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Unless the satellites are in geosync, it's likely they are orbiting and could just randomly come across the correct area at that time. If not, I'm wondering wh
by adamcanady 13y ago
Unless the satellites are in geosync, it's likely they are orbiting and could just randomly come across the correct area at that time.
If not, I'm wondering why people like Skybox [1] didn't deploy resources immediately to start covering ground. It seems like that approach would be much more effective than ships in the ocean?
[1] http://skyboximaging.com/ http://skyboximaging.com/
- Maxious 13y agoThere is a protocol to task satellites to cover emergencies which was used in this case http://www.disasterscharter.org/web/charter/activation_details?p_r_p_1415474252_assetId=ACT-482 http://www.disasterscharter.org/web/charter/activation_detai... Skybox is also contributing and has this visualisation of the Search Efforts with Satellites to date including those that are needed to cover the expanded search area http://www.skyboximaging.com/news/in-search-of-malaysia-airlines-flight-370 http://www.skyboximaging.com/news/in-search-of-malaysia-airl...