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Old 6th Jun 2016, 02:29
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On June 3rd, CNES (Centre National d'Études Spatiales) - which is the French Space Agency in Toulouse - and CIS (Space Military Joint Command) issued a communiqué about how their teams located the crash site of MS 804 (with some help from Météofrance), using Galileo and GPS data analysis from MEOSAR constellation, which is not fully operational yet.

They had 5 satellites picking up ELT signal and it was relayed to ground stations in Toulouse (CNES) and 3 others in Europe. Using CNES algorithms, they were able to define a crash zone within 1.5 km or so.

As far as I understand, they can derive positioning from doppler effect when three or more satellites are picking up the same signal even if there is no location data transmited (and it's unlikely in this case).

Here is a paper about MEOSAR, published in Sept/Dec 2014 issue of insidegnss
http://takata1940.free.fr/novdec14-WP_0.pdf
and the link:
MEOSAR: New GNSS Role in Search & Rescue | Inside GNSS

For some reason, the link to CNES site is not working anymore (or the whole site) but I still have an header for it:
Communiqué : Airbus Paris Le Caire, le CNES mobilisé
L'actualité du CNES - 3 Juin, 2016 - 18:43
Dans le cadre des opérations de recherche de l’Airbus Paris Le Caire disparu en mer le 19 mai 2016, le CNES et le Commandement Interarmées de l’Espace de l’Etat-major des armées ont coopéré sur des travaux qui ont conduit à préciser la zone de recherche de l’appareil dans laquelle ont été captés des signaux des boites noires.

Vidéo : Cospas-Sarsat, des satellites pour sauver des vies
L'actualité du CNES - 3 Juin, 2016 - 17:53
Le programme international Cospas-Sarsat permet de sauver chaque année 1500 vies à travers le monde grâce à ses balises de détresse. Cette année, c'est la France qui préside l'organisation.

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