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QuickBird Satellite Final Image of Port Elizabeth, South Africa  Image Copyright © DigitalGlobe and Courtesy of Satellite Imaging Corporation. All rights reserved. QuickBird Satellite Final Image – On January 27, 2015, one of DigitalGlobe’s oldest and most historically significant imaging satellites re-entered Earth’s atmosphere after completing its 13-year mission on orbit. QuickBird made more than […]

WorldView-3 Satellite Image of Rainbow Range, British Columbia Click on image to view in high resolution. (Image copyright © DigitalGlobe and Courtesy of Satellite Imaging Corporation) WorldView-3 Satellite Image (0.31cm) – Rainbow Range, formerly known as the Rainbow Mountains, is a mountain range in British Columbia, Canada, located 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of Anahim Lake. […]

WorldView-2 Satellite Image of Athens, Greece Click on image to view in high resolution. (Image Copyright © DigitalGlobe and Courtesy of Satellite Imaging Corporation) WorldView-2 Satellite Image (0.5m) – Athens, Greece a city and sea that have long been embedded into the history since the days of the Twelve Olympian Gods. According to ancient Greek myth, Athena, […]

GeoEye-1 Satellite Image of Rothera Research Station, Antarctic Peninsula Click on image to view in full resolution. (Image copyright © DigitalGlobe and Courtesy of Satellite Imaging Corporation) GeoEye-1 Satellite Image (0.5m) – The Rothera Research Station in the Antarctic Peninsula. Living and working in the harsh and remote environment of Antarctica requires specialist facilities. In order to carry out its ambitious […]

WorldView-3 Satellite Image of  King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Click on image to view in high resolution. (Image copyright © DigitalGlobe. Courtesy of Satellite Imaging Corporation. All rights reserved.) WorldView-3 Satellite Image (40cm) – KAPSARC, also known as King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center, is located in Riyadh, Saudi […]

WorldView-2 (0.5m) Satellite Images Before and After Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines Click on image to view before and after images (Image Copyright © DigitalGlobe) Typhoon Haiyan (also known as Typhoon Yolanda) caused widespread devastation when it struck the Philippines on November 7, 2013. With maximum sustained winds of 195 mph (314 km/h) and a storm surge […]

Satellite imagery provider DigitalGlobe has made a request for the US government to lift restrictions on the pixel resolution of available commercial satellite imagery to better compete against non-US-based companies. DigitalGlobe argues that the quality of commercial aerial photography — like images available on Google and Bing map websites — is in more than 90 […]

Pleiades-1B satellite was successfully launched on December 2, 2012 built by Astrium was launched off aboard a Soyuz launcher from the European Space Centre in French Guiana. Pleiades-1B is the second dual-use, very-high-resolution satellite for the Pleiades constellation. The launch of Pleiades-1B marks the third step in the formation of a constellation of four satellites […]

SPOT-6 satellite built by Astrium, Europe’s leading space technology company, has delivered its first images just 3 days after launch. The satellite was successfully launched on September 9, 2012 by a PSLV launcher from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in India. SPOT-6 Satellite (Image Credit: Astrium)  SPOT-6 Satellite Image of Bora Bora, French Polynesia Collected […]

IKONOS (1m) Satellite Image of Nikumaroro Island (Gardner Island) in the Republic of Kiribati (Copyright © GeoEye and Courtesy of Satellite Imaging Corporation. All Rights Reserved.) New evidence reported by The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR), a non-profit foundation promoting aviation archaeology and historic aircraft preservation shows that Amelia Earhart and her navigator […]