Hands-On Machine Learning for Algorithmic Trading

Satellites

The resources and timelines required to launch a geospatial imaging satellite have dropped dramatically; instead of tens of millions of dollars and years of preparation, the cost has fallen to around $100,000 to place a small satellite as a secondary payload into a low-earth orbit. Hence, companies can obtain much higher-frequency coverage (currently about daily) of specific locations using entire fleets of satellites.

Use cases include the monitoring of economic and commercial activity that can be captured using aerial coverage, such as agricultural and mineral production and shipments, construction of real estates or ships, industrial incidents such as a fire, or car, and foot traffic at locations of interest. Related sensor ...