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Are most of their currently operating satellites servicing Flock - the US surveillance company? Or is it just a naming accident?
by ricardobeat 1mo ago
Are most of their currently operating satellites servicing Flock - the US surveillance company? Or is it just a naming accident?
- mandevil 1mo agoFlock is Planet Labs name for the mega-constellation of imaging satellites made up of 3U cubesats known as Doves- hence the name for the full constellation. It has nothing to do with the automated license plate reader company.
- marklit 1mo agoTheir satellites have nothing to do with the street-level surveillance camera firm.
- hangonhn 1mo agoThe latter I would think. I can see how you can confuse the two. The reason I think otherwise is because you don't name the satellite after one client, especially if you're in the business of selling images/data, not satellites. And a flock of satellites make sense for a name.
- stronglikedan 1mo agoI don't think it's an accident. Flock != Flock Safety
- fnands 1mo agoIt completely is. Planet names all their constellations after birds (Dove, Pelican, Tanager, Owl - SkySat was an acquisition, so not their naming convention) so they describe their constellations as Flocks. Nothing to do with the other company.