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War in Ukraine at 2 years: Destruction seen from space – via radar

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Sensors on satellites record electromagnetic waves radiated or reflected from Earth’s surface with wavelengths ranging from hundreds of nanometers to tens of centimeters. Free and publicly available radar data for civilian applications is rare. The U.S. is scheduled to launch its first one in March 2024 but the European Space Agency has made such data available since the early 1990s.

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War in Ukraine at 2 years: Destruction seen from space – via radar

Satellite radar data shows the complete destruction of the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. Xu et al. (2024), CC BY-NC-NDAs soldiers and citizens provide information from the front lines and affected areas of the war in Ukraine – two years old as of Feb. 24, 2024 – in quasi-real time, an active open-source intelligence community has formed to keep track of troop activity, destruction and other aspects of the war. Remote sensing complements this appro…

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