Three new ways to get imagery

The Atlantic posted an excellent article on 7 Jan about the three newer members to the satellite imagery community: Skybox, Urthecast, and Planet Labs. All are attempting to do very similar things, but they seem to be going about their attempts differently. Urthecast is using the International Space Station as its “camera tripod” for its […]

The “Fake” Stuff

This is my Clearancejobs.com post about Bigelow Aerospace’s latest job posting for their “astronaut-in-space simulation studies“ program. Click on the title to find out more: “The “Fake Stuff”–work as a fake astronaut.”

Kickstarter and Cubesats=Cheaper space?

My Clearancejobs.com post regarding Kickstarter PocketQube. Relatively inexpensive satellites the size of a Rubik’s cube. Not much information about this (yet).

Skybox: Youtube videos from space?

Skybox launched their satellite (with a few others) November 22. But they are beginning to get sample videos in from their SkySat-1 satellite out to the public. SkySat-1 is a sun-synchronous Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) polar satellite going around the Earth around 450 Km (280 miles) from Earth’s surface. Skybox notes this satellite’s expected orbital […]

A little about buying satellite imagery

Yup–it’s another article for Clearancejobs.com, and you can go here to read it. It’s titled “How to Buy a Satellite,” and while the title is a meant to generate interest, the article is really about how a person or company can “task” DigitalGlobe LEO imagery satellites and the considerations of imagery collection requirements management. Go […]