Disaster Response

摘要

Satellites played an important role in the global response to the Dec. 26 tsunamis that devastated coastal areas throughout the southern Indian Ocean region and they can play an expanded role in the future -both for disaster response and in some limited cases by providing better warning for those in danger. As the scope of one of the worst disasters in modern times became apparent, governments and private companies moved quickly to get satellite communications and satellite imagery into the hands of response and rescue authorities.