The yacht drifted helplessly in the stormy North Atlantic , seven miles west of Ireland . Ocean swells towered over the disabled craft . With its mast and communications system gone , the veteran sailor aboard had one hope : his two emergency position-indicating radio beacons ( EPIRBs ).
Satellites for all
Space as a service brings the benefits of SaaS to the void above us .
by Susan Kuchinskas
The yacht drifted helplessly in the stormy North Atlantic , seven miles west of Ireland . Ocean swells towered over the disabled craft . With its mast and communications system gone , the veteran sailor aboard had one hope : his two emergency position-indicating radio beacons ( EPIRBs ).
24
PHOTO COURTESY OF NOAA