EarthNow
EarthNow is a Seattle-based startup company aiming to blanket the Earth with live satellite video coverage, initially aiming to provide services to governments and large-enterprise customers.
The company was founded in 2017{{Cite web|title=Bill Gates, Airbus and SoftBank invest in satellite video startup that wants to help us ‘see and understand the Earth live and unfiltered’|url=https://www.geekwire.com/2018/earthnow-satellite-video-bill-gates/|date=2018-04-18|website=GeekWire|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-23}} and has backers including Bill Gates, SoftBank, Intellectual Ventures, Airbus, and OneWeb founder Greg Wyler.
{{cite news |last=Coldewey|first=Devin |title=EarthNow promises real-time views of the whole planet from a new satellite constellation |work=TechCrunch |date=18 April 2018 }}
The satellite network is to be deployed as a constellation of dozens of {{convert|500|lb|disp=flip}} satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO).{{Cite web |title=Large LEO satellite constellations: Will it be different this time? {{!}} McKinsey |url=https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/aerospace-and-defense/our-insights/large-leo-satellite-constellations-will-it-be-different-this-time |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=www.mckinsey.com}}
Manufacturing is expected to be done in Florida.
{{cite news |last=Brinkmann|first=Paul |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/brinkmann-on-business/os-earthnow-satellite-manufacturing-20180424-story.html |title=Bill Gates-backed EarthNow satellite firm will boost Space Coast manufacturing |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=25 April 2018 |accessdate=3 July 2018 }}
The intent is to provide a "'live and unfiltered' video stream that will be used to monitor illegal fishing, detect natural disasters," monitor migrating whales, observing war zones, on-demand data on crop health, and whatever uses people put on them.{{cite news|title=EarthNow fleshes out plan to deliver video that shows Earth from orbit in real time|author=Alan Boyle|date=4 February 2019|url=https://www.geekwire.com/2019/earthnow-video-orbit/
|website=geekwire.com|access-date=2 April 2023}}
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