Satellite monitoring is the use of orbital remote-sensing platforms to observe and measure conditions on the Earth’s surface over time. In sustainability and supply-chain contexts it supports verification of deforestation, land use, emissions plumes, and facility activity using multispectral, radar, and thermal imagery. The resulting geospatial data feeds carbon accounting, compliance, and ethical-sourcing assessments.
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- Modern systems combine optical, synthetic-aperture-radar, and hyperspectral sensors with revisit cadences of hours to days. Machine-learning pipelines classify land cover and detect change, providing auditable, independent evidence that complements self-reported corporate sustainability and provenance data.