The Future of Satellite Reconnaissance

Our constellation of nearly 200 Earth observation satellites currently orbiting Earth is the largest ever. You can choose from high resolution images to make out cars and even individuals or moderate resolution. High resolution images only give you a picture of a very small area. Moderate resolution is a little more forgiving. For example, a satellite company like Planet. They try to take a picture of the whole Earth every day at about three meters in resolution. And so that gives you a ton of coverage. It becomes a kind of time lapse photography.