Technology Quarterly | Earth observation
Anywhere and everywhere
Earth-observation satellites are changing the world—yet again
IN TERMS of engineering ambition, operational complexity and capital requirements, big communications-satellite constellations outstrip the small-satellite revolution in Earth observation. In terms of world-changing potential, though, things may well be the other way round.
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