A note this Saturday morning from Houston-based Satellite Imaging Corporation provides a bird's eye view of the Sirius Star, the Saudi-owned supertanker. This is from the company's Ikonos satellite, which is designed for commercial imaging. But just two months ago, the company successfully launched the Geo-Eye1 satellite, which was a commercial and military partnership for high-resolution satellite images of the Earth. Even Google, which uses satellite imaging for its Google Earth and Google Maps applications, was part of this latest launch. Here's a resized image of the Sirius Star from Nov. 20, 2008.
If you want to see the full resolution, go here to the file provided by Satellite Imaging Corporation.
-Geoff
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Geoff Kohl
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Geoff Kohl is the Marketing Director for the Security Industry Association (SIA). He is the former Editor-in-Chief of SecurityInfoWatch.com