Re: Dubai impound ships suspected in cable damage

[Joel Jaeggli <joelja () bogus com>]

Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> Sean Donelan wrote:
>
> > Awesome, so could anyone buy a copy of the same images?  Which satellite
> > do you think happened to be taking images of the area with these ships 
> > near the time the cables were broken?  Which company is selling that 
> > set of images?
>
> Wouldn't it be reasonable that, when the break occurred, they used their 
> optical time domain reflectometer to compute the approximate location of 
> the break, and then just called around for whoever had the best images, 
> or who could quickly task the satellite to get an image?

spot can generally deliver an image within 1 day in 60kmx60km blocks 
assuming no contention for the slot. 20m resolution is more than 
adequate to pick up ships underway at sea. ikonos can deliver 11x11km 
swaths.

> --Patrick