We’re unlocking the promise of
#space
to help govt & businesses solve problems on Earth & beyond, partnering with innovative businesses & 50+ govts to
#monitor
global change, deliver broadband communications & advance space operations.
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New high-res
#satellite
imagery (10:36 am local time, August 16) of the chaotic scene underway at
#Kabul
’s Hamid Karzai International Airport in
#Afghanistan
as thousands of people converged on the tarmac & airport runways as countries attempt to evacuate personnel from the city.
Before and after images from the
#explosion
that happened in
#Beirut
,
#Lebanon
on August 4, 2020. Before image from June 2020 and after image from today, August 5, 2020. More imagery showing the devastation will follow.
#Satellite
imagery from today, March 25, of Ukrainian port city
#Berdyansk
, revealing a Russian Alligator-class landing ship that’s burned & partially submerged. Fire/smoke is nearby & close to fuel storage tanks. News reports state the ship was hit March 24, by Ukrainian forces.
In-space 📸 of
@Boeing
Starliner’s first-ever astronaut mission!
Taken June 7, these satellite images show the spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS).
This type of imagery collection, known as non-Earth imaging (NEI), is a breakthrough capability that
The 224,000-ton shipping vessel,
#EverGiven
, seen here in this WorldView-2
#satellite
image from March 26, 2021, blocking one of the world’s busiest waterways, the
#SuezCanal
, since Tuesday.
Pro-democracy protests continue in
#Myanmar
, despite a large military presence, as seen here in these
#satellite
images from February 13 & 16, 2021, including a large “We Want Democracy” street mural.
Weather over the
#BlackSea
has been cloudy for the past few days, hampering attempts at new imagery collections of the Russian
#Moskva
cruiser. Our last image, shown here, is from April 10, 2022. New imagery will be shared with our trusted media partners when available.
New
#satellite
images of MV
#Wakashio
that ran aground off the coast of
#Mauritius
. The ship hit reefs near Pointe d’Esny on July 25. On today’s (Aug 7th) imagery, the ship is leaking a considerable amount of oil into the ocean & the oil slick is drifting northwest to the shore.
#Satelliteimagery
today at 11:01 AM local time of the aftermath of the explosion that damaged the
#Crimea
Bridge which connects the Crimean peninsula with the Russian mainland. Damage is apparent on the bridge span that carries vehicle traffic and the span that has a rail line.
We caught
@SpaceX
’s
#Starship
rocket on top of a Super Heavy booster on September 5 in
#BocaChica
, Texas. A second launch attempt is awaiting FAA license approval but is expected to occur before the middle of September.
WorldView-1 HD
#satellite
imagery.
New
#satelliteimagery
, from August 12, 2022, of
#Ziabrovka
airfield in southern
#Belarus
that reportedly had several explosions & blasts earlier this week. In today’s imagery, scorch marks from a recent blast can be seen on the main runway & burned vegetation is evident nearby.
We chose Precision3D as the new name for our standard
#3D
data products because our
#accuracy
is inherent – and our
#precision
is proved through decades of experience.
#Precision3D
#Satellite
imagery (June 18) of Kennedy Space Center, focusing on
#NASA
’s
#SLS
rocket on Launch Complex 39B. The rocket & Orion space capsule are the key elements of the
#Artemis
program & will be conducting rehearsals involving loading fuel into the rocket’s 1st & 2nd stages.
Additional before (August 1, 2022) and after (January 10, 2023)
#satellite
imagery of the town of
#Soledar
,
#Ukraine
(lat: 48.663700, long: 38.091763), showing homes, schools and buildings that have been destroyed from the month’s long battle and artillery exchanges.
Our WV3
#satellite
collected this dramatic nighttime imagery (Jan 20th @ 9:55 pm EST) of the presidential
#inauguration
fireworks celebration near the
#Washington
Monument and Tidal Basin, as well as lights displayed along the Reflecting Pool and National Mall.
We’re pleased to announce that
@NOAA
has modified our
#remotesensing
license to enable the non-Earth imaging (NEI) capability for our current constellation on orbit as well as our next-generation WorldView Legion
#satellites
.
Today’s high off-nadir WorldView-3🛰️view of the
@SpaceX
#Falcon9
rocket🚀that will launch
@SIRIUSXM
’s
#SXM8
mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Sunday, June 6th.
Who doesn’t love a good ole corn maze? We do! Especially when it’s
#space
themed, like this one from 2019 celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing. See all the detail in our 15cm
#HD
#satellite
imagery. 🌽
Satellite imagery from February 12 shows the
@SpaceX
Starship standing fully stacked atop the launch and catch tower at the Starbase South Texas Launch Site in
#BocaChica
. Pending FAA approvals, the first Starship could soon be ready to fly.
New
#satelliteimagery
from this morning, August 29, 2022, of the
#Zaporizhzhia
nuclear power plant in Enerhodar,
#Ukraine
. A group of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (
#IAEA
) prepare to visit the facility this week.
Before (Aug 1, 2022) & after (Jan 10, 2023)
#satellite
imagery showing the magnitude of the ongoing fighting between Russian & Ukrainian forces. Shown here is the town of
#Soledar
,
#Ukraine
(lat: 48.6796, long:8.0947) & the apartment buildings that have been completely destroyed.
New satellite imagery from today of the fires on the Hawaiian island of
#Maui
. Seen here is the
#Lahaina
Banyan Court area. The before image is from June 25, 2023 and the after is from August 9, 2023.
We are working with multiple organizations to provide them with
#satelliteimagery
of the recent
#earthquake
that has devastated
#Turkey
&
#Syria
. Seen here are before (Oct 4, 2022) & after (Feb 7, 2023) images of
#Islahiye
, Turkey, showing collapsed buildings & rescue operations.
Our 15cm HD
#satelliteimagery
takes a look 👀 at
#BuckinghamPalace
, which has served as the official
#London
residence of the UK's sovereigns since 1837 and today is the administrative headquarters of the Monarch. 👑
In
#Crimea
, today’s imagery shows repairs in progress on both the rail line of the Crimea Bridge as well as on damaged sections of the road/vehicle bridge span. Vehicles can be seen traveling along the bridge & nearby a ferry transporting trucks across the
#KerchStrait
.
NASA is getting ready for the launch of the
#SLS
rocket which is currently scheduled for August 29. Known as
#Artemis1
, this will be its first test flight with an uncrewed Orion spacecraft. Here is our
#satellite
view from today, August 25, of the rocket at Launch Complex 39B.
Our latest images from the
#earthquake
in
#Turkey
. Weather and cloud cover have been a factor in obtaining new imagery of the affected areas. We will be releasing new imagery as we get it. Seen here is a before (Oct 4, 2022) and after (Feb 7, 2023) overview of
#Islahiye
, Turkey.
Our
#satellites
caught today's
@SpaceX
launch
@NASAKennedy
on the ground AND mid-flight! See if you can spot the Falcon 9 rocket just above the clouds.
New
#satelliteimagery
of the besieged city of
#Bakhmut
,
#Ukraine
. The city has been the focus of intense battles between Russian & Ukrainian forces for the past 6 months & the imagery reveals extensive damage to buildings & infrastructure. Before Aug 1, 2022, after Jan 4, 2023.
The largest
#satellite
we’ve ever built, JUPITER 3, arrived at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on June 30 ahead of its upcoming
#launch
from Kennedy Space Center. A
@SpaceX
Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the satellite, which is also known as EchoStar XXIV.
We will be activating our Open Data Program () for the powerful
#earthquakes
in
#Turkey
and
#Syria
. Please stay tuned for that notification. Seen here is another before (Oct 4, 2022) and after (Feb 7, 2023) view of
#Islahiye
, Turkey and the destruction.
Our first two WorldView Legion spacecraft deployed their solar arrays and started receiving and sending signals! Now we’ll begin commissioning them for collecting imagery. Thanks
@SpaceX
for the ride to orbit!
More details here:
#satelliteimagery
This satellite image, collected on October 11, 2021, of crop art near the village of Bezuhlivka,
#Ukraine
, depicts the coat of arms of Ukraine. Officially referred to as the Emblem of the Royal State of Volodymyr the Great, or colloquially, the tryzub, and reads “I ♥️ UA”.
Our high resolution satellites observed many of the world’s most significant events this year. Take a look at some of them in our 2021 year in review blog.
#YearInReview
#InTheNews
#SatelliteImagery
#EVERGIVEN
Update: March 29, 2021
#satellite
imagery from WV2 was collected at 11:49AM local time followed by a GeoEye-1 collection at 11:52AM. The container ship has been moved away from the eastern bank of the canal, w/ numerous tugboats actively trying to reposition the ship.
Our view of the Space Launch System (
#SLS
) rocket on launch pad 39B
@NASAKennedy
, where it is awaiting another countdown dress rehearsal ahead of
@NASA
’s
#Artemis
1 mission. This satellite image was taken today, April 8, 2022, at 11:56am ET.
Street murals continue to pop up throughout
#Yangon
,
#Myanmar
as protesters continue to take to the street in masses, defying coup attempt and demanding an end to military rule.
#Satellite
images from February 19, 2021.
Our WorldView-3
#satellite
collected this beautiful image of Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 launch pad, approximately 80 minutes before the successful
@SpaceX
Falcon 9 launch with the
@SIRIUSXM
satellite on board.
March 27, 2021
#satellite
imagery of the dredging operations that are underway to release the
#EverGiven
container ship that is still grounded in the
#SuezCanal
.
New
#satelliteimagery
collected this morning reveals the loading of probable Kalibr missiles on a Kilo-class submarine in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine.
High-resolution Maxar
#satelliteimagery
collected over
#Bucha
,
#Ukraine
verifies and corroborates recent social media videos and photos that reveal bodies lying in the streets and left out in the open for weeks.
New nighttime
#satellite
images, from Feb 8, reveal a
#military
parade in progress to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the
#Korean
People’s Army. These images were collected at 10:05 pm KST & show a large North Korean flag & thousands of people assembled in Kim il Sung Square.
New
#satelliteimagery
from today, June 30, 2022, of
#SnakeIsland
in the Black Sea. In today’s imagery, smoke can be seen from burning vehicles/structures at several locations across the northern section of the island.
New satellite images from today, February 8, of areas in
#Antakya
,
#Turkey
that have been heavily affected by the recent
#earthquake
. Damage can be seen throughout the area, particularly with numerous high-rise apartments buildings that have collapsed.
Before (September 24, 2021) and after (December 11, 2021) satellite imagery of the
#Amazon
warehouse in
#Edwardsville
,
#Illinois
, that was severely damaged from the recent
#tornado
.
Maxar has been awarded $142 million by
@NASA
to perform an in-space demonstration of on-orbit assembly using a lightweight robotic arm called Space Infrastructure Dexterous Robot (SPIDER) – formerly Dragonfly
Check out these stellar high off-nadir images of
#WashingtonDC
taken on May 2, 2020. Our WorldView-3
#satellite
was near Bermuda when it captured these images.
Our WV3
#satellite
collected imagery this morning, May 23rd, of
@NASAKennedy
's Launch Pad 39A as
@NASA
prepares for its 1st crewed flight in nearly a decade. On May 27th, a spacecraft with astronauts
@Astro_Doug
and
@AstroBehnken
is scheduled to be launched by a Falcon 9 rocket.
Maxar’s Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) it is developing for
@NASA
’s lunar Gateway, a cornerstone of the
#Artemis
program, has passed its first Preliminary Design Review (PRD) and remains on track for launch in 2024.
#Satellite
imagery reveals Russian forces continue moving into eastern
#Ukraine
. Military deployments were observed along the 14k-34 highway and the corridor that leads from Soloti and Valuyki in western Russia towards the border with Ukraine. Imagery is from April 11, 2022.
We’re excited for the
@NASA
and
@SpaceX
Crew-2 mission to the
@Space_Station
tomorrow. Our WorldView-3
#satellite
was nearly 1,000 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral today when it pointed its telescope at a steep angle to see the Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon on the pad.
New
#satellite
imagery from this morning, March 19, 2022, of
#Mariupol
,
#Ukraine
, showing the aftermath of the airstrike on the Mariupol Drama Theater.
The Indonesian
#earthquake
caused "liquefaction" in areas near
#Palu
. These before and after images were taken on August 17th and October 1st, just south of the Mutiara SIS Al-Jufrie Airport.
Our August 9th look
@Spacex
’s Starbase test site in South Texas where last week the
#Starship
was fully stacked. Once assembled the
#rocket
stands at a towering 120 meters tall, making it the tallest ever built.
Our Precision3D
#Telco
Suite offers high-resolution
#geodata
at global scale, ideal for planning transmission towers. Explore and interact directly with the data and download a sample.
#3D
See the incredible damage from the
#Beirut
,
#Lebanon
explosion in these high-resolution
#satellite
images taken on August 5, 2020. Take a look at the large crater, the capsized Orient Queen and buildings with blown-out, shattered glass.
#Satelliteimagery
from August 10, 2022 of
#Saki
airbase in Novofedorivka,
#Crimea
,
#Ukraine
showing the aftermath of the reported attack on the Russian airbase where you can see the extent of the damage caused by explosions and fires.
New
#satelliteimagery
from June 14, 2022 reveal probable
#launch
activities in progress at the Imam Khomeini Space Center southeast of
#Semnan
,
#Iran
. At the launch pad, a rocket is on a transporter preparing to be erected by a heavy-lift crane & stacked at the launch tower.
The
#FrancisScottKeyBridge
collapsed in
#Baltimore
, Maryland, around 1:30 a.m. ET today after being hit by a cargo ship. About an hour ago, two Maxar satellites collected imagery of the collapsed bridge and ship. A May 2023 image is also in the gallery.
#viewfromspace
Using multispectral imagery bands on WorldView-2, we can see a bright muzzle flash coming from one of the artillery guns while smoke comes from 5 other guns, evidence they had been recently fired. Satellite imagery is from today, March 11, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. local time.
#Ukraine
“Maxar collected this high-res image of today’s protests in Wash, D.C., calling attention to the long history of racial injustice in our nation. We’re guided by our values & driven by a core belief that Earth Intelligence brings transparency for a better world.” D. Jablonsky, CEO
#SatelliteImagery
from September 25, 2022 shows a large traffic jam of vehicles leaving
#Russia
and attempting to cross the border into
#Georgia
, at the Lars checkpoint, following Russian President Putin’s mobilization order for the war in
#Ukraine
.
This WorldView-1 high off-nadir image, collected today at 2:46 pm EST, 660 km west of New Orleans, shows the
@SpaceX
Launch Pad 39A at JFK Space Center. The pending launch of the first
#CrewDragon
spacecraft is set for a historic flight on March 2.
Satellite imagery from today, March 11, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. local time, shows the fires that continue to burn at Antonov International Airport. Using multispectral imagery you can clearly see where the fires are actively burning.
#Ukraine
#Satellite
imagery from March 27, 2021, reveals a Russian
#naval
exercise, known as Umka-2021, in progress. Seen here is a Delta IV
#submarine
partially broken through the ice south of Alexandra Island.
We’re excited to share the first official images from our next-generation WorldView Legion satellites—these beautiful 30 cm-class images of San Francisco and Sacramento, California. Learn more here:
The main city cemetery (Starokrymske) on the western side of
#Mariupol
has had significant expansion of the number of graves. Satellite images from March 29, 2022 (left) compared to November 30, 2022 (right).
#Ukraine
We imaged the
@blueorigin
spaceport approximately 4 hours after the successful touchdown of their first crewed flight, which included
@JeffBezos
, his brother, Mark, Wally Funk and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen.
We got a nice look through the clouds at LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida of
@SpaceX
’s
#Falcon9
rocket that will launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft on its third cargo resupply mission to the
@Space_Station
. Launch is scheduled for August 28 at 3:37 am EDT.
Preparations for the June 6th launch of
@SIRIUSXM
's SXM-8 broadcasting
#satellite
are underway. Seen here on June 3rd is the
@SpaceX
#Falcon9
rocket at Space Launch Complex 40.
We caught
@NASA
’s Space Launch Systems rocket on the pad for wet dress rehearsal. As of right now, tests have been postponed until after a
@SpaceX
launch later this week. WorldView-3 nighttime image from April 5, 2022.
#SLS
#Artemis
August 19, 2021
#satelliteimagery
of
#Kabul
,
#Afghanistan
including the Hamid Karzai International Airport. Large crowds of people and cars can be seen gathered at multiple entrances and approaches to the airport.
Our WorldView-1
#satellite
spotted one of the newest Chinese aircraft carriers, the
#Shandong
, conducting sea trials in the Yellow Sea. This image was collected on June 2, 2020 at 48.5 degrees off-nadir.
New
#satelliteimagery
collected this morning, July 17, 2023, of the
#KerchStrait
showing new damage to the
#Crimea
Bridge which connects Crimea to Russia’s mainland. The damaged section of the bridge is located at 45.246, 36.587.
When Russian forces recently withdrew from Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, the Ukrainian government and media reported the discovery of a mass grave site near the city of
#Izyum
.
#satelliteimagery
of the
#Pishanske
cemetery or “Forest cemetery" entrance from March 2022 and August 2022.
Our
#satellite
view of Space Launch Complex 40 at the
#CapeCanaveral
Space Force Station, before the launch of SpaceX’s
#Falcon9
rocket carrying the Maxar-built Galaxy 31 & 32 for Intelsat. This WorldView-3 high off-nadir image was taken today, November 12, at 10:26 AM EST.
Taxi testing in the
#Mojave
. The
@Stratolaunch
aircraft reached 136 mph in testing, almost takeoff speed! The world's largest airplane is designed to launch orbital class rockets in flight.
@VulcanInc
Eruptions at
#Geldingadalir
#volcano
in
#Iceland
continue to produce impressive lava flows as new vents continue to open northeast of the original, bringing the total to three spots where lava is spilling out. These high-resolution
#satellite
images where taken on May 3, 2021.
In honor of the
#Tokyo2020
Olympics kicking off in a few days, we'll be sharing a collection of beautiful
#15cmHD
satellite images of Japan this week. At twice the height of the Eiffel Tower, the Tokyo Skytree is the world's tallest tower standing at 2,080 ft (634 m).
#HD
New
#satellite
images collected this morning, August 19, 2022, at 11:33 AM local time, of the
#Zaporizhzhia
nuclear power plant facility in Enerhodar,
#Ukraine
. No significant signs of recent shelling or damage is seen in or around the nuclear plant.
#Satellite
imagery from May 12th, of southern
#Israel
and
#Gaza
that reveals the effects of the escalating conflict. Fire and smoke can be seen from recent rocket attacks as well as several buildings that have been demolished in Gaza.
New
#satelliteimagery
(June 22, 2023) of the search & rescue operations associated with the missing
#Titan
#submersible
near the wreck of the
#Titanic
. Collected at 11:24am local time, imagery shows multiple ships in the ocean (41.738, -49.944).