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I do wonder how much of it is pulled from open sources, how much is bought and how much is from their own deployed hardware.
by RF_Savage 3y ago
I do wonder how much of it is pulled from open sources, how much is bought and how much is from their own deployed hardware.
- edrxty 3y agoCurrent hotness is building broker companies because all anyone wants to fund is direct sale stuff. It's a tossup whether they have their own satellites or are buying data from someone else. If they're running the satellite constellation themselves then this is more speculative than reality at this moment most likely. The capabilities they seem to be claiming are, funny enough, beyond what the available downlink spectrum can support given current constraints.
- ge96 3y agoTangent: how would you incentivize people to provide this data with accruacry regarding payment. How do you prove how good the data is, compare it to others I guess or voting.
- belter 3y agoNo need. Offer them a free browser + free email + free maps + free mobile OS and you have all the tracking you could wish for.
- ge96 3y agoI wasn't thinking about tracking. I was thinking it would be cool if people can setup data collection sites like an anemometer in the case of weather or an SDR/something like that for RF in this case... what would incentivize them to make it good/get paid more... how do you verify it, not just made up data.
- tj_astro 3y agoThey have their own satellites, none of it is open source. You can find all 20+ of them in the SATCAT at http://celestrak.org/satcat/table-satcat.php?NAME=hawk&PAYLOAD=1 http://celestrak.org/satcat/table-satcat.php?NAME=hawk&PAYLO.... Ignore the SEAHAWK and HAWKSAT-1 entries, those are from other organizations.