EarthNow fleshes out its grand plan to deliver video that shows Earth from orbit in real time

BELLEVUE, Wash. — A satellite startup called EarthNow is laying out the details of its plan to blanket our planet with high-resolution, real-time, live-video coverage from a 500-satellite constellation in orbit, with support from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Europe’s Airbus, Japan’s SoftBank Group and other high-profile backers. The revelations come a year after Bellevue-based EarthNow raised $6.6 million in a seed investment round from those financial backers. “The purpose of the seed phase was to make absolutely sure that we could do this,” founder and CEO Russell Hannigan told GeekWire. If a follow-up Series A round comes together the way Hannigan… Read More