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- Japan's IHI receives first images from observation satellites
- Nowhere to hide: Iran war spotlights military challenges posed by space-based remote sensing
- Satellite firm Planet Labs to indefinitely withhold Iran war images
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Nowhere to hide: Iran war spotlights military challenges posed by space-based remote sensing
Planet in a March 9 notice to its customers, obtained by Breaking Defense, explained that the company would be instituting a 14-day delay on release of imagery not just of Iran, bu...
Satellite firm Planet Labs to indefinitely withhold Iran war images
By Ismail ShakilWASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) - Satellite imaging firm Planet Labs said on Saturday it will indefinitely withhold visuals of Iran and the region of conflict in the...
NRO awards three new contracts for commercial satellite data
The head of the NRO’s commercial programs, Pete Muend, suggested that spysat agency could vet the ability of commercial satellite firms to track airborne targes for the US Space Fo...
US commercial satellite provider Planet Labs is indefinitely withholding access to imagery of Iran and the conflict regi...
Ismail Shakil / Reuters: US commercial satellite provider Planet Labs is indefinitely withholding access to imagery of Iran and the conflict region, citing US government's request ...
'It probably will start a precedent': Why satellite company's withholding of Iran imagery has this expert worried
In response to a request from the U.S. government, Planet Labs made a decision not to share photos of Iran as well as the larger conflict region in the Middle East indefinitely
Satellite image company restricts Mideast content, citing a U.S. government request.
Satellite image company restricts Mideast content, citing a US government request
A major satellite imagery provider, Planet Labs, is indefinitely withholding access to imagery over Iran and the conflict region more broadly, citing a request from the U.S. govern...
Satellite imagery firm Planet Labs to indefinitely withhold Iran war images
Planet Labs said it will withhold imagery dating back to March 9, per a U.S. government request, particularly in regions where the U.S. military and its allies are 'actively operat...
GalaxEye puts world’s first all-weather imaging OptoSAR satellite in orbit
Weighing 190 kg, it is India’s largest privately developed Earth observation satellite and the first globally to integrate Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and electro-optical (EO) s...
SOCOM to test SkyFi satellite imagery-to-tablet prototype
SkyFi’s Sovereign Intelligence Platform for US Special Operations Command is designed to allow commanders in the field to task a commercial satellite for near-real time imagery.
GalaxEye to launch ‘world’s first’ OptoSAR satellite in 3 months, bets on all-weather imaging
The multi-sensor Earth observation satellite with a launch weight of approximately 180-190 kg with 1–1.5 metre resolution, it marks a new imaging category.
GalaxEye to launch ‘world’s first’ OptoSAR satellite in 3 months, bets on all-weather imaging
The multi-sensor Earth observation satellite with a launch weight of approximately 180-190 kg with 1–1.5 metre resolution, it marks a new imaging category.
Satellite imaging firm to withhold visuals of Iran and the region of conflict in the Middle East by request from U.S. g...
In a significant shift affecting how modern conflicts are documented, satellite imaging company Planet Labs has announced it will indefinitely withhold images of Iran and surroundi...
Pixxel To Launch India’s First Orbital Data Centre Satellite, Powered By Sarvam
The Pathfinder satellite will bring high-performance remote sensing, compute, and India-built AI together in orbit to show the path ahead for planetary intelligencePixxel, a planet...
Planet Labs is not selling satellite images. It is selling a subscription to watch the entire planet change in real time...
At 2:59 a.m. Eastern Time on 3 May, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base carrying 45 satellites, three of which belonged to Planet Labs. Pelicans 7, 8...
Pakistan launches high-res imaging satellite
Satellite successfully enters its planned orbit
Concerns after satellite provider restricts Iran images following US pressure
Planet Labs says it is restricting coverage of Iran and parts of the Middle East indefinitely.
Russian satellite imagery used by Iran to target U.S. forces, Ukraine reports
Military bases and headquarters were targeted by Iranian ballistic missiles and drones within days of being surveyed by Russian satellites, the assessment says.
Image: NISAR views Mount St. Helens
This image captured by U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR on Nov. 10, 2025, shows Washington's Mount St. Helens. The image is cropped from a much larger swath spanning the Pacific N...
Deloitte Sends Two Satellites Into Orbit to Expand Space Data, Cyber Capabilities
Deloitte has launched two new satellites, Deloitte-2 and Deloitte-3, into orbit. The company said Monday that the satellites, which carry payloads capable of increasing space data...
Israeli satellite now tracks moving targets day and night
An Israeli satellite company announced on May 26 that its RUNNER satellite can now detect and track moving objects from orbit around the clock, including at night, a capability the...
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