According to the Order of the Federal Agency for Marine and River Transport No.7 dated 31.01.2011 the functions of maintenance, operation and development of ground segment of COSPAS-SARSAT system shall be assigned to FSUE Morsvyazsputnik from January 1, 2012.