Marshall: Planet built its first satellite prototype using consumer electronics chips
Will Marshall · Planet: Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler · Dec 13, 2021 · at 29:14
Planet co-founder Will Marshall describes engineering the company's first Earth observation satellite prototype in a communal house garage.
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“We built a test one at Rainbow this community house in the garage. We added a camera system, then we added all the other systems, radios and so on to make it a working satellite. Leveraging consumer electronics, not exactly a phone like we'd use in phone sat, but a lot of the same underlying chips. It's actually all of our own Boards.”
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