A leaked US Space Force document shows the Pentagon directing private satellite companies to avoid language that would allow the public to assess the damage its military has caused in Iran, while those same companies quietly shut down the open-source imagery that researchers, journalists, and analysts rely on.
The guidance, published on 24 March 2026 by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein, was issued to commercial satellite operators as Operation Epic Fury, the joint US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, which commenced on 28 February 2026.
