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March 5th, 2020
Artistic view of EarthTV satellite.
Credit: Sen/NanoAvionics
A constellation of nano-satellites is slated to stream real-time and timely videos from space.
The service, which will include a freely accessible app for individuals, will be used for monitoring environmental events and natural disasters such as wild fires, floods and storms, as well as monitoring climate change and movement of large groups of people.
Multiple perspectives of Earth
Sen, a British space company, intends to provide real-time and timely Ultra-High Definition (UHD) video of Earth. The company has contracted the Vilnius, Lithuania based NanoAvionics to build the first five nano-satellites of the constellation.
Each satellite will be equipped with several UHD cameras, providing multiple perspectives of Earth, from wide angle imagery down to 1.5 meter resolution.
The envisaged launch of the first nano-satellite, EarthTV-1, will take place by mid-2021. Following a successful test demonstration of EarthTV-1, sending real-time UHD quality video from low Earth orbit (LEO), NanoAvionics will build the remaining four nano-satellites for launch in 2022. The satellite system is designed to have a mission lifetime of 10 years in LEO.
Last year, Sen successfully demonstrated its 4K video streaming platform in orbit, hosted aboard a satellite manufactured by S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Public Corporation Energia (“RSC Energia”).
Credit: Sen. © Sen Corporation Ltd all rights reserved.
See unfolding events
“Our planet is constantly changing and Sen’s satellites will provide a new and persistent way of seeing events unfolding, empowering humanity to witness the evolution of our planet in a unique way. We hope to increase awareness of environmental events and human movement with information that can educate, inspire and empower people to change and improve the outcome,” says Charles Black, Founder and CEO of Sen in a company statement.
Sen’s videos will be freely accessible for individuals, with premium services for businesses and organizations. Sen will provide an open source data platform to enable partner organizations to build apps and analytics using the video data.
Sen aims to begin with cameras in LEO and plans to extend this to deeper space and even to deploy cameras on planetary orbiters, rovers and drones at the Moon, Mars and further into the Solar System.
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