Commute, company, supply chain or competitors. Recently I gave you the What, Why & How of Satellites as a Service. Now, I’m going to break down the current players in the space – pun intended. Quick recap – You can now These Companies “own” your own satellite with Satellites as a Service. Rent space on someone else’s satellite. The sharing/collaborative economy has gone to space. It’s key we understand this trend, as this data-service will provide incredible troves of information about your customers and competitors and they will get access to this information, too.
Ground Station Founded
Key Executives Chris Boshuizen, Robbie Schingler, Will Marshall (all ex-NASA) Shayn Hawthorne Jeroen Cappaert, Joel Spark, Peter Platzer Funding $351M Private funding $159M # Employees 430 Unknown 101-250 Key Switzerland WhatsApp Number Data Facts Business model: Subscription services formonitoring, tasking, analytics, imagery 140 satellites in orbit (deployed over 350 since 2013)30 ground stations30,000 users400 customers40+ countriesMaintains a 7+ petabyte imagery archive Business model: Control satellite communications, process data 2 ground stations live10 more ground stations by end.
Expects to lower
Cost of satellite control services by 80% Business model: Space to cloud data & analytics, orbital services, visualization 84 satellites in orbit30+ active ground stationsFocus on tracking global weather, ships and airplanes So, who’s doing what? Planet is different than the others because they provide universal access to Czech Republic WhatsApp Number List imagery of the entire planet. They are “using space to help life on earth.” Their earth-imaging satellites have successfully mapped the entire planet. You can access their imagery through different products. Global Monitoring (daily, monthly, quarterly).
