satellite imagery
noun
: pictures taken from satellites
They used satellite imagery to see the ice caps.
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The Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale University confirmed satellite imagery showing significant damage at the city's airport and army headquarters.
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NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
According to MT_Anderson, an open-source intelligence analyst on X, the remaining destroyers were spread across the Mediterranean, citing satellite imagery.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Both Indian and Pakistani users on social media shared fake satellite imagery to suggest their respective countries’ militaries had inflicted more damage than what otherwise transpired.
—Brady Africk, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, satellite imagery from late September showed Fujian docked at Hainan island in the northern part of the South China Sea, where its commissioning ceremony is expected soon.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
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NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
According to MT_Anderson, an open-source intelligence analyst on X, the remaining destroyers were spread across the Mediterranean, citing satellite imagery.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Both Indian and Pakistani users on social media shared fake satellite imagery to suggest their respective countries’ militaries had inflicted more damage than what otherwise transpired.
—Brady Africk, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, satellite imagery from late September showed Fujian docked at Hainan island in the northern part of the South China Sea, where its commissioning ceremony is expected soon.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 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 29 Oct. 2025.
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