Satellite companies backtrack and restrict Gaza images: Report
Companies that provide satellite images to news organisations are restricting images of Gaza since Israeli forces began an advance in the area, despite having no problem disseminating similar images of Russian forces in Ukraine.
The images have been key to understanding how Israeli ground operations have been developing but, beginning on October 22, one of the providers, Planet Labs, stopped releasing high-resolution images to subscribers, reported the US news website Semafor.
Subscribers also told Semafor that between October 30 and November 1, no low or medium-resolution imagery of northern Gaza was provided by Planet Labs, which was founded by former NASA scientists.
Planet Labs has not said why there have been restrictions, but Semafor reported that the satellite images of Gaza have concerned US security officials, following a New York Times story on October 19 that included detailed images of Israeli tank positions.
Maxar Technologies, a Planet Labs competitor, has also been releasing images on a significant time delay.
The images have been key to understanding how Israeli ground operations have been developing but, beginning on October 22, one of the providers, Planet Labs, stopped releasing high-resolution images to subscribers, reported the US news website Semafor.
Subscribers also told Semafor that between October 30 and November 1, no low or medium-resolution imagery of northern Gaza was provided by Planet Labs, which was founded by former NASA scientists.
Planet Labs has not said why there have been restrictions, but Semafor reported that the satellite images of Gaza have concerned US security officials, following a New York Times story on October 19 that included detailed images of Israeli tank positions.
Maxar Technologies, a Planet Labs competitor, has also been releasing images on a significant time delay.
Set up your own Hamas-aligned or Puting -aligned satellite provider lor..
ReplyDeleteOr People's Republic of China company satellites, more advanced than Western or Wankees will gladly oblige.
Mfer, how do u know that many of those satellite images u saw r not from non US sources?
ReplyDeleteTruly know-nothing fart!
When complaints r made against those US companies, they r comparisons for the hypocrisy that u so championed.