30 Satellite Landmapper Constellation Preps for Near Term Launch

Two Silicon Valley companies, Aquila Space and Astro Digital, are readying for the launch of a two-part, 30-satellite Earth observation constellation next year. The companies are designing a constellation known as Landmapper, comprised of 10 Broad Coverage (BC) satellites and 20 High Definition (HD) satellites to increase the supply of imagery available to customers that are currently users of Landsat data. The Aquila Space-Astro Digital project is based on the exact spectral properties of Landsat, the joint NASA-United States Geological Survey (USGS) satellite program. More

(Source: Satellite Today - Nov 20)