OREANDA-NEWS. November 10, 2009. In accordance with the order by Roscosmos Head Anatoly Perminov, the specialists perform feasibility study of KOSPAS-SARSAT PARM-406M personal beakon on all Russian reentry capsules.

PARM-406M was tested by Space Device R&D institute and Rosaeronavigatsia during the landing of Soyuz TMA-14 reentry capsule on Oct. 11 in order to validate positioning provided by the beakon for search and rescue teams.

GLONASS receiver installed in PARM-406M detected coordinates of the capsule with accuracy of 15m. The signal was acquired in 16 min.

Results of the PARM-406M/GLONASS receiver tests show that the system operates successfully, and provides necessary data for dedicated squads and teams.