Fedorov urged the companies to provide satellite imagery to Ukraines armed forces.
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Fedorov emphasized a need for data from one instrument in particular: synthetic aperture radar (SAR).
Ukraines government also wants the birds-eye views provided by optical data, but this imagery has major blindspots.
SAR overcomes these limitations by bouncing microwave pulses to Earth and back.
The sensor then makes an image from the returned echoes.
It’s pretty cloudy in Ukraine during February.
However, not every satellite firm has responded to the plea.
Nonetheless,EOSDAbelieves the data can provide crucial assistance in both military and humanitarian efforts.
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He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
