What if a company could sell the type of high-resolution imagery President Trump tweeted showing a heavily damaged Iranian launchpad? Would there be a commercial market for Earth imagery with a resolution of 10 centimeters? The answer was an unequivocal yes from Earth observation experts attending the World Satellite Business Week conference in Paris earlier this month. They cautioned, however, that companies are unlikely to adopt that business plan in the near future due to the high cost of gathering the imagery and government regulations prohibiting its sale.
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