Satellite images showed a rise in the number of military support aircraft including refuelling tankers at a Saudi airbase used by the U.S. military during a four-day period in February, as Washington built forces in the region amid tensions with Iran.

German defense company Rheinmetall said on Tuesday it has signed a technology supply agreement with Polish deep-tech firm SATIM Monitoring Satelitarny to support SPOCK-1, a next-generation satellite reconnaissance program for the German armed forces.

Israel has launched a new military reconnaissance satellite to enhance its surveillance capabilities across the Middle East, including in countries such as Iran and Yemen.

A trio of secretive Russian satellites launched earlier this year has reportedly released an unidentified object into orbit, attracting the attention of space trackers and analysts.

South Korea will launch its third domestically developed military spy satellite from a U.S. space center on Saturday to strengthen its surveillance capabilities over North Korea.

Israel's military campaign in southern Lebanon has caused vast destruction in more than a dozen border towns and villages, reducing many of them to clusters of grey craters, according to satellite imagery provided to Reuters by Planet Labs Inc, News.Az reports.