It's taking about between when the satellite was launched, and when it was able to send images back down was 58 hours. That is impressive. In the past it would normally take a week or more to get a satellite into a stable orbit and do all the checkout tests. After that, sure, task away and get all the images you want.

Imagine being able to dispatch a helicopter to drown out a typical forest fire within 10 minutes of the fire starting while it's still small. That's a game changer.

And not necessarily a good one. Many forest ecosystems depend on somewhat regular fires to "clean out" debris. The problem however is that "thanks" to climate change leading to drier forests, what once used to be a fire that only consumed fallen off leaves etc. while leaving the big trees unharmed now burns intense and long enough to actually damage the big trees.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

That is is becoming more commercially viable to begin operation immediately is exciting!

Not sure if what they really mean is that they are trying to more accurately price it; who knows what unknown behavior might increase your premium since it’s associated with more claims... e.g. friends come over too often making too many cars parked? Higher premium.

I also know that some try to automate aspects of this, for example using image libraries to detect large trees that are close to property, that would cause significant damage if they were to fall..