#PlanetLabs told customers it has expanded what it calls its “area of interest,” establishing restrictions on #satellite images from “all of #Iran & nearby allied bases, in addition to the Gulf States & existing conflict zones.” It said it was placing a 2-week hold on access to new imagery from that area in the company’s commercial archive.

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A spokesperson for California-based #PlanetLabs, which operates more than 200 #satellites in orbit, shared a message sent to affected customers this week. The message confirmed that the company had decided to take additional measures to ensure its imagery “is not tactically leveraged by adversarial actors to target allied & NATO-partner personnel & civilians.”

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#Satellite companies restrict access to #MiddleEast imagery amid #Iran #war

2 leading spatial #intelligence companies say they are restricting access to satellite images of the Middle East in response to the #US - #Israel war with Iran.

#PlanetLabs & #Vantor, which are based in the #UnitedStates & have #federal contracts, say they were not “ordered” by any #government to restrict image #access.

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