Gurig National Park imagery
Astro Digital, a Silicon Valley startup, began advertising the software it is developing for a new constellation of Earth observation satellites by offering customers a new tool to search and download Landsat imagery. Above is imagery of Gurig National Park in northern Australia.

Aquila Space and Astro Digital are preparing to launch four digital imagery satellites in 2016 as they begin forming the Landmapper-BC and Landmapper-HD constellations to gather multispectral imagery for agricultural applications.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...