United Nations Uses IKONOS Imaging Satellite To Help Fight War On Drugs

Space Imaging's high resolution imaging satellite, IKONOS, was used by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to monitor illicit drug crops, such as opium and the coca plant, in countries including Afghanistan, Laos, Myanmar and Bolivia in 2003 and early 2004. High-resolution commercial satellite like IKONOS provide the capability to safely monitor crops in dangerous areas around the world. The IKONOS satellite has 1 meter resolution, meaning it can resolve objects of that size and larger.

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