previously on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20991730
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
Surveillance satellites aren't normally in geostationary orbits either, as that's too far away for the optics. Your deltav comment alludes to it. They seem to be into highly elliptical orbits.
You would need an insane amount of LEO satellites in order to get a feed which was continuous. I don't even know how to start doing the maths on this one.
How about equipping every Starlink satelite with some optics?
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#33Use it with this?
https://agi.com/satellite-ar
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#34How might this impact hedge funds and equity trading strategies? They specifically mention parking lots which I interpreted as gaining sales metrics and throughput data on businesses.
Aren't such shots form orbit already available from various commercial satellites? Likely they are already used.
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#35We also can offer you an actual satellite for rent, starting 2021. Have a look at https://www.exodusorbitals.com
SaaS? Satellite as a Service?
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#36I wonder if this is related to Amazons Project Kuiper satellite broadband constellation, would make sense for them to be building out their ground station capabilities.
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#38Wasn't this announced last year?
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#39This was sufficiently close in timing that I wasn't sure for a moment whether this was just an early caught April Fools. Then again, the more I think about it, the more this makes sense. Satellite business is hard and capital intensive enough as it is, for starters in the micro-satellite business it would be absolutely prohibitive to run their own hardware just to receive those signals.
What’s unclear to me is, if any company can run their own satellite fleet, even micro ones, can they really not afford to run their own ground stations too?
What’s the target customer profile of this service exactly?
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#40Wasn't this announced last year?