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Foresight Nanotechnology Integration – Skybox Satellite Imaging
Skybox imaging was mentioned by Steve Jurvetson in his talk at the Foresight Nanotechnology Integration.
Traditional satellites capable of taking imagery at better than 1 meter resolution weigh thousands of kilograms, which makes it prohibitively expensive to launch enough of them to capture timely imagery. They have produced similar performance in a box 20x smaller by breaking open the many black boxes that define traditional systems and creating an optimized design using automotive grade electronics.
The circuitry that drives our satellites – providing power, attitude control, communications, thermal management, and imaging support – are about the size of a phone book and consume less power than a 100w light bulb. We've integrated the latest, greatest, and fastest commercially available FPGAs, processors, and memory to ensure our small satellites pack the largest possible punch.
Their small size means we can afford to launch lots of satellites, and provide you lots of timely, sub-meter imagery and video, along with powerful derived analytics.
Skybox Imaging will launch a fleet of satellites into Earth's orbit and revolutionize the industry of satellite imaging–is this: Launching satellites into space can be pretty cheap, if you know what you're doing.
Source: http://nextbigfuture.com/2014/02/foresight-nanotechnology-integration_9.html
