How to Use satellite imagery in a Sentence

satellite imagery

noun
  • But satellite imagery can help to give a sense of the overall destruction.
    Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The world viewed the satellite imagery with horror, almost in real time.
    James Verini, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026
  • But within days, the satellite imagery was causing headaches for war planners.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
  • What to read next This is not the first time that satellite imagery has been restricted from public view.
    Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But the netting observed from the satellite imagery covers the entire boat.
    Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026
  • Civilians fleeing the area and satellite imagery suggest the militia carried out mass killings of those who remained.
    Abigail Williams, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025
  • New satellite imagery shows the school and several nearby buildings before and after the strikes.
    Julie Tsirkin, NBC news, 6 Mar. 2026
  • At the same time, near-daily satellite imagery was becoming widely available to the public.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
  • New towers, bunkers and berms consistent with weapons development have cropped up in satellite imagery of these growing sites.
    Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Vantor satellite imagery of the site from three days before the strike shows groups of people gathered in the treatment center’s courtyard.
    Marin Scott, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026
  • On the same day, a large fire broke out in Sharja, north of Dubai, as seen in Planet Labs satellite imagery.
    Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Richardson's experience with satellite imagery from around the moon is similar.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 11 May 2026
  • The samples have helped extend records of past weather events centuries beyond modern satellite imagery, scientists say.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • At the same time, satellite imagery that is often used to corroborate photos taken on the ground, has been disappearing as well.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The maps are created by combining satellite imagery that detects sargassum in the open ocean with models that track ocean currents.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 13 May 2026
  • States and the private sector could pool satellite imagery and maritime domain awareness data that tracks shadow fleet behavior.
    Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Drones, sensors, satellite imagery, autonomous aircraft and cameras are among tools used to manage and fight wildfires.
    Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The damage occurred on Saturday, the first day of the war, and was visible in the satellite imagery from Sunday.
    Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Reuters reported last month that satellite imagery has revealed new roofs on the Isfahan facility.
    Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Though this satellite imagery is in grayscale, lucky skywatchers on the ground would have likely seen curtains of green light with possible magentas and reds rippling overhead.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 23 Feb. 2026
  • In a detail noted as a first by many open-source intelligence analysts, satellite imagery captured massive pools of blood in the city visible from space.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025
  • There was a fair amount of public information showing a school located on the base, as well as satellite imagery that revealed new walls and a separate entrance had been added.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Finding out what is happening in Hormuz has largely been a matter of relying on satellite imagery and ship-signal tracking.
    Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 6 Apr. 2026
  • High-resolution satellite imagery was not immediately available to determine whether the radar systems were present at the time of the strikes.
    Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Entire communities swept away by wind and floodwater, according to satellite imagery.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
  • But historic satellite imagery showed little activity at the airfield in the years following that demonstration.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Entire communities swept away by winds and floodwaters, according to satellite imagery.
    George Solis, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The true scale of the killings was confirmed by satellite imagery from Planet Labs, analyzed by the Washington Post.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Analysts also point to satellite imagery showing Iran rebuilding.
    Abc News, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • From a practical standpoint, our study also highlights the value of satellite imagery and machine learning for ecosystem monitoring.
    Hannah V. Herrero, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026

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