Through the DMC Satellite Constellation, the UK is a Member of the International Charter ‘Space & Major Disasters’.
The Charter is the world’s most effective and operational international effort to use space resources for natural disaster management. It is a continually developing system that, by the involvement of an ever-increasing number of nations, seeks to help emergency relief organisations to improve the outcomes, survival rates and quality of life of disaster-afflicted peoples and regions all around the world.
DMCii maps human and environmental activity around the globe through satellite imagery.
The UK Space Agency is at the heart of UK efforts to explore and exploit space.
The UK Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS) enhances the UK's ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies.
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) leads the UK government's fight against world poverty.
QinetiQ is one of the world's leading defence technology and security companies.