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I wonder how they stream 1.8 gigapixels to the ground, even with a low framerate that's serious bandwidth...

• marviel 7y ago
  I'd guess the optimization there is to tell the drone what "targets" they care about and to only stream back data within a cone of those targets
• codewritinfool 7y ago
  A while back this was talked about on a podcast - can't remember which one, and they said it took 1 photo per second. I'm not sure if they were being truthful or just saying it for illustration.
• jjtheblunt 7y ago
  different radio bands than civilians use, off satellite links
• NikkiA 7y ago
  At the height they cruise the drone at, it's possible they piggyback onto a couple of dozen cell towers at a time using directional antennae.