Slow but steady–another reason why space matters

This article in the Moscow Times shows how imagery satellites can help see differences more easily. I’m sure if you’re a farmer on the ground over there, you’d be very aware without the satellites already. I think the picture tells the story, and you can go read the article to see what it’s about. The […]

This is why space matters and a preview of satellite imagery operations

The article on Indiegogo‘s website came to my attention from a Mr. Tobias Nassif, who lives on linked in, but also is the SVP from Skybox Imaging. There’s a SpaceUnited initiative online asking for donations to help buy imagery for relief organizations. This initiative is called the Satellite Humanitarian Imagery Mission (SHIM-1). Just go to the […]

Too much Corona, a Discoverer’s tale seen through the Keyhole

I just came upon this article from the Discovery Channel, and it tickled some memory cells. Back when we just started lobbing imagery satellites up into low earth orbit, we didn’t have the comprehensive ground systems and bandwidth of today. There was no such thing as a digital camera to be used as a payload. […]

Satellite operations imagery supplicant requests the government to loosen regulatory leash

It’s always sad when you’re told you have to hold back on the best things you can produce. This situation has been true and probably particularly irritating for US companies like Digitalglobe, who last week, according to this article, went to the US government to ask for permission to sell higher quality images to a […]

Now the Russians are worried about Chinese “Terminator” satellites

I just caught this on Twitter from @prchovanec. It seems the Russians think the Chinese satellite I mentioned in this aside could pose a problem for them, too. The twittered article mentions a few other sources, such as Bob Christy, for their suppositions too, but I urge you to read it. We all were made […]