It seems like there's
an armada of
new earth-imaging satellites headed for orbit
every day. As we consider the changes afoot in an industry where entry costs have traditionally been measured as a percent of GDP, it's worth a look at the tools of today's remote sensors.
This is a commercial, high-resolution earth imaging satellite before launch in 2001:
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| QuickBird 1 being prepped in 2001. Image courtesy of DigitalGlobe |
And this is a roomful of them in 2013:
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| The PlanetLabs crew and their fleet of Doves, 2013. |
Something has sure as hell been disrupted here. We're about to find out what.
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