Skybox Imaging Captures World's First High-Res, HD Video of Earth from Space
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCrB1t8MncY
This video showcases a selection of the first videos taken from SkySat-1, the first of Skybox Imaging's planned 24 satellite constellation. The video clips have not yet been calibrated or tuned. SkySat-1 captures up to 90-second video clips at 30 frames per second. The resolution is high enough to resolve objects that impact the global economy like shipping containers, while maintaining a level of clarity that does not determine human activity.
SkySat-1 also captures some of the highest quality color imagery of any commercial satellite and is capable of sub-meter native color and near-infrared imagery. The most revolutionary fact is that SkySat-1 was built and launched for more than an order of magnitude lower cost than traditional sub-meter imaging satellites.
SkySat-1 was launched on November 21, 2013 aboard a Dnepr rocket into a 600 kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
http://www.skyboximaging.com/
http://youtu.be/fCrB1t8MncY