San Francisco-based satellite startup Planet already employs a fleet of 60 small "Cubesat" satellites to capture supremely high-res shots of Earth, but the company is doubling-up its current convoy -- and some -- by launching 88 more of its Dove Cubesats with a single goal in mind: capturing a 50 terapixel image of the entire planet each and every day. Should the Doves successfully enter orbit, the images -- which equal 50 million megapixels or 50 trillion pixels -- would be the first daily shot...
A Satellite Startup Aims to Take a 50 Terapixel Image of Earth Every Single Day
Hypebeast - 15 Feb 2017 18:18
San Francisco-based satellite startup Planet already employs a fleet of 60 small "Cubesat" satellites to capture supremely high-res shots of Earth, but the company is doubling-up its current convoy -- and some -- by launching 88 more of its Dove Cubesats with a single goal in mind: capturing a 50 terapixel image of the entire planet each and every day. Should the Doves successfully enter orbit, the images -- which equal 50 million megapixels or 50 trillion pixels -- would be the first daily shot...
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