The future of Earth observation: Private satellites and AI bring benefits but also pose risks
We've entered a new world of Earth observation, in which artificial intelligence helps researchers make sense of an ever-glowing glut of privately gathered data.
We've entered a new world of Earth observation, in which artificial intelligence helps researchers make sense of an ever-glowing glut of privately gathered data.
The short version
- The U.S. government's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured its first view of the entire sunlit side of Earth from one million miles away on July 6, 2015.
- Illustration of a USGS-NASA Landsat remote-sensing satellite studying Earth.
- Government satellites the Landsat line were once the only craft doing such work.
What happened
A SkySat Earth-observation satellite operated by the California company Planet spotted the wreckage of a failed launch out of Iran's Imam Khomeini Space Center on Aug. Artist's illustration of Planet's Pelican-2 Earth-observing satellite in orbit.
Why it matters
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