: Purchasing existing photos from a provider's catalog (e.g., Maxar or Planet Labs). This is faster and cheaper, ideal for historical analysis.
: The market is shifting toward buying "insights" (like crop health or flood risk) rather than raw pixels. 3. Buying a Full Spacecraft (Procurement) buy a satellite
: Retailers like Starlink sell user terminals for high-speed global connectivity. : Purchasing existing photos from a provider's catalog (e
: Paying to "task" a satellite to capture new imagery over a specific area of interest. This is more expensive but provides the most current data. buy a satellite