Commercial Space Needs Regulatory Clarity

Commercial Space Needs Regulatory Clarity
Commercial Space Needs Regulatory Clarity

Commercial space has many military applications, The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency relies heavily on commercial imagery supplied by DigitalGlobe satellites. The National Reconnaissance Office recently joined with NGA in something called the  Commercial GEOINT Activity to buy commercial satellite imagery. A raft of companies are talking about  building and operating satellites to provide imagery and other data.…

Civil Liberties Debate Coming On Drone, Sat Photos

Civil Liberties Debate Coming On Drone, Sat Photos
Civil Liberties Debate Coming On Drone, Sat Photos

GEOINT: Small satellites — thousands of them, spinning round the Earth, taking endless photos from low earth and sun-synchronous orbits. Drones flying round neighborhoods or sitting on your windowsill and taking photos or relaying imagery. And you thought the NSA program that scooped up your phone’s metadata was intrusive? When most Americans think of privacy and…