Saving the Planet One Tiny Satellite at a Time   A Silicon
Valley startup is turning its technical acumen and passion for
space into an innovative venture that uses a fleet of relatively
inexpensive, tiny satellites to take non-stop pictures of Earth.
Space isn't just for big governments and multi-billion dollar
corporations. You can join in now, too! Photo courtesy NASA  The
company, called Planet Labs, flew four prototype satellites in
2013. Those proved successful, enabling the firm to quickly
follow up with production of a 28-member network that already is
aboard the International Space Station and awaiting launch.  The
constellation, called Flock 1, is comprised of 4 inch-sided,
cube-shaped satellites stuffed with mostly off-the-shelf
consumer electronics components, including imagers.  PHOTOS: ISS
Astronauts Fire-Up Awesome 'Cubesat Cannon'  “Things that were
once the province of huge 10-ton satellites are now in these
tiny things. That’s what enables us to generate a data set that
is unprecedented in