馃洶锔廏EOINT: Mapping the Satellite Data Blackouts For a while now, we've tracked a deliberate day-delay of Sentinel-2 data over the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Northwestern Arabian Sea (specifically from Socotra Island up to Duqm). Expanding the map reveals how dynamic these boundaries are becoming. 馃實The New Gap: Massive, unnatural acquisition gaps have now appeared directly over the Eastern Mediterranean. 馃實The Persian Gulf: Fully illuminated and fine. This makes strategic sense鈥攎ajor coalition surface combatants have likely vacated this confined water space entirely. 馃實The Anomaly: The Gulf of Oman also remains unrestricted. This is highly curious, as any incoming amphibious force would likely need to transit or stage in those waters. When you stack these targeted medium-res Sentinel-2 gaps on top of recent commercial high-res imagery pauses (Planet/Vantor), the information environment is clearly being locked down. This localized "fencing" begs a massive question for the OSINT community: Are we looking at dynamic boundaries designed specifically to mask incoming naval assets? If so, when will the Gulf of Oman go dark?

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Very interesting, thanks for sharing. What are your sources? Do you think this is a decision from Copernicus or an anomaly on the system?
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Not the first time Sentinel delays images under Israel-US request.
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Wow, well done!
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