Tel Aviv as seen from ISS
An image of Tel Aviv taken from the International Space Station. The U.S. government will soon allow companies that operate commercial remote sensing satellites to sell high-resolution images of the country by modifying a restriction put into place more than two decades ago. Credit: NASA

WASHINGTON — The federal government will soon allow U.S. commercial remote sensing companies to sell high-resolution satellite images of Israel, changing resolution limits that have been in place for more than two decades.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...