USE CASE SPAIN’S SASEMAR –SEARCH AND RESCUE The Copernicus MaritimeSurveillance (CMS) service supportsmaritime safety by helping preventaccidents and collisions. It assists Member Spain’s Maritime Safety and Rescue Agency (SASEMAR)leverages CMS services to underpin maritime safety,prioritising the most hazardous zones within its search andrescue area, which are distinguished by intense sea traffic In August 2024, with the help of CMS SAR1satellite image andvalue-added products, a vessel not reporting its position wasdetected southeast of La Restinga, in Southern El Hierro Island(Canary Islands). Based on this information, the Maritime Get in touch for more information Copernicus is the Earth Observation component of the European Union’s SpaceProgramme which looks at our planet and its environment for the benefit of allEuropean citizens. It offers information services that draw from satellite EarthObservation and in-situ (non-space) data. The European Maritime Safety Agency Copernicus Maritime Surveillance Service Twitter/X CopernicusCMS/Instagram CopernicusCMScopernicus@emsa.europa.eu COPERNICUS MARITIME SURVEILLANCE (CMS) Copernicus The Copernicus Maritime Surveillance Service provides Earth Observationproducts (satellite images and value-added products) to support a betterunderstanding and improved monitoring of activities at sea, within a widerange of operational functions such as maritime safety, maritime security,customs, law enforcement, marine pollution monitoring, fisheries control and European Maritime Safety Agency LinkedIn EMSA/Twitter/X EMSA_EU Facebook EMSA/Instagram EMSAemsa.europa.eu This document was produced with funding by the European Union. Views andOpinions expressed are however those of the author only and the European REFERENCES 1Synthetic Aperture Radar. CREDITS © European Maritime Safety Agency, contains modified TerraSar-X data, (2024).© DLR e.V. (2024), Distribution Airbus Defence and Space GmbH. Funded by European Union# EU SPACE