European Union Satellite Centre

European Union Satellite Centre

Formation	2002 (established)
Location	Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain
Director	Pascal Legai
Website

The European Union Satellite Centre (EU SatCen; previously EUSC) was initially founded in 1992 as the Western European Union Satellite Centre. It was incorporated as an agency into the European Union on 1 January 2002. It is located in Torrejón de Ardoz, in the vicinity of Madrid, Spain.

SatCen supports the decision making of the European Union in the field of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), including European Union crisis management missions and operations, by providing products and services resulting from the exploitation of relevant space assets and collateral data, including satellite and aerial imagery, and related services. In June 2014, a new Council Decision replaced the former Council Joint Action of 2001 to modify SatCen’s mission, aligning it with the evolution of the user demand and the developments of the EU’s space activities relevant to CFSP, making it an essential interface with the European Geospatial Intelligence community.

The staff of the Centre, headed by Director Pascal Legai, consists of experienced image analysts, geospatial specialists and supporting personnel, recruited from EU Member States. In addition, experts seconded from Member States work at the SatCen for periods ranging from six months to three years, and temporary staff are recruited as needed.

SatCen assures technical development activities in direct support to its operational activities, as well as specialised training for image analysts.

History

Established in 2002 to replace the Western European Union Satellite Centre, the centre is one of the functions transferred from the Western European Union (WEU) to the European Union (EU) and its Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP).

References

External links

Official website

Coordinates: 40°29′22″N 3°26′19″W / 40.489525°N 3.438630°W / 40.489525; -3.438630

Agencies of the European Union

Operating	Safety and Health at Work Vocational Training Centre Living and Working Conditions Environment Training Foundation Drug Addiction Medicines Internal Market Plant Variety Translation Food Safety Maritime Safety Aviation Safety Information Security Disease Prevention and Control Satellite Navigation Railway Frontex Fisheries Chemicals Gender Equality Fundamental Rights Defence Security Studies Satellite Centre Police College Police Judicial co-operation Energy Regulators Regulators of Electronic Communications Banking Authority Securities and Markets Authority Insurance and Pensions Authority Innovation and Technology

Proposed	Space (currently separate organisation) Border and Coast Guard

Executive	Competitiveness and Innovation Education, Audiovisual and Culture Health and Consumers Trans-European Transport Network Research Council

Euratom	Euratom Supply Agency ITER and Fusion Energy (Fusion for Energy)

Former	Reconstruction (transferred to DG Enlargement)

Foreign relations of the European Union

Bilateral relations

Africa & the Middle East	Bahrain Cape Verde Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Lebanon Morocco Palestine† South Africa Syria Yemen

Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Cuba Greenland Mexico United States

Asia-Pacific	Australia China (People's Republic of) India Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Malaysia Nepal North Korea Pakistan Philippines South Korea

Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Faroe Islands Georgia Iceland Kosovo† Liechtenstein Macedonia‡ Moldova Monaco Montenegro Northern Cyprus (Turkish Republic of)† Norway Russia San Marino Serbia Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Vatican City

General	Members’ overseas territories Largest trading partners Association Agreements Free trade agreements

†= Disputed state, may not be recognised as an independent state by some or all European Union members. ‡= Name disputed by Greece, EU recognises the Republic of Macedonia as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Multilateral relations and initiatives

Organisations	Arab League ASEAN Commonwealth of Nations ECHR G8 ICC United Nations

Initiatives	African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States Asia–Europe Meeting CARIFORUM Customs Union Eastern Partnership Energy Community Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly European Common Aviation Area European Economic Area Euro-Mediterranean free trade area Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Euronest Economic Partnership Agreements EU CBRN Risk Mitigation CoE Initiative Neighbourhood Policy Northern Dimension Mediterranean Union Stabilisation and Association Process

Organisation

Policy	Common Foreign and Security Policy Economic Relations Everything but Arms Security and Defence Policy Enlargement

Actors	ECHO EuropeAid External Action Service Foreign Affairs Council High Representative Catherine Ashton Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Foreign Policy Instruments Service

Diplomatic missions	of the EU / to the EU Ambassadors Special Representatives

Military and security

Initiatives	Defence Initiative Synchronised Armed Forces Defence Procurement Petersberg tasks Helsinki Headline Goal

Structures	Political and Security Committee Military Committee Military Staff Operations Centre Security & Defence College Defence Agency Institute for Security Studies Satellite Centre Joint Situation Centre

Forces	European Union Force Eurofor Eurocorps EU Battlegroup EU Gendarmerie Force EU Maritime Force Deployments

Authority control	GND: 6036948-6

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