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Re:Planet Launches Satellite Constellation to Image the Whol... by lucb1e on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @04:23AM (#13650749)
Are there anymore details known, like the resolution of the cameras or what size objects will be visible? With each dove covering 2 million km² per day (it says at the bottom) and capable of 200mbps downlink, one might get an upper bound of what resolution is feasible (with different compression techniques) but I am guessing the limiting factor is the camera.

And does each dove cover the same surface daily, or do they rotate around and get a different patch of the earth every day? Because in the former case, with diffs you could get amazing compression ratios, and I bet you can already get very far with very simple and fast algorithms.

Re:Planet Launches Satellite Constellation to Image the Whol... by JorgeGT on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @05:39AM (#13651038)
Planet allows free CC-BY-SA access to California region imaginery, so you can see / play / or even develop those algorithms by yourself: https://www.planet.com/products/open-california/
Re:Planet Launches Satellite Constellation to Image the Whol... by detaro on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @04:28AM (#13650769)
NanoRacks-Planet Labs–Dove collects Earth imagery with a resolution of 3 to 5 meters at a global-scale with a revisit rate currently unprecedented among existing government or commercial satellite systems.

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experime... (site has a few example images that look relatively unprocessed as well)