Holding a Dove, an early bird from Planet. This is not a scale model; it’s the entire satellite, with solar wings

I have held back on posting this photo until the company launched… and they have had three successful launches so far (Soyuz, Antares and Dnepr). Their fourth orbital insertion in December will be the largest Earth observation constellation ever launched.

I first met the founders (Chris and William in this photo) when they were doing PhoneSat testing with us in the desert…

Wired still has my photos on one page (unlike flickr =) www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/07/nexus-one-phone-rides-a-r…

And the launch photo: www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/4831155401/