Today , Skybox Imaging announced it ’s being buy by Google for a nerveless $ 500 million in cash . know for its high - resolving planet imagery and picture , Skybox ’s fleet of orbiter could make Google Earth a whole lot crisper — and help fulfill Google ’s vision of worldwide orbiter - base internet access .
The five - twelvemonth - former startup had been planning a fleet of 24 satellite , each about 200 pound and up to of three - foot resolution from the sky . Its first orbiter have already been sending back stunning high - res video recording of Earth , liketimelapse of the Burj Khalifaorplanes landing at the Beijing airport .
The deal still has to be approved by the FCC and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . But Skybox has hint at ambitions bigger than just satellites that send back gravid video recording and image . The real biz , as itsco - laminitis toldThe Atlanticin January , is in canvas the orbiter trope . They want to create a giant database of satellite images with which companies might build applications and programme to monitor and analyze the intact human beings .
“ Skybox and Google portion out more than just a vigor code , ” Skybox write in their statement announcing the deal . “ We both believe in pass water information ( specially precise geospatial data ) accessible and utile . And to do this , we ’re both willing to tackle problems head on — whether it’sbuilding car that tug themselvesor designing our own satellite from clams . ” Is it too early on to make a Skynet joke ? [ Skybox ]
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