satellite imagery
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Upcoming Satellite Constellation to Chronicle Our Planet’s Demise in Excruciating Detail
San Francisco-based Planet Labs has announced plans to deploy a global constellation consisting of 32 Earth-observing satellites. Called Pelican, the fleet will monitor such things as political conflicts, natural disasters, and the ongoing effects of climate change.
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Bill Gates Backs Plan To Surveil The Entire Planet From Space
EarthNow is a new company looking to provide satellite imagery and live video in virtually real-time. Its unsettling pitch describes a network of satellites that can see any corner of the globe and provide live video with a latency of about a second. And a look at the startup’s top investors gives a lot of…
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The First Full-Colour HD Videos Of Earth Taken From Space Are Amazing
Satellite imagery has become a part of our daily digital lives; we use stills of our planet to navigate to the mall, for goodness sake. But when those images are moving, the result is so stunning that it’s almost magical. UrtheCast has released the first full-colour HD video of Earth shot from the International Space…
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Now You Can Help Search For The Missing Malaysian Airlines Flight
The Boeing 777 that seemed to disappear into thin air last weekend has still not been found after five days of search and rescue. Now a crowdsourcing company has started a campaign where anyone can pore over satellite images to find traces of Flight 370 or its 239 passengers.