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Satellite Imaging Corporation Helps Companies Discover More From Above For many companies, understanding what’s happening on the ground now means the difference between starting a project and losing thousands of dollars in the wait. Satellite Imaging Corporation hopes to address that problem with their environmental monitoring imagery available now. WorldView-3 Satellite Image (40cm) Satellite Image […]

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 […]