Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands hotel is seen in this optical satellite image captured by South Korea’s SI Imaging Services (SIIS). Ukraine vice prime minister recently asked SIIS and seven other remote sensing companies to provide synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery of Ukraine and neighboring countries to assist Ukrainian military fighting against Russian forces. SIIS president turned down the request, saying it has “nothing to share.” Credit: SI Imaging Services Credit: SI Imaging Services
Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands hotel is seen in this optical satellite image captured by South Korea’s SI Imaging Services (SIIS). Ukraine vice prime minister recently asked SIIS and seven other remote sensing companies to provide synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery of Ukraine and neighboring countries to assist Ukrainian military fighting against Russian forces. SIIS president turned down the request, saying it has “nothing to share.” Credit: SI Imaging Services Credit: SI Imaging Services

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Park Si-soo covers space industries in South Korea, Japan and other Asian countries. Park worked at The Korea Times — South Korea's leading English language newspaper — from 2007 to 2020. He earned a master’s degree in science journalism from Korea...

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