Skybox Imaging + Google

Re:Skybox Imaging + Google by etrautmann on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @11:56PM (#7876445)

Does anyone know why you have to purchase a 2.4m dish antenna and two FULL RACKS of equipment to schedule image acquisitions and download images? Why does each customer need to be able to communicate with the satellites directly instead of via a web interface?

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Re:Skybox Imaging + Google by jonah on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @01:40AM (#7876620)

Maybe they're distributed ground stations and all clients are contributing to the network of receivers?

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Re:Skybox Imaging + Google by 7952 on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @09:17AM (#7877812)

Yes, low orbit satellites need lots of ground stations, lots of storage, or lots of bandwidth.

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Re:Skybox Imaging + Google by oostevo on Wednesday June 11, 2014 @11:13AM (#7878400)

I believe the ground station is optional. It's for organizations who want their data _really_ fast, before it would be available on the web interface.

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