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Images from the sky

Steve G. Manuel
- 01 Jan 1992 - 
- Vol. 14, Iss: 4, pp 409-425
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The history of commercial satellite remote sensing, as well as the U.S. government's highly classified KH-series satellites, and the future impact of "Mediasat" with regard to its use by the news media are reviewed in this article.
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This article is published in Technology in Society.The article was published on 1992-01-01. It has received 4 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: News media & Satellite imagery.

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The Omniscient Eye: Satellite Imagery, "Battlespace Awareness," and the Structures of the Imperial Gaze

TL;DR: The role of aerial and satellite imagery in the US military's command, control, and intelligence (C4I) systems, with an historical focus on the Persian Gulf War of 1991, is explored in this paper.
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Becoming Bombs: 3D Animated Satellite Imagery and the Weaponization of the Civic Eye

TL;DR: The authors traces the recent history of 3D satellite animation from its military origins to its visibility in the civic sphere and analyzes the aesthetic uses of satellite animation on the news during this period, including how these imaging practices meshed with existing discourses such as clean war, the weaponization of the civic gaze, and others.
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Space and National Security

TL;DR: In this paper, the development of anti-satellite weapons and the American and Soviet policies concerning the military use of space are discussed, as well as the development and use of these technologies.
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A Guide to Remote Sensing: Interpreting Images of the Earth

S. A. Drury
TL;DR: In this article, the problems of water food, natural disasters physical communications physical resources natural environments security, and training data distribution future prospects are discussed. But the authors focus on the training opportunities and not the data distribution.
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Space and national security

TL;DR: In this article, the development of anti-satellite weapons and the American and Soviet policies concerning the military use of space are discussed, as well as the development and use of these technologies.
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The shape of wars to come

David Baker
TL;DR: In this age of modern era, the use of internet must be maximized as mentioned in this paper, as one of the benefits is to get the on-line the shape of wars to come book, as the world window.
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High-resolution remote sensing by the news media

TL;DR: In this article, it is argued that the First Amendment rules out government controls on news gathering from space except in extreme circumstances, and the media's attempts to modify them are outlined.
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