Back in June, we reported that a company called Planet Labs is working to improve the efficiency of satellite photography by using a large number of tiny satellites instead of a single satellite.
Company co-founder and CEO Will Marshal recently gave a TED Talk (shown above) that sheds some light on what the company is doing.
The first image transmitted from one of Planet Labs’ satellite cameras
Together, Planet Labs’ satellites will create what is the largest constellation of Earth imaging satellites ever. 28 of these satellites have been launched so far, but its Planet Labs’ goal is to have over a hundred of these little contraptions out within a year.
Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.