Urban Sky Starts Commercial Stratospheric Balloon Operations

Urban Sky "microballoon"
Credit: Urban Sky
Urban Sky has started selling imagery captured from cameras hoisted into the stratosphere by its “Microballoons.” The company bills its high-altitude balloons as having better image resolution than satellites, while being cheaper than aircraft-based image collection. It says cameras on its balloons...

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