If you take a moment to think about it some of the major cities around the world are large enough to utilize their own satellite in geosynchronous orbit. Take LA for example, they could loft a satellite that they could use for regional high resolution weather prediction, traffic monitoring, tsunami spotting, vegetation analysis, a communications platform in times of crisis, etc. It would have a dedicated sensor package, and the city could pay for it in part by selling bandwidth on the satellites to companies, either for internal use or saleable content.
Yes, satellites aren’t cheap but London, Tokyo, LA, NYC, Chicago, Delhi, Beijing, etc, are all cities that are so large to really get the full perspective you have to be in space. Having access to regional and real time information, could allow the satellite to pay for itself, after only a couple minor disasters or freeway design projects. Privacy experts might say this is a bad thing, but honestly they can do all the same stuff with planes and helicopters.
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