Tracking Trouble Across the Americas

Security risks across the Western Hemisphere are no longer limited to classified briefings or insider intel. With satellites capturing near-real-time changes in terrain, traffic, and infrastructure, many of these threats are now visible to anyone with the right tools. And with SkyFi, those tools are in your hands.

From maritime smuggling to resource grabs and quiet militarization, Earth observation imagery lets you track shifts as they happen – not weeks after the fact. No contracts. No gatekeepers. Just fast, transparent access to what’s changing on the ground.

Here are four growing threats you can see from space:

1. Smuggling Routes Don’t Disappear at Night

In the Caribbean and Pacific, ships involved in trafficking, illegal fishing, and unregulated trade often vanish from digital maps. How? They switch off their AIS (Automatic Identification System) transponders – the digital beacons that reveal a vessel’s location.

When AIS goes dark, satellite imagery fills the gap. SkyFi gives you access to Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), which works in all weather conditions and total darkness. Whether it’s cloudy or midnight, SAR can still pick up vessels in known smuggling corridors.

Coming soon: AIS overlays in the SkyFi platform – so you can compare the official transponder logs to the actual satellite view.

Try this now: Use SAR to monitor regions of interest and track nighttime maritime activity in real time.

2. Lithium Zones Are Expanding Fast

In South America’s Lithium Triangle – Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina – global demand for EV batteries is reshaping the land. Massive evaporation ponds, sprawling road networks, and new facilities appear quickly and often without public notice.

SkyFi’s high-resolution optical imagery and change detection tools let you spot those changes before they hit headlines. Monitor how industrial sprawl edges closer to environmentally sensitive regions, or track which projects are scaling up the fastest.

Use cases include:

• Comparing seasonal growth at mining sites

• Applying land classification to track shifts near protected areas

• Running time series analyses using historical archive data

With SkyFi, you get full pricing transparency based on image size, sensor, and resolution.

3. Port Congestion Is a Warning Signal

Ports across South and Central America are economic chokepoints. But unlike major U.S. or European terminals, many of these smaller ports don’t have public visibility or consistent reporting.

That’s where satellite imagery comes in. A single image can show you how many containers are stacked, how much yard space is used, or whether any new construction is underway.

These metrics aren’t just for logistics experts – financial analysts, security professionals, and even newsrooms are turning to satellite data to read between the lines of regional activity.

On the platform:

• Pull historical images with archive search

• Use vessel detection to track container volume or vessel presence

• Monitor trends without waiting for local reports

4. Construction Doesn’t Wait for a Press Release

From unannounced airstrips to secretive cross-border projects, sensitive infrastructure often appears without formal acknowledgment. Ground-level sources may miss it. But satellite imagery won’t.

With SkyFi, you can track vehicle patterns, construction phases, and new developments as they happen – anywhere on Earth. Whether you’re watching for road extensions, new hangars, or subtle activity shifts, the tools are available to you.

For even more advanced monitoring, SkyFi supports InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar), which detects ground deformation – useful for tracking tunneling, subsidence, or structural shifts.

You control the tasking: Select location, date, resolution, and preferred cloud coverage. No emails. No meetings. Just open SkyFi and go.

Satellite imagery puts the truth in view. SkyFi puts it in your hands.