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Maritime weather and tide conditions - navigation equipment, radios and emergency beacons, register a 406 beacon
HM Coastguard regularly broadcasts Maritime Safety Information (MSI) by…
Weather information at sea Find information about conditions at sea from…
You can get navigational information by radio from: navigational warnings,…
Safe navigation is particularly important in adverse weather and sea…
A voyage data recorder (VDR), often known as the ship’s ‘black box’,…
The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) is a maritime…
A 406 megahertz (MHz) beacon can send a distress signal via satellites to…
Small commercial ships should keep a listening watch on VHF channel 16 for…
Customers must no longer access programmes via EU satellite broadcasting services to avoid a charge for a UK service.
GMDSS - Iridium satellite services - distress and MSI – operational status and regulations.
Information about the Ministry of Defence (MOD) SKYNET 6 Enduring Capability (SKEC) Programme, which will deliver the next generation of military satellites to provide strategic connectivity for the UK Armed Forces.
Dstl scientific expertise and advice is at the heart of the Ministry of Defence’s ambitions in space.
Information about the Ministry of Defence (MOD) SKYNET 6 Programme: engaging with external bodies and individuals on recruitment, industry supplier engagement, and other government department (OGD) collaboration.
This page includes summaries of the winning bids for the Future RAN (FRANC) competition
Earlier this month ESA's satellite 'Salsa' landed in the South Pacific. Learn more about how NSpOC tracks re-entries from space using Salsa as a case study.
A satellite developed by the UK business Horizon Technologies is on schedule for launch in mid-2025.
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