Title: Taiwan's Formosat Satellites in Responses to Asia Pacific Regional Disasters with Sentinel Asia

摘要

In 2004, National Space Organization-National Applied Research Laboratories (NSPO-NARLabs) launched its first high-resolution Earth observation satellite Formosat-2. With its featured daily revisit and global coverage capability, it has contributed significantly by providing imagery for the global community especially in disaster and environment monitoring. In 2010, Formosat-2 joined in the Sentinel Asia initiative as an action to align with its commitments and frameworks in the endeavors to build and strengthen a disaster resilient community in the Asia-Pacific region. Sentinel Asia initiative has been operating since 2006 as an international cooperation platform under the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF).