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'''Geoscience Satellites''' -- '''Start-up companies''' | '''Geoscience Satellites''' -- '''Start-up companies''' | ||
BlackBridge [http://www.blackbridge.com/], Dauria [http://dauriaspace.com/DigitalGlobe], DigitalGlobe [https://www.digitalglobe.com/ | BlackBridge [http://www.blackbridge.com/], Dauria [http://dauriaspace.com/DigitalGlobe], '''DigitalGlobe''' [https://www.digitalglobe.com/] [https://www.digitalglobe.com/imagery-completeness], | ||
GeoOptics [http://geooptics.com/], NovaWurks [http://www.novawurks.com/index.html], OmniEarth [http://www.marketwatch.com/story/omniearth-announces-partnership-to-create-global-satellite-constellation-and-extensive-hosted-payload-opportunity-2014-05-20] | GeoOptics [http://geooptics.com/], NovaWurks [http://www.novawurks.com/index.html], OmniEarth [http://www.marketwatch.com/story/omniearth-announces-partnership-to-create-global-satellite-constellation-and-extensive-hosted-payload-opportunity-2014-05-20] | ||
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OrbitLogic [http://www.orbitlogic.com/], PlanetiQ [http://www.planetiq.com/], Planet Lab [http://www.planet.com/] [http://gizmodo.com/meet-the-flockers-iss-launches-low-cost-earth-imaging-1517232660] | OrbitLogic [http://www.orbitlogic.com/], PlanetiQ [http://www.planetiq.com/], Planet Lab [http://www.planet.com/] [http://gizmodo.com/meet-the-flockers-iss-launches-low-cost-earth-imaging-1517232660] | ||
RapidEye [http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/satellites/fullspectrum-farming], Skybox [http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/google-buys-satellite-imaging-company-skybox-for-500-million/] [http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/23/google-close-to-snapping-up-satellite-startup-skybox-imaging-for-1b-say-sources/] [http://www.wired.com/2013/06/startup-skybox/] | RapidEye [http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/satellites/fullspectrum-farming], '''Skybox''' [http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/06/google-buys-satellite-imaging-company-skybox-for-500-million/] [http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/23/google-close-to-snapping-up-satellite-startup-skybox-imaging-for-1b-say-sources/] [http://www.wired.com/2013/06/startup-skybox/] | ||
Teledyne [http://www.tbe.com/], Tyvak Nano-Sat [http://tyvak.com/], Urthecast [http://www.urthecast.com/] | Teledyne [http://www.tbe.com/], Tyvak Nano-Sat [http://tyvak.com/], Urthecast [http://www.urthecast.com/] | ||
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* "Companies had not been allowed to make use of images where features smaller than 50cm were visible" | * "Companies had not been allowed to make use of images where features smaller than 50cm were visible" | ||
* Satellites Are Cleared to Take Photos at Mailbox-Level Detail | * Satellites Are Cleared to Take Photos at Mailbox-Level Detail | ||
* Worldview-3 satellite is set to launch in August. Digital Globe says it will be able to sell images that show features as small as 31cm | * Worldview-3 satellite is set to launch in August. Digital Globe [https://www.digitalglobe.com/imagery-completeness] says it will be able to sell images that show features as small as 31cm | ||
* Sites like Google and Bing Maps will be able to use higher-quality satellite images in near real-time [http://gizmodo.com/satellites-are-now-cleared-to-take-photos-at-mailbox-le-1591396293] [http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27868703] | * Sites like Google and Bing Maps will be able to use higher-quality satellite images in near real-time [http://gizmodo.com/satellites-are-now-cleared-to-take-photos-at-mailbox-le-1591396293] [http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27868703] | ||
Revision as of 16:31, 16 June 2014
Micro-Satellites, low-cost earth imaging
Geoscience -- #Geo360: Eyes in the Sky, Monitoring the Earth by Satellite
June 2014 (updated)
Earth Imaging -- Micro-satellites [1]
Nextgen #earthscience in an era of #climatechange and #globalsecurity threat
“Five years from now, there might be 200 or more up there..." [2]
Geoscience Satellites -- Start-up companies
BlackBridge [3], Dauria [4], DigitalGlobe [5] [6],
GeoOptics [7], NovaWurks [8], OmniEarth [9]
OrbitLogic [10], PlanetiQ [11], Planet Lab [12] [13]
RapidEye [14], Skybox [15] [16] [17]
Teledyne [18], Tyvak Nano-Sat [19], Urthecast [20]
“With all these start-ups, the things you’ll be able to do with satellite images
will grow exponentially..." - IEEE, May 2014
June 16, 2014
- U.S. Department of Commerce lifts ban on satellite images showing features smaller than 20 inches
- "Companies had not been allowed to make use of images where features smaller than 50cm were visible"
- Satellites Are Cleared to Take Photos at Mailbox-Level Detail
- Worldview-3 satellite is set to launch in August. Digital Globe [21] says it will be able to sell images that show features as small as 31cm
- Sites like Google and Bing Maps will be able to use higher-quality satellite images in near real-time [22] [23]
GP360: Earth-monitoring, data-sharing, open source, is in the wings...
Citizen-networking/schools-education space-earth projects, first-ever...
- 24/7 high-definition video of Earth <Urthecast-ISS> [24]
Live from the International Space Station [25] [26] [27] [28] [29]
Feb 2014 – Planet Labs
Since the launch of the original Landsat program in 1972, generating images of Earth from space has been the near-exclusive domain of enormous, multi-million dollar satellites sponsored by nations and major defense corporations.
New micro-satellites, including those launched from the ISS, aim to make real-time imaging available for a fraction of the past decades price and move us from military-defense-communication operations to earth systems-defense, monitoring, sustainability and eco-nomics functions.
Earth systems, monitoring over time - http://www.earthzine.org/geo-and-geoss-the-group-on-earth-observations-and-the-global-earth-observations-system-of-systems/
<more> http://gizmodo.com/meet-the-flockers-iss-launches-low-cost-earth-imaging-1517232660
Earth Imaging - background – 2007 - Acquiring large data sets of Earth imagery in a simple, low-cost way, represents a new market opportunity that has yet to be addressed. New telescope design enables low-cost satellite with that purpose.
Jan 2014 - "Flocking" "Doves" "Nanosatellites" - http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/flock-of-nano-satellites-to-capture-high-res-views-of-whole-earth/
Google goes mapping - http://gizmodo.com/how-swarms-of-tiny-satellites-are-creating-a-real-time-1497890594
Swarms of small satellites set to deliver close to real-time imagery - http://www.nature.com/news/many-eyes-on-earth-1.14475
Dec 2013
"How Planet Labs Is Saving the Earth with 'Homemade' Satellites. It took less than six months to build twenty-eight of them"...
<more> http://www.businessinsider.com/planet-labs-fleet-of-homemade-satellites-2013-12?op=1
http://www.space.com/23739-tiny-earth-satellite-fleet-launching-december.html
Nov 2013
Flock of Mini- and Micro-sats delivered to space with international Dnepr co-venture - http://www.space.com/23738-dnepr-rocket-launches-32-satellites.html
Minotaur 1 delivers 29 mini's/CubeSats including first-ever design/build satellite project of a US high school
http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/MissionUpdates/MinotaurI_ORS-3/
Sept 2013
Sensors and Systems - “Every year the technology improves, with better computers and storage and payloads. The technological evolution improves, price points continue to come down, and now with a small 150 to 300 kg spacecraft for $10 to $20 million you can do what you were doing with a 1,000 kg spacecraft five to 10 years ago for $500 million.” Surrey Satellite Technology-RapidEye satellite imagery “Changing the Economics of Space” ... co-ventures/joint ventures/'ride-alongs'/shared platforms/accessible data
<more> http://www.sstl.co.uk/ - note connection to SpaceX - Elon Musk - note Elon Muck opening up the Tesla platform on June 12, 2014 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey_Satellite_Technology - http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you
June 2013
Citizens in Space - http://www.citizensinspace.org/2013/06/planet-labs-to-launch-flock-1/
Opening up to understanding and interacting with our eco-operating systems
eOS http://www.scribd.com/doc/189078245/eOS-EcoOperatingSystem-1
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Earth systems, monitoring over time - http://www.earthzine.org/geo-and-geoss-the-group-on-earth-observations-and-the-global-earth-observations-system-of-systems/
GEO - Group on Earth Observations - http://www.earthobservations.org/about_geo.shtml
- GEOSS - Global Earth Observation System of Systems - http://www.earthobservations.org/geoss.shtml
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