Open AccessEarth Observation for Security and Defence: The European Union Satellite Centre Experience and Future Views
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
advances in theoretical and computational physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2639-0108
DOI - 10.33140/atcp.01.02.06
Subject(s) - european union , security policy , collateral damage , international trade , agency (philosophy) , space policy , political science , foreign policy , earth observation , satellite , public administration , business , computer security , engineering , law , politics , sociology , social science , criminology , commercialization , computer science , aerospace engineering
The European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen) was founded in 1992 under the framework of the Western European Union. Today it is a Council agency of the European Union. It supports decision-making and actions under the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), in particular the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). It thus provides the European External Action Service, as well as European Union crisis management missions and operations, products and services based on the exploitation of relevant space assets and collateral data, including satellite and aerial imagery, and related services. The Centre, under the operational direction of the High Representative for the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Mrs Frederica Mogherini, is located in Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain. It has approximately 130 members of staff and a global budget of EUR 26 million.