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Welcome to the Friday’s Food for Thought post from got geoint? Each year, we like to highlight the importance of the Memorial Day on the Friday before the holiday weekend. And, here we are once again on the verge of this very important holiday, and it is time to reflect on its true meaning. Beyond using this long weekend to catch up with family and loved ones, we need to remember that is all about honoring those who sacrificed their lives in military duty. Check out last year’s post on the true meaning of this holiday.

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We all know that launching and managing spy satellites is a major and challenging endeavor. Do you recall NRO Director Bruce Carlson discussing this at GEOINT 2009? Well, there seems to be a new breed of satellite technology that aims to provide the warfighter with instant real-time images of what awaits them at the other side of the ridge. Kestrel Eye, a system of multiple lightweight, low-cost imaging satellites that can be repositioned from the field, aims to be a soldier’s little eye in the sky that beams down some real time images of the surrounding landscape.

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