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Also known as satellite photography, satellite view, imagery from space, view from space, photography from space, space view, space imagery, imagery from satellite

imagery of the Earth or another astronomical object taken from an artificial satellite

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product
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photography
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Venice Lagoon December 9 2001.jpg
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Commons category
Satellite pictures
topic's main category
Category:Satellite imagery
start time
2018-11-29
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The first images from space were taken on the sub-orbital V-2 rocket flight launched by the US on October 24, 1946. Satellite image of Fortaleza Satellite images (also Earth observation imagery, spaceborne photography, or simply satellite photo) are images of Earth collected by imaging satellites operated by governments and businesses around the world. Satellite imaging companies sell images by licensing them to governments and businesses such as Apple Maps and Google Maps.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “satellite imagery” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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