This paper is set to examine the extent to which it may be possible to claim that the EU has challenged existing concept of surveillance in the broader context of the complex international law, merging external and internal concept of security. It also analyzes limits for external activity of the European Union in compliance of protection of fundamental rights, as well as the relevance of European concepts for situational awareness with satellite operations used for surveillance. It identifies core European methods and norms for promoting border management through satellite observation, with emphasis on limited possibilities and yet underdeveloped technology for pre-border intelligence. Last and finally, the paper argues that ethical and moral arguments visible in the EU position towards migration, human rights or minority treatment, should be analyzed through the perspective of questionable policy towards space affairs, and more military oriented idea of security.
