Charter Members and Partners

Charter history

Following the UNISPACE III conference held in Vienna, Austria in July 1999, the European and French space agencies (ESA and CNES) initiated the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters", with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) signing the Charter on 20 October 2000.

The International Charter aims at providing a unified system of space data acquisition and delivery to those affected by natural or man-made disasters through Authorized Users. Each member agency has committed resources to support the provisions of the Charter and thus is helping to mitigate the effects of disasters on human life and property.

The International Charter was declared formally operational on 01 November 2000.

Charter members

The International Charter is composed of space agencies and space system operators from around the world who work together to provide satellite imagery for disaster monitoring purposes. Learn more about each member agency or organisation on their websites:

ABAE

Joined in April 2016

CNES

Joined in 2000

CNSA

Joined in May 2007

CONAE

Joined in July 2003

CSA

Joined in 2000

DLR

Joined in October 2010

ESA

Joined in 2000

EUMETSAT

Joined in July 2012

INPE

Joined in November 2011

ISRO

Joined in September 2001

JAXA

Joined in February 2005

KARI

Joined in July 2011

NOAA

Joined in September 2001

ROSCOSMOS

Joined in May 2013

UAESA

Joined in April 2018

UKSA

Joined in November 2005

USGS

Joined in 2005

Satellites

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Charter partners

The Charter is supported by partners from around the world who contribute to our efforts or share similar goals.

Data contributors

Find out which organisations contribute data from their satellites to the Charter. These companies add to the Charter Members' virtual constellation, providing a wide range of satellites and data to support disaster monitoring.

Airbus

BlackSky

Copernicus

ICEYE

MAXAR

Planet

Satellogic

Cooperating bodies

Learn about Cooperating Bodies who provide disaster management services worldwide and have cooperating relations with the Charter, or do so for specific regions of the world. They work with the Charter to further distribution of data to end users around the world.

ADRC

Sentinel Asia

UNOOSA

UNOSAT

Value adding organisations

Discover organisations that provide value-adding services for the Charter, producing maps based on satellite data for use in interpreting and assessing disaster situations.

NASRDA

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