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The Startup That’s in Charge of the Biggest Private Satellite Fleet | MIT Technology Review

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Planet Labs is using its herd of orbiting cameras to take a new picture of the entire Earth each day.

The Startup That’s in Charge of the Biggest Private Satellite Fleet | MIT Technology Review Skip to Content Planet Labs now has 149 of these small satellites in space. When 88 of its tiny satellites were launched into orbit by India’s space agency earlier this month, startup Planet Labs helped set a world record for the largest one-time satellite deployment ever. This new flock of satellites also gives the Earth-imaging startup a record of its own. With a total of 149 satellites in orbit, it now commands the largest private fleet in history. Mike Safyan, Planet Labs’s director of launch and re

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