Can satellites see peoples faces?

Can satellites see peoples faces?

No. Satellites move very fast. They could at most take a picture when they pass over your location but it gets complex. Satellites able to take a high resolution image of your home needs to be in low Earth orbit and the lower the orbit, the faster the satellite needs to move to remain in orbit.

What do satellite cameras detect?

While primarily used to detect the development and movement of storm systems and other cloud patterns, meteorological satellites can also detect other phenomena such as city lights, fires, effects of pollution, auroras, sand and dust storms, snow cover, ice mapping, boundaries of ocean currents, and energy flows.

Can satellites see underwater?

Satellites can “see the sea” in ways that are otherwise impossible. By remotely sensing from their orbits high above the Earth, satellites provide us much more information than would be possible to obtain solely from the surface.

How does a satellite take pictures of the Earth?

The satellite takes images of the Earth below and streams it down to the station in real-time. The station’s antenna points toward the satellite and tracks it for as long as it can until it moves out of range. Each station therefore receives the images of the areas around it. This is called the station’s coverage circle

Can satellites track human activity from space?

High-Res Satellites Want to Track Human Activity From Space By 2021, DigitalGlobe will be able to image parts of the planet every 20 minutes, flashing by for photos dozens of times a day.

Where can I view live satellite imagery?

FarEarth Live – View live satellite imagery! Pinkmatter’s FarEarth Global Observer presents a live view of Landsat imagery as it is downlinked by ground-stations around the world. Real-time data is received, decoded and displayed within seconds of the satellite imaging an area.

Where does NASA collect data from its satellite cameras?

NASA Satellite Camera Provides “EPIC” View of Earth. Data from the NASA science instruments will be processed at the agency’s DSCOVR Science Operations Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. This data will be archived and distributed by the Atmospheric Science Data Center at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.