Alt Data · Family 03

Satellite & remote sensing

A pass is a fact about light, not about output. The desk reads it as a coarse proxy with a stated mechanism, never as a number.

Series held

Fastest cadence

2–5 / wk

Dominant class

Published this cycle

Supports

Whether a site is being worked, and whether high-temperature process equipment is running, at coarse resolution and with a known revisit gap.

Does not support

Output, throughput, or which specific line is running. Cloud cover creates gaps, not zeros — an absence of a pass is not an absence of activity.

Series boardState as of the last write. Readings are zeroed until the desk publishes.

Site activity index C

In use

4–36 h

2–5 / wk · Lag 4–36 h · 4 gates · Open record →

Thermal anomaly B

In use

3–12 h

Daily · Lag 3–12 h · 4 gates · Open record →

Third-party spotter reports D

Not admitted

Single-operator imagery with no independent chain of custody.

Satellite evidence brief

What decision-relevant condition can satellite evidence establish before a published report catches up?

Observe: Site activity index: Whether a site is being worked, at coarse resolution.
Boundary: continuity — cloud cover and revisit gaps
Breaks the read: A source receipt that cannot reproduce the observation, or a result that conflicts with this family’s stated boundary, is held rather than promoted into a desk conclusion.

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Published investigation

No matching illustrated investigation is currently packaged for this record. The method remains open; a reporting card appears only when a durable article exists.

Published from this family

Copernicus satellite imagery reported by Iran International, Sep 5 2026

Imam Khomeini Port falls quiet under blockade

Visual observation · activity decline does not identify the cause

RefusalThird-party spotter reports — Single-operator imagery with no independent chain of custody.

How the desk reads this family

Fix the footprint

The same coordinates, pass over pass, so the comparison is honest.

Separate weather from signal

A cloud gap and a real change in activity look identical until checked.

Find the second record

A grid, hiring, or procurement reading over the same period.

State the falsifier

The next clear pass that would contradict the read.

Known blind spots

Persistent cloud cover over the site of interest
Sites without a usable revisit cadence
Activity that produces no optical or thermal signature

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