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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…
Regulations you must comply with when operating an orbital space object. For example, a satellite.
British soldiers will be able to make faster, better decisions on the battlefield through thousands of new radios, headsets and tablets.
GMDSS - Iridium satellite services - distress and MSI – operational status and regulations.
The UK Space Agency is investing £6.9 million in satellite technology that will transform connectivity and secure Britain’s place as a European space leader.
Customers must no longer access programmes via EU satellite broadcasting services to avoid a charge for a UK service.
The Household Satellite Accounts (HHSA) measures and values the unpaid outputs produced by households in the UK.
Information on the different types of mobile phone base station, and how exposures are measured.
PNT stands for Positioning, Navigation and Timing. The UK Space Agency utilises European Space Agency (ESA) navigation programmes, as well as national programmes, to develop capabilities and growth outlined in the framework and supporting the National PNT Office.
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