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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 […]

SkySat-2 Satellite Image of The World (The Worlds) Dubai, UAE  Click on image to view in full resolution (Copyright © SkyBox Imaging and Courtesy of Satellite Imaging Corporation) SkySat-2 Satellite Image (0.9m) – The World Dubai, UAE  is an artificial archipelago of various small islands constructed in the rough shape of a world map, located in the […]

WorldView-3 Satellite Image of Madrid, Spain Click to view in high resolution. (Copyright © DigitalGlobe and Courtesy of Satellite Imaging Corporation. All rights reserved.) WorldView-3 Satellite Image (40cm) – Madrid, Spain is the third-largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan area is the third-largest in the European Union after […]

SPOT-7  Satellite Image of the Fiji Islands Click on image to view in high resolution. (Image Copyright © AIRBUS Defence and Space and Courtesy of Satellite Imaging Corporation. All rights reserved) SPOT-7 Satellite Image (1.5m) – The Fiji Is;ands is the product of volcanic mountains create around 150 million years ago surrounded by warm tropical […]

GeoEye-1 Satellite Image of San Alfonso del Mar Resort in Algarrobo, Chile – the World’s Largest Swimming Pool Click image to view in full resolution (Image copyright © DigitalGlobe and Courtesy of Satellite Imaging Corporation) GeoEye-1 Satellite Image (0.5m) – San Alfonso del Mar Resort in Algarrobo, Chile, about 100 km (62 mi) west of the […]

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 […]

Virunga National Parks and its endangered mountain gorillas are threatened once again in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as rebels clash with the Congolese army in the park’s gorilla sector. The gorillas have been caught in a deadly crossfire for years and the bloody conflict is complicated by the pressures of a surging refugee population […]

Pleiades-1 (0.5m) satellite sensor captured the first panchromatic satellite images after its successful launch from Kourou launch site (French Guiana) via a Russian Soyuz ST rocket on December 16, 2011. The launch marked a new step in French-Russian cooperation: it is the second time when the Russian launch vehicle “Soyuz-ST” took off from the French […]

Satellite Imaging Corporation (SIC), a leader in the satellite remote sensing, GIS and mapping industry delivering to commercial customers fully processed and orthorectified high resolution satellite image data and geospatial data products, announced today that SIC is now part of RapidEye AG growing distribution network providing customers with a 5m imaging solution. Leopold J. Romeijn, […]