# UNOSAT (UNITAR Operational Satellite Applications)
*agency . companies*

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

## Editorial
UNOSAT is the United Nations Satellite Centre, with a mandate for satellite imagery analysis, training, and capacity development.[^unosat-about-2026]

It provides near real-time geospatial intelligence for humanitarian, peace, and security operations.[^unosat-about-2026] Its rapid-mapping work has been active since 2003 and includes a 24/7 service for disaster response, with satellite imagery analysis used for building damage assessment and flood mapping.[^unosat-rapid-mapping-2026] The rapid-mapping service also uses an AI deep-learning pipeline.[^unosat-rapid-mapping-2026] For emergency-management teams and institutional partners, UNOSAT is an analysis and capacity-building actor that transforms satellite imagery into operational geospatial products and training.[^unosat-about-2026][^unosat-rapid-mapping-2026]

## Sources
- [unosat-about-2026] | About UNOSAT - United Nations Satellite Centre | https://unosat.org/about/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
  Full name: United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT); parent UNITAR; mandate for satellite imagery analysis, training, and capacity development; near real-time geospatial intelligence for humanitarian, peace, and security operations
- [unosat-rapid-mapping-2026] | How UNOSAT Rapid Mapping Service Contributed to Humanitarian Response 2018 | https://reliefweb.int/report/world/how-unosat-rapid-mapping-service-contributed-humanitarian-response-natural-disasters | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-20
  Confirms Rapid Mapping Service active since 2003; UNOSAT-EMS 24/7 service; satellite imagery analysis for disasters including building damage assessment, flood mapping; AI deep learning pipeline deployed

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