satellite imagery
noun
: pictures taken from satellites
They used satellite imagery to see the ice caps.
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Much of the area was still farmland near the turn of the century, historical satellite imagery shows.
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Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Others provided techniques to estimate a storm's intensity using satellite imagery and tools dropped from hurricane hunter planes to document the vertical structure of hurricane eye walls.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 July 2025
Maxar satellite imagery of Fordo fuel enrichment facility.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 22 June 2025
Other satellite imagery reviewed by CNN showed the same damage more clearly, with black plumes of smoke visibly rising from multiple locations across the site.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 14 June 2025
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Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Others provided techniques to estimate a storm's intensity using satellite imagery and tools dropped from hurricane hunter planes to document the vertical structure of hurricane eye walls.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 July 2025
Maxar satellite imagery of Fordo fuel enrichment facility.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 22 June 2025
Other satellite imagery reviewed by CNN showed the same damage more clearly, with black plumes of smoke visibly rising from multiple locations across the site.
—Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 14 June 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 13 Jul. 2025.
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