Benchmarks

Satellites, Silicon, a Startup

  • January 2000
  • By Rebecca Zacks
   

Journalists are often slammed for forgetting stories after the initial news cools. There's some truth in that charge, so we've decided to revisit selected stories. Call it "Chapter Two" in the life of news. We'll bring these offerings to you from time to time in Benchmarks.

• Our March/April cover story reported the impending commercial availability of spy-quality satellite images of the earth. Surviving a failed satellite launch in April, Thornton, Colo.-based Space Imaging became the first to offer images with 1-meter resolution, capturing views of Washington, D.C., in late September.

 

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