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美国国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA）表示，其运营的全球卫星网络在2025年帮助美国及其周边水域的300人脱离了生命危险。
该局称，去年的救援行动中，183人被从水中救起，其中包括4月在俄勒冈州库斯湾坠机的5名机上人员。在这起事件中，一颗卫星接收到了俄勒冈州西南地区机场的紧急遇险信标信号，该信号是飞机在降落时滑出跑道后触发的。
据NOAA称，他们的警报最初被转接至空军救援协调中心，该中心联系了俄勒冈州紧急事务管理办公室，后者派遣救援人员前往现场。这五人最终都自行抵达岸边，随后被送往当地医院接受检查。
NOAA表示，除了海上救援外，卫星去年还参与了47起航空救援和70起陆地救援。该局称，大多数事件发生在佛罗里达州，2025年有71起救援，其次是阿拉斯加（28起）和怀俄明州（21起）。
其他值得注意的救援包括一名被困在科罗拉多州圣胡安山脉的滑雪者。由于冻伤且无法移动，卫星探测到了他的紧急遇险呼叫，并通知了当地当局，救援人员随后前往滑雪者的坐标位置。此外，12月，两名水手和他们的狗从北卡罗来纳州哈特拉斯角近60英里外沉没的双体船上被救起，这得益于卫星探测到的无线电警报，NOAA补充道。
这些卫星属于搜索和救援卫星辅助跟踪系统（SARSAT）。这是一个全球性系统，其中包含美国分支，涉及众多在不同地点和高度绕地球轨道运行的卫星。
去年的救援行动使该系统几十年来的数千次救援成为可能：NOAA称，自1982年SARSAT首次开发以来，全球系统已在全球范围内支持了超过63,000次救援，在美国境内完成了超过11,190次救援。
这些卫星上配备的搜索和救援工具能够探测到406信标发出的紧急遇险信号——这种设备专门设计用于向卫星发送信号。飞行员、水手、徒步旅行者和其他在偏远地区的人员经常使用这种406信标，它可以是小型个人设备，也可以是安装在飞机或船只上的大型装置，并在危机情况下自动触发。
U.S. satellites helped rescue 300 people last year, including 5 on a jet that crashed in water. Here’s how.
Updated on: March 4, 2026 / 9:16 AM EST / CBS News
A global network of satellites helped save 300 people from life-threatening situations in the United States and its surrounding waters in 2025, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which operates the system.
Of the rescues conducted last year, 183 people were pulled from water, including five on board a jet that crashed into Oregon’s Coos Bay in April, the agency said. In that instance, a satellite picked up a signal from an emergency distress beacon at Southwest Oregon Regional Airport, which had been set off when the aircraft slid off of the runway while trying to land.
Their alert was initially patched through to the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, which contacted the Oregon Office of Emergency Management, which sent responders to the scene. All five people reached the shore on their own, according to NOAA. They were then taken to a local hospital to be evaluated.
A corporate jet resting in about five feet of water in Coos Bay, Ore., after skidding off the east end of the runway at Southwest Oregon Regional Airport, April 7, 2025. NOAA/Southwest Oregon Regional Airport
In addition to those rescues at sea, satellites played a role in 47 aviation rescues and 70 land rescues last year, NOAA said. The agency said most of the incidents took place in Florida, with 71 rescues in 2025, followed by Alaska and Wyoming, with 28 and 21 rescues, respectively.
Some other notable rescues included that of a skier who became stranded in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains. While suffering from frostbite and unable to move, the skier emergency distress call was detected by satellites and flagged to local authorities, who dispatched a rescue team to the skier’s coordinates. Later, in December, two sailors and their dog were rescued from a sinking catamaran almost 60 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, thanks to a radio alert also detected by satellites, NOAA said.
The satellites are part of the Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking system, or SARSAT. It’s a worldwide system with a U.S. branch, involving numerous satellites that orbit Earth at different locations and altitudes.
Last year’s rescues add to thousands made possible by the system over the last few decades: Since SARSAT was first developed in 1982, the global system has supported more than 63,000 rescues globally and more than 11,190 rescues across the U.S., NOAA said.
Search and rescue tools attached to these satellites are able to detect emergency distress signals transmitted by 406 beacons— devices that are specifically designed to ping the satellite. Often used by pilots, sailors, hikers and others to dispense emergency notifications from remote areas, the 406 beacons can be smaller, personal devices or larger units that are mounted to planes or boats and triggered automatically in crisis scenarios.
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