satellite imagery
noun
: pictures taken from satellites
They used satellite imagery to see the ice caps.
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The tents that the students will be staying in, which were nowhere to be found on satellite imagery from June 9, were on full display as of July 12.
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Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
Until recently, satellite imagery of Area 51 was censored.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
The Nimitz, along with three destroyers and a replenishment oiler, was captured in satellite imagery while underway in the Arabian Sea off the southern coast of Oman on Sunday.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
The 11 Russian bombers that commercial satellite imagery has verified were destroyed or severely damaged were alone hundreds of times more valuable than the drones used in the attack.
—Michael C. Horowitz, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2025
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Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
Until recently, satellite imagery of Area 51 was censored.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
The Nimitz, along with three destroyers and a replenishment oiler, was captured in satellite imagery while underway in the Arabian Sea off the southern coast of Oman on Sunday.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
The 11 Russian bombers that commercial satellite imagery has verified were destroyed or severely damaged were alone hundreds of times more valuable than the drones used in the attack.
—Michael C. Horowitz, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for satellite imagery
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“Satellite imagery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/satellite%20imagery. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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