Commercial Remote Sensing SmallSats

摘要

1. Investment continues to flow into remote sensing SmallSat industry even as competition intensifies2. In September 2016, NOAA awards $1 million in contracts to Spire and GeoOptics for commercial weather data pilot program. In February 2017, Planet acquires Terra Bella from Google3. Market for remote sensing SmallSats expected to grow through late 2020s; production to level off around 2027 as market stabilizes.