Satcen

The European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen) is an Agency of the Council of the European Union. It supports the decision making and actions of the EU in the context of Europe’s Common Foreign and Security Policy by providing products and services resulting from the exploitation of relevant space assets and collateral data, including satellite imagery and aerial imagery, and related services. Beneficiaries of SatCen services are the European External Action Service, EU Member States, CSDP missions and operations, the European Commission, Third States and international organisations such as the UN, OPCW and OSCE. Since 2016, SatCen is the Entrusted Entity of the Copernicus Service on Support to EU External and Security Actions (Copernicus SESA), contributing to the operational implementation of the security component of the Copernicus Programme.