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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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US Homeland Security knew in 2020 Pakistani firm illegally sold satellite images to Pak govt

Pahalgam satellite image orders spiked at Colorado-based Maxar Technologies just two months before the terrorist attack. Even after the 2020 complaint, BSI moved from being Maxar's customer to partner in 2023.

How Maxar partner fooled US manufactures into aiding Pakistan’s nuclear programme

In 2023, the same year Obaidullah Syed’s sentence concluded, BSI Pakistan was enlisted as a partner by Maxar Technologies. Subsequently, orders for high-resolution satellite images of Pahalgam began appearing on Maxar's portal.

Controversial Pakistani firm BSI removed as partner from US satellite company’s website

Hours after ThePrint revealed that Maxar had been receiving orders for high-resolution satellite images of Pahalgam, including 10 days before the attack, the company removed the Pakistani firm from its website.

Orders for Pahalgam satellite images from US firm peaked two months before attack

Maxar Technologies began receiving orders for high-resolution satellite images of Pahalgam in June 2024, just months after a Pakistani geospatial firm indicted by the US became a partner.

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