UK Satellite company talks low cost

The BBC has an interesting article on plans by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) to launch a $70million satellite that will be able to capture 60cm pixel images. SSTL believes the proposed satellite system dubbed ART (Accuracy, Reach, Timeless) could cover 95% of the planet every 30 months. The key to the system is that they anticipate the cost of the imagery to be $0.15 sq/km versus current prices aroung $20 sq/km. Check out the full article over on the BBC website

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