The Maxar News Bureau is a partnership program with trusted and respected media organizations that
leverages technology for social good and global transparency. Maxar provides electro-optical and radar
satellite imager y, analytics and expertise that are powerful complements to good journalism, providing
indisputable visual truth.
IMPACT
Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas after
slamming into the country as a Category 5 storm.
As governments deployed troops to help with
recovery efforts and humanitarian groups sent
in medical teams and other assistance, Maxar's
satellites captured imagery of the destruction.
USA Today created comparisons of pre- and post-
hurricane Maxar satellite imagery to educate
their audience on the impact of the storm, while
humanitarian organizations used the Maxar imagery
to plan their on-the-ground operations.
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE & DISASTER RESPONSE
The Washington Post is monitoring the
humanitarian crisis that is unfolding at the al-Hol
refugee camp in northeastern Syria (left). More than
73,000 people who are primarily fleeing violence
caused by the Islamic State are packed into the
camp, which lacks proper infrastructure, medical
facilities and other supplies. The Washington Post
used Maxar's deep archive compared to current
satellite imagery to demonstrate how the camp
has exploded in size over recent years.
Maxar's GeoEye-1 imaged Green Turtle Cay, Bahamas before the storm
on Januar y 29, 2019 (left). GeoEye-1 imaged the same area again after
Hurricane Dorian on Sept. 5, 2019, capturing the destruction of this
neighborhood (right).
INVESTIGATING MAJOR EVENTS USING SPACE-BASED
DATA TO INCREASE GLOBAL TRANSPARENCY
News Bureau partners with journalists and observers to expose and
act on human rights and environmental change
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