Commercial satellite imaging is a billion-dollar industry, with large companies regularly capturing detailed images of Earth from above.
Near Space Labs, a growing startup based in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, says it has found a cheaper, more precise way to capture such imagery—minus the satellite. The company uses a robot attached to a custom-designed weather balloon that can take photos from 65,000 feet up in the stratosphere, just short of reaching the final frontier.
The company calls its device a Swifty. The five-year-old startup said its technology can make satellite-quality imaging more easily available for disaster relief efforts, city planning and monitoring the current climate crisis, especially. The
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