Western European Union Satellite Centre
Union de l'Europe occidentale centre satellitaire
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Founded
1993-04-28 Spain
History
28 Apr 1993, Torrejón (Spain), as a subsidiary body of H-XD3431 - Western European Union (WEU), following decision of the WEU Council of Ministers, 27 Jun 1991, Vianden (Luxembourg). Also referred to as Satellite Centre -- Centre satellitaire. 1 Jan 2002, superseded by E-XE4478 - European Union Satellite Centre (SatCen), a centre of F-XF2147 - European Union (EU).
Aims
Main mission: supply information resulting from space imagery, supported by airborne imagery and other collateral information for security and defence purposes. Provide: general surveillance of WEU areas of interest; support for treaty verification; support for arms control and proliferation control and for Petersberg missions; crisis monitoring and management; maritime surveillance; environmental monitoring. Further missions: provide training for image analysis specialists; develop interpretation methods.
Activities
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Based at Torrejón (Spain) and under the authority of WEU Council. Steering Committee on which each WEU member state is represented. Executive Section, comprising Director, Head of Planification and Personal Assistant. Divisions (4): Exploitation; Research; Technical; Administration and Personnel.
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UIA Org ID
XE2092
Last News
1994
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