“Almost unknown to the public, a constellation of satellite guardians is flying overhead, and all it takes is a phone call for them to intervene when a country is hit by a storm, earthquake, tsunami or flood.  Their cooperation comes under an agreement called the International Charter Space and Major Disasters.  When catastrophe strikes, an ‘authorised user’ of the Charter simply phones a number at the European Space Agency (ESA), where space technicians are on round-the-clock duty.  One of the 41 authorised users of the Charter is the United Nations, which can activate it on behalf of member states.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/03/network-of-satellite-guardians-in-space-keep-an-eye-out-for-natural-disasters/

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