EarthNow explained

EarthNow is a Seattle-based startup company aiming to blanket the Earth with live satellite video coverage, initially aiming to provide services to governments and large-enterprise customers.

The company was founded in 2017^[1] and has backers including Bill Gates, SoftBank, Intellectual Ventures, Airbus, and OneWeb founder Greg Wyler.^[2]

The satellite network is to be deployed as a constellation of dozens of 500lb satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO).^[3]

Manufacturing is expected to be done in Florida.^[4]

The intent is to provide a "'live and unfiltered' video stream that will be used to monitor illegal fishing, detect natural disasters," monitor migrating whales, observing war zones, on-demand data on crop health,^[4] and whatever uses people put on them.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bill Gates, Airbus and SoftBank invest in satellite video startup that wants to help us ‘see and understand the Earth live and unfiltered’. 2018-04-18. GeekWire. en-US. 2020-05-23.
2. News: Coldewey. Devin . EarthNow promises real-time views of the whole planet from a new satellite constellation . . 18 April 2018 .
3. Web site: Large LEO satellite constellations: Will it be different this time? McKinsey . 2022-07-18 . www.mckinsey.com.
4. News: Brinkmann. Paul . Bill Gates-backed EarthNow satellite firm will boost Space Coast manufacturing . . 25 April 2018 . 3 July 2018 .
5. News: EarthNow fleshes out plan to deliver video that shows Earth from orbit in real time. Alan Boyle. 4 February 2019. geekwire.com. 2 April 2023.