Marshall: Pre-Planet Earth imagery was only captured monthly or annually
Will Marshall · Planet: Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler · Dec 13, 2021 · at 22:29
Planet co-founder Will Marshall describes the cadence of global satellite Earth observation prior to Planet launching its constellation of imaging satellites.
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“Typically before our mission, you could only get a new image of the Earth maybe once every month or sometimes every year, depending on the resolution you needed.”
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