The company "Roskosmos" plans to release a mobile application by the end of 2020, through which anyone can order a photo of the Earth's section from the satellite.
The company "Roskosmos" plans to release a mobile application by the end of 2020, through which anyone can order a photo of the Earth's section from the satellite.
For ordinary citizens and commercial companies such a service will be paid. The cost depends on the timing and size of the site for the image, you can pay immediately through the application.
The deputy general director of Sovzond Mikhail Bolsunovsky, who is familiar with the market for similar services, described the approximate prices. Already today, an average person can order photos from satellite operators for $ 11 - about 600 rubles, and an archive snapshot costs two times cheaper.
There is another option to get a picture from space - ask the cosmonaut with the ISS. The Russian cosmonaut Sergei Ryazansky regularly shared photos from the space station:
As much I love this development but thinking of 2020 it seems like forever to me