, a firm based in San
Francisco. The satellites now take pictures as they scan ... traditional ones and at a fraction
of the cost, albeit at a lower resolution.
Planet
Labs
, funded modestly with $65m of private investment, says its nanosats provide much ... which can be bettered by the latest off-the-shelf equipment, says Will Marshall,
Planet
Labs
' boss. There are other
cost-saving measures. Satellites are usually built in elaborate clean