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TRANSMISSION SCHEDULES FOR GMDSS SAFETYNET SERVICES
TRANSMISSION SCHEDULE FOR FULL GMDSS SERVICE
(27 july 2004)

METAREA Meteorological Issuing ServiceSatellite Ocean RegionsBroadcast schedule (UTC)
I United Kingdom AOR (E)     0930    2130
II France AOR (E)
AOR (W)
    0900
0900
    2100
2100
III Greece1 AOR (E )     1000     2200
IV USA AOR (W)   0430 1030   1630 2230
V Brazil AOR (E)     0730   1930  
VI Argentina AOR (W)   0230    1730  
VII west of 20E South Africa AOR (E)     0940     1940
VII east of 20E South Africa2 IOR     0940     1940
VIII (N) (north of equator) India IOR     0900   1800  
VIII (S) (south of equator) Mauritius / La Réunion (via France) IOR   0130 00003 06003 1330 12003 18003  
IX Pakistan IOR     0700      
X IOR Australia IOR   08006 (WA coast)1030 20006 (WA coast)     2330
X POR Australia POR   05504 (Bass Strait only) 08155 (NT coast) 1100 12104 (Bass Strait only) 20155 (NT coast)   16454 (Bass Strait only) 2300 23004 (Bass Strait only)
XI IOR China (for IOR) IOR   0330 1015   1530 2215
XI POR Japan (for POR)7 POR north of equator south of equator    0230  0830 0815    1430  2030 2015
XII USA POR AOR (W)   0545 1145   1745 2345
XIII Russian Federation POR     0930    2130
XIV New Zealand POR01304 (NZ coast only) 0330 (warnings only) 0930 13304 (NZ coast only) 1530 (warnings only) 2130
XV Chile AOR (W)         1845  
XVI USA AOR (W)   0515 1115   1715 2315
1Scheduled bulletins and warnings for the western Mediterranean Sea are prepared by France
2Forecast for area 30°S-50°E / 50°S-80°E and tropical cyclone warnings are prepared by La Réunion
3Tropical Cyclone warnings if any issued by La Réunion as unscheduled broadcasts
4Local time. The Bass Strait bulletins are Coastal Warnings and Forecasts transmitted only to SafetyNET Coastal
Area D in Navarea X
5Northern Territory bulletins are Coastal Warnings and Forecasts transmitted only to SafetyNET Coastal
Areas G and H in Navarea X
6Western Australia bulletins are Coastal Warnings and Forecasts transmitted only to SafetyNET Coastal
Areas F and G in Navarea X
7Scheduled bulletins and warnings for south of the equator prepared by Australia

For unscheduled broadcasts, these shall be issued for broadcast under the SafetyNET service through all Inmarsat ocean region satellites covering the issuing service's area of responsibility.
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