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== '''Micro-Satellites, low cost earth imaging''' ==

'''Geoscience: Eyes in the Sky, Monitoring the Earth by Satellite''' http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites / #EarthImaging #EarthSciences #Geo360 

'''June 2014''' (updated)

Earth Imaging 'startups' -- '''micro-satellites''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniaturized_satellite] nextgen #earthscience in an era of #climatechange and #globalsecurity threat -- “Five years from now, there might be 200 or more up there..." [http://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/satellites/9-earthimaging-startups-to-watch]... BlackBridge [http://www.blackbridge.com/], Dauria [http://dauriaspace.com/DigitalGlobe], DigitalGlobe [https://www.digitalglobe.com/OmniEarth], 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], 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/], Teledyne [http://www.tbe.com/], Tyvak Nano-Sat [http://tyvak.com/], Urthecast [http://www.urthecast.com/] 


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“With all these start-ups, the things you’ll be able to do with satellite images will grow exponentially.” [IEEE-May 2014]

24/7 high-definition video of Earth <Urthecast-ISS> [http://www.urthecast.com/]
Live from the International Space Station [http://www.universetoday.com/111631/hd-livestream-of-earth-now-available-247-from-the-space-station/]
[http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-iss-stream] [http://www.ustream.tv/channel/iss-hdev-payload] [http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/HDEV/] [http://education.ssc.nasa.gov/hunch.asp]

'''Feb 2014 – Planet Labs''' 

Since the launch of the 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. But these new micro-satellites, recently launched from the ISS, aim to make real-time imaging available for a fraction of the price.
 
<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. 

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/login.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4161433&url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fxpls%2Fabs_all.jsp%3Farnumber%3D4161433

'''Jan 2013''' - '''"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/ 

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubesats '''CubeSats''']

'''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” 

<more> http://www.sstl.co.uk/ - ['''note connection to SpaceX''' - Elon Musk] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey_Satellite_Technology 

'''June 2013'''

Citizens in Space - http://www.citizensinspace.org/2013/06/planet-labs-to-launch-flock-1/

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