Near Space Labs provides customers with high-res imagery of the earth. The twist is, this isn’t satellite imagery, but imagery collected by a zero-emission fleet of wind-powered weather balloons, each one able to capture up to 1,000 square kilometres of imagery on each flight. This makes for an eco-friendly, low-cost alternative to satellite imagery and results in images up to 50 times clearer than those collected by satellite.
Over 500 flights were booked by customers over 2022 alone. Near Space’s cameras are already unlocking crucial intelligence for clients as diverse as local councils, wildlife trackers, and insurance companies.
It’s a remarkable development, unlocking the power of geospatial data for customers who would never have depended on it before, and it therefore cracks open a whole new market in which Near Space is an uncontested player.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle