satellite monitoring
Tracking from space
Satellite monitoring is the use of orbiting satellites to observe, track, or collect data about activities on Earth's surface or in space.
The practice encompasses weather observation, environmental surveillance, military reconnaissance, and tracking of ships, aircraft, or wildlife.
Satellite monitoring revealed illegal deforestation in the Amazon.
The term also applies to tracking the satellites themselves—their position, health, and orbital status.
- spy satellitesOrbiting surveillance platforms
- dishFood container or recipe
- weather forecastingPredicting future atmospheric conditions
- trackPath or monitored route
- reconnaissance satellitesOrbiting surveillance spacecraft
spy plane · signal · map · sweep · climate modeling · climate change · GPS · crisis management · early warning systems · NOAA · international treaties · global warming · orbit · illegal fishing · space junk · deforestation · Amazon rainforest · scan
satellite monitoringdirect observation
Watching something personally occur