INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A new space imaging startup called EarthNow aims to provide not just pictures of the planet on demand, but real-time video anywhere a client
Its ambition is matched only by its pedigree: Bill Gates, Intellectual Ventures, Airbus, SoftBank and OneWeb founder Greg Wyler are all
backing the play.Its promise is a constellation of satellites that will provide video of anywhere on Earth with latency of about a second
tracking, watching conflicts in real time and more
stages right now, having just been spun out from years of work by founder and CEO Russell Hannigan at Intellectual Ventures under the
Efficiency is important, too; satellites have extremely limited power, so running multiple off-the-shelf GPUs with standard compression
Real-time, continuous video from orbit (as opposed to near-real-time stills or clips) is as much a software problem as it is
along.Airbus will do its part by actually producing the satellites, in Toulouse and Florida
