MEOSAR Reference Beacon Status

Beacon name Status Operator Beacon Hex ID Comment
Mingenew A Australia 3EFC000002FFBFF  
Brazilia A Brazil D8DF3A9D633AB80  
Recife A Brazil D8DF3A99633AB80  
Riverbend A Canada A782E62AB2FC2A0  
Riverbend SGB A Canada A797FFFC770F00000000000  
Goose Bay A Canada A782E62B8E3D300  
Goose Bay SGB A Canada A797FFFC76FF00000000000  
Toulouse/EU A EC 9C621A74630F1D0  
Toulouse/EU SGB A EC 9C77FFFA18CF00000000000   
Spitsbergen/EU A EC A0434CEB630F190  
Spitsbergen/EU SGB A EC A057FFFB4B4F00000000000   
Santa Maria/EU A EC 998349EA630F100  
Santa Maria/EU SGB A EC 9997FFFB49CF00000000000  
Maspalomas/EU A EC 9C027D2D630F0A0  
Maspalomas/EU SGB A EC 9C027D2D630F0A0  
Larnaca/EU A EC 9A2299AE630F010  
Larnaca/EU SGB A EC 9A37FFFA9E0F00000000000   
Søndrestrømfjord/EU A EC A96348E6630F150  
Søndrestrømfjord/EU SGB A EC A977FFFABA8F00000000000  
Reunion/EU A EC D282AC3C630F1C0  
Reunion/EU SGB A EC 9C77FFFAAAAF00000000000  
Kergelen/EU A EC CF63EA66630F0C0  
Kergelen/EU SGB A EC CF77FFFBEC0F00000000000  
Spitsbergen-Cal/EU A EC A0434CEB92EA730  
Spitsbergen-Cal/EU SGB A EC A057FFFF4CCF00000000000  
Maspalomas-Cal/EU A EC 9C027D2D92EA730  
Maspalomas-Cal/EU SGB A EC 9C17FFFE7D0F00000000000  
Larnaca-Cal/EU A EC 9A2299AE92EA730  
Larnaca-Cal/EU SGB A EC 9A37FFFE998F00000000000  
Reunion-Cal-1/EU A EC D282AC1D92EA730  
Reunion-Cal-2/EU A EC D282AF1992EA730  
Reunion-Cal-1/EU SGB A EC 9C77FFFEEA9F00000000000  
Reunion-Cal-2/EU SGB A EC 9C77FFFEEAAF00000000000  
Toulouse 2 A France 9C821A7492EA730 MEOSAR calibration beacon
Toulouse-Cal SGB A France 9C77FFFE1A7F00000000000  
Hong Kong A Hong Kong, China  BBBED8E663E8E60  
Futtsu A Japan B5FE18FED639240  
Goudies A New Zealand C01E6C7D9F47640  
Bangkok-Cal A Thailand C6E33AFE618BB80  
Bangkok-Cal SGB A Thailand C6F7FFFD629F00000000000  
Lome A Togo 53FFFFFF3F81FE0  
Lome-Cal A Togo D3E188635EEA730  
Ankara A Türkiye

A1E30D309B39240

 
Florida-1 A USA ADDC00202020201  
Florida-2 N/A USA ADDC00404040401  
Florida-3 N/A USA ADDC00606060601  
Hawaii-1 A USA AA5FC0000000001  
Hawaii-2 N/A USA AA5E00303030301  
Hawaii-3 N/A USA AA5E05050505001  
California A USA ADFC000001D0033  
California SGB-1 A USA ADF49C41001CA0000000000  
NASA Goddard A USA ADFFFFFFFFFFFFC  
McMurdo SGB A USA ADF7FFF4101F00000000000  
USA East Coast N/A USA 2E1C0B1002FFBFF On a moored beacon, off the east coast of the U.S. State of North Carolina
USA East Coast SGB N/A USA ADF7FFC8201F00000000000 On a moored beacon, off the east coast of the U.S. State of North Carolina. 
USA West Coast N/A USA 2E1C0B2002FFBFF On a moored beacon, off the west coast of the U.S. State of Oregon
USA West Coast SGB N/A USA ADF7FFC8202F00000000000 On a moored beacon, off the west coast of the U.S. State of Oregon. 
USA Hawaii Coast N/A USA 2E1C0B3002FFBFF  
USA Hawaii Coast SGB N/A USA ADF7FFC8203F00000000000  
Abu Dhabi A UAE 3ADEA2223F81FE0  
Haiphong-Cal A Viet Nam C6E33AFE618BB80  
Haiphong-Cal SGB A Viet Nam C7D7FFFD66EF00000000000  
Haiphong A Viet Nam 47DFFFFC3F81FE0  
Haiphong SGB A Viet Nam C7D7FFF966CF00000000000  
         
Toulouse 1 A France 9C6000000000001 Orbitography beacon (LEOSAR)
Thule N/A Denmark 9B62197CA703500 Orbitography beacon (LEOSAR)
Longyearbyen Norway A0234BF8A7335D0  Orbitography beacon (LEOSAR)
McMurdo A USA ADC389B8AA1B9D0 Orbitography beacon (LEOSAR)
         
Edmonton A Canada A79EEE26E32E1D0  
Ottawa A Canada A79EEE26E32E190  
Kerguelen A France 9C7FEC2AACD3590  
Moscow N/A Russia A23C00000000000  
Combe Martin A UK 9D1FCFA7AB0D990  

 

Related Information

Link to a downloadable spreadsheet providing MEOSAR reference beacon parameters - updated 11 July 2025
Link to the SAR/Galileo Reference and Calibration Beacons webpage

 

LEGEND 

A Available
N/A Not Available
OT Occasional Transmission