On Sunday 15th December, bad weather conditions led to an accident involving two oil tankers, resulting in an oil spill in the Kerch Strait.

20 December 2024

Through COSMO-SkyMed satellites by Agenzia Spaziale Italiana and Ministero della Difesa, e-GEOS carried out Radar acquisitions to analyse the area affected by the possible presence of spills from tankers. In the following image, processed via the e-GEOS SEonSE application platform for maritime domain monitoring, the positions and characteristics of the identified oil spills are highlighted.

Photo credit:  Black Sea. COSMO-SkyMed Image © ASI. Processed and distributed by e-GEOS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Image details:

COSMO-SkyMed ORDER ID =  3186470
e-GEOS ORDER NUMBER = 24F29157-15
AREA NAME = Feasibility_MN_CSK

Product Number 1
ACQUISITION MODE =  STR_HIMAGE
ORBIT PASS =  ASCENDING
LOOKING MODE =  RIGHT
PROCESSING LEVEL =  DGM_B
ACQUISITION START TIME =  2024-12-19 02:57:22.528192
ACQUISITION STOP TIME =  2024-12-19 02:57:29.233727
SATELLITE =  SAR1
PRODUCT_FILE_NAME = CSKS1_DGM_B_HI_0A_VV_RA_FF_20241219025723_20241219025729.h5

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