Comparing Satellites

“This is our satellite here…. It has 10x the resolution of the big satellite there with one thousandth of the mass”

“Satellite imaging is big, expensive and slow. A typical satellite is 6 meters tall, 5 meters wide, weighs three tons — and costs $855 million. What we actually need, is images of the whole planet every day, and the current satellites are simply not scalable. So what we actually need are small, ultra-compact and highly capable satellites.” At 10 by 10 by 30 centimeters, he holds the Dove for all to see.

Will Marshall, CEO of Planet Labs and his TED Talk.