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UrtheCast are working on something similar. Their camera recently made it to the ISS and the next step is a spacewalk to install it. http://www.urthecast.com h

• celoyd 13y ago
  And the third microsat company with operations coming online soon is Planet Labs: http://www.planet-labs.com http://www.planet-labs.com Robinson Meyer at “The Atlantic” did a nice overview two months ago: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/silicon-valleys-new-spy-satellites/282580/ http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/silico... It’s an interesting time in remote sensing.
• nkurz 13y ago
  Both cameras were installed a couple weeks ago and are functioning: http://blog.urthecast.com/updates/urthecast-cameras-successfully-pass-initial-functional-tests/ http://blog.urthecast.com/updates/urthecast-cameras-successf... (Yes, you'd think they'd update their website.)
• rasz_pl 13y ago
  Ah yes, Uthercast https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7130768 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7130768 They are owned by Longford. Longford owned perfect cover for intelligence assets in middle east (oilfields in Iraq), all of a sudden they sold those and took over spy sat startup. CIA money laundering/cover for intelligence assets type of deal.