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Moscow court orders Yandex to hide oil refinery on maps after Ukrainian drone attacks (www.pravda.com.ua)

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[-] tal@lemmy.today 9 points 2 days ago

Choosing one commercial provider, Planet Labs in the US stores and sells current and historical images of world land masses every day.

https://www.planet.com/products/satellite-monitoring/

Planet Monitoring provides near-daily, 3.7-meter resolution imagery covering all of Earth’s landmass.

That's just generally-available commercial stuff, not even military stuff, which I suspect Ukraine gets.

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Part of the last aid package of the US included commercial satellite images. Probably a subscription or something similar.. just in case DOD no longer is allowed to provide. Also that resulution is probably enough for most things, while targeting specifics can be pictures more adhoc or surveiled with a drone.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ah, gotcha. It sounds like it's been provided in aid packages for a while. This was a year-and-a-half ago:

https://defensescoop.com/2023/05/09/commercial-satellite-imagery-services-included-in-new-1-2b-ukraine-security-assistance-package/

The latest U.S. security assistance tranche for Ukraine, valued at $1.2 billion, includes funding for commercial satellite imagery services as well as a slew of air-defense capabilities.