satellite imagery
noun
: pictures taken from satellites
They used satellite imagery to see the ice caps.
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The production team followed strict protocols: satellite imagery, ice thickness drills, real-time weather updates, and a station chief with veto power.
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Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
This a Test?' Warning Issued to Mount Rushmore Tourists
The alert was issued using information from weather forecasts, smoke plume models, satellite imagery, and air quality monitors located in Omaha, Bellevue, Blair, Lincoln, Beatrice, Grand Island, and Scottsbluff.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
LiDAR enables highly accurate, high-resolution 3D data, including vegetation, buildings and bodies of water, and it's often used with satellite imagery.
—Carlos Melendez, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
At that time, the researchers lost access to a trove of information, including satellite imagery and biometric data tracking the identities and locations of as many as 35,000 children from Ukraine.
—John Hudson The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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Tony Bradley, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
This a Test?' Warning Issued to Mount Rushmore Tourists
The alert was issued using information from weather forecasts, smoke plume models, satellite imagery, and air quality monitors located in Omaha, Bellevue, Blair, Lincoln, Beatrice, Grand Island, and Scottsbluff.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
LiDAR enables highly accurate, high-resolution 3D data, including vegetation, buildings and bodies of water, and it's often used with satellite imagery.
—Carlos Melendez, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
At that time, the researchers lost access to a trove of information, including satellite imagery and biometric data tracking the identities and locations of as many as 35,000 children from Ukraine.
—John Hudson The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Satellite imagery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/satellite%20imagery. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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