Satellite Sentinel Project Uses Commercial Satellite Imagery to Monitor Sudanese Conflict

February 15, 2011 at 12:20 pm | Posted in Aerospace Law Interfaces | Leave a comment

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

Source – EARSC:

Satellite Sentinel Project Uses Commercial Satellite Imagery to Monitor Sudanese Conflict

It has long been the hope of commercial satellite imaging companies that they could extend their use to the commercial sector. With the goal of generating rapid responses for human rights and human security, the Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP) has employed DigitalGlobe to take high resolution commercial satellite imagery and make it available to the public in near real time. . . . [Full Source]