IKONOS Starts its Operation in Space WE ARE BEING WATCHED! [Archives:1999/46/Front Page]

The image below was taken on the 24th of October by the Satellite IKONOS, the first ever commercial satellite to be used to capture photos which sell for an average of $5 per picture. 
Yemen is among the countries that are under the direct access of the satellite. Hence, it would be quite easy to deliver photos of Sanaa or any other city in Yemen with a precision up to 10 square meters. If the weather is clear, the satellite can take high-resolution photos of you walking in the street and show them to anyone else in the world within minutes. 
It is a new technology pushes us further towards globalization. In other words, it begins a new era of information and satellite technology which will give us instant information about military moves, natural disasters and other things.
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