Satellite image processing involves correcting satellite images for defects, overlaying the 2D images onto a 3D model of Earth, and applying the images for scientific and practical uses. Early satellite photographs from the 1940s and 1950s provided initial images of Earth and the Moon. Modern satellite image processing utilizes large amounts of data from numerous sensors and satellites to monitor the planet. Cloud computing provides advanced infrastructure for processing large satellite images, performing corrections, and generating meaningful results through on-demand public and private cloud resources.