# Sentinel Asia
*consortium . companies*

## Specifications
- **operator domains**: ["sentinel-asia.org"]
- **country**: International (Asia-Pacific)
- **website**: https://sentinel-asia.org
- **entity type**: company
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-20
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **attributes**: {"kind":"consortium","operator_domains":"[\"sentinel-asia.org\"]","country":"International (Asia-Pacific)","website":"https://sentinel-asia.org"}

## Editorial
Sentinel Asia is an Asia-Pacific disaster-management cooperation framework that connects satellite data providers, disaster-management organisations, and end users for emergency observation and data distribution.[^sentinel-asia-about][^sentinel-asia-unspider] The initiative was formally approved in 2005, and its joint project team and Step 1 operations began in 2006, making 2005 the approval year and 2006 the operational start.[^sentinel-asia-about] Its operating model uses data-provider nodes, data-analysis nodes, emergency observation requests, and a Web-GIS distribution platform to support disaster response across the region.[^sentinel-asia-about][^sentinel-asia-unspider] Registered satellite contributions include optical and radar missions from multiple national and regional providers, including ALOS-2 as a primary SAR contribution.[^sentinel-asia-about][^sentinel-asia-jaxa] The programme advanced from Step 1 in 2006-2007 to Step 2 in 2008-2012 and Step 3 from 2013 onward.[^sentinel-asia-about] More than 100 organisations participated as of 2023, and 2023 membership expansion included a new data-provider node from the Philippines.[^sentinel-asia-unspider][^sentinel-asia-philsa-2023]

## Sources
- [sentinel-asia-about] | About Sentinel Asia - Sentinel Asia Website | https://sentinel-asia.org/aboutsa/AboutSA.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
- [sentinel-asia-jaxa] | Sentinel Asia - JAXA Earth-graphy | https://earth.jaxa.jp/en/application/disaster/sentinel-asia/index.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
- [sentinel-asia-unspider] | Sentinel Asia - UN-SPIDER Knowledge Portal | https://www.un-spider.org/sentinel-asia | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20
- [sentinel-asia-philsa-2023] | Philippine Space Agency became a member of Sentinel Asia as a Data Provider Node - JAXA | https://www.satnavi.jaxa.jp/en/news/2023/02/15/6889/index.html | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20

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