Overview
- Planet is blocking high-resolution coverage of all Iran, nearby allied bases, Gulf states and existing conflict zones for 14 days.
- Clients now see Planet’s latest high-resolution images from much of the region dating at best to March 6, according to AFP.
- The move extends last week’s 96-hour delay and follows the firm’s conflict-era restrictions that previously included a Gaza-specific 30-day lag with on-demand tasking.
- Vantor, formerly Maxar, says it has activated access controls in parts of the Middle East and maintains a longstanding policy limiting distribution of U.S. and allied base imagery.
- U.S. licensing allows security-driven limits, and providers say curbs aim to protect allied forces and civilians as other actors can obtain imagery from non-U.S. sources.