Engineering:EarthNow
EarthNow is a Seattle-based startup company aiming to blanket the Earth with live satellite video coverage, initially aiming to provide services to governments and large-enterprise customers.[1]
The company was founded in 2017[2] and has backers including Bill Gates, SoftBank, Intellectual Ventures, Airbus, and OneWeb founder Greg Wyler.[1]
The satellite network is to be deployed as a constellation of up to 500 of 230 kilograms (500 lb) satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO).[3][4]
Manufacturing is expected to be done in Florida and Toulouse, France in partnership with Airbus.[4][5][6]
The intent is to provide a "'live and unfiltered' video stream that will be used to monitor illegal fishing, detect natural disasters," monitor migrating whales, observing war zones, on-demand data on crop health,[5] and whatever uses people put on them.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Coldewey, Devin (18 April 2018). "EarthNow promises real-time views of the whole planet from a new satellite constellation". TechCrunch.
- ↑ "Bill Gates, Airbus and SoftBank invest in satellite video startup that wants to help us ‘see and understand the Earth live and unfiltered’" (in en-US). 2018-04-18. https://www.geekwire.com/2018/earthnow-satellite-video-bill-gates/.
- ↑ "Large LEO satellite constellations: Will it be different this time? | McKinsey". https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/aerospace-and-defense/our-insights/large-leo-satellite-constellations-will-it-be-different-this-time.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Alan Boyle (4 February 2019). "EarthNow fleshes out plan to deliver video that shows Earth from orbit in real time". https://www.geekwire.com/2019/earthnow-video-orbit/.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Brinkmann, Paul (25 April 2018). "Bill Gates-backed EarthNow satellite firm will boost Space Coast manufacturing". Orlando Sentinel. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/brinkmann-on-business/os-earthnow-satellite-manufacturing-20180424-story.html. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ↑ "EarthNow to deliver real-time video via large satellite constellation" (in en). https://www.intellectualventures.com/buzz/press-releases/earthnow-to-deliver-real-time-video-via-large-satellite-constellation.
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