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Intelligence Community

Space Imagery Sharing Pause With Ukraine Damages Private Sector’s Standing With Other Customers, Warner Warns

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 25th, 2025

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Space Imagery Sharing Pause With Ukraine Damages Private Sector’s Standing With Other Customers, Warner Warns

Commercial satellite image of holes in roof of Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Satellite image (c) 2022 Maxar Technologies

The Trump administration’s temporary halt to sharing commercial space imagery with Ukraine was a major concern for the affected companies who are worried that other international customers might not see the U.S. as a reliable partner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee said on Tuesday. In addition to the commercial space industry, other U.S. technology companies have said the stoppage in imagery sharing “has sent and enormous chill” through the commercial sector, Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said during…

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