The PLBs are getting more popular in alpine terrain and expeditions. Understanding the detection performance can have a significant impact on Search Planning.

As the market is flooded with new technologies, the EU GNSS constellation (GALILEO) is advancing with significant improvements in precision and better response times when it
comes to detecting all beacons in general.

This presentation will go through what is the current state of the satellite constellations for SAR and what are the improvements in this sector that are already available to the user and will also take effect in the future.

The presentation content will deliver insights relevant for Search Planners.