satellite imagery
noun
: pictures taken from satellites
They used satellite imagery to see the ice caps.
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New satellite imagery collected on July 8 shows the aftermath of the devastating flood along the Guadalupe River that swept through the area near Hunt and Kerrville, Texas.
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Npr Staff, NPR, 10 July 2025
Powered by machine learning and fueled by massive volumes of data from sensors, satellite imagery and floating car data, modern mapping platforms have become living systems.
—Michael Harrell, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Possible preparations for the new deployment, including the arrival of a ship linked to last year’s deployments at a Russian port, and cargo aircraft at North Korea’s Sunan airport, have been spotted on satellite imagery obtained by CNN.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 2 July 2025
This is a particularly useful tool for monitoring storms at night, when visible satellite imagery is unavailable.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 27 June 2025
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Npr Staff, NPR, 10 July 2025
Powered by machine learning and fueled by massive volumes of data from sensors, satellite imagery and floating car data, modern mapping platforms have become living systems.
—Michael Harrell, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Possible preparations for the new deployment, including the arrival of a ship linked to last year’s deployments at a Russian port, and cargo aircraft at North Korea’s Sunan airport, have been spotted on satellite imagery obtained by CNN.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 2 July 2025
This is a particularly useful tool for monitoring storms at night, when visible satellite imagery is unavailable.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 27 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 21 Jul. 2025.
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