The assorted satellite assets of various corporate , national , and international space agencies and entities provide for humanitarian coverage which is wide albeit contingent . First activated for floods in northeast France in December 2001 , the Charter has since brought space assets into play for numerous floods , earthquakes , oil spills , forest fires , tsunamis , major snowfalls , volcanic eruptions , hurricanes and landslides , and furthermore ( and unusually ) for the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and for the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak . As of 2015 , fifteen space agencies are signatories ; dozens of satellites are available with As of 2012 the live satellites and their instrumentalities were : The high resolution and very high resolution radar sensors of ENVISAT ( decommissioned in April ) , RISAT-1 , RADARSAT-1 & 2 , TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X ; the high resolution and very high resolution optical sensors of SPOT satellites4 & 5 , Pleiades , Landsat 5 & 7 , PROBA1 , UK-DMC 2 , KOMPSAT-2 , IRS-P5 , Resourcesat-2 , Oceansat-2 , Cartosat-2 , IMS-1 , and RapidEye ; the medium and low resolution optical sensors of POES , GOES , and SAC-C . Furthermore , specific agreements with other entities , including corporations , allow the Charter access to additional products of high and very high resolution from satellites such as the Formosat series , GeoEye , IKONOS , QuickBird , and WorldView
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters'