Both orbit Earth and both take images — but weather and EO satellites have fundamentally different measurement goals, orbit strategies, and refresh rates.
Both orbit Earth and both take images — but weather and EO satellites have fundamentally different measurement goals, orbit strategies, and refresh rates.
The instruments on weather and EO satellites are optimised for very different physical quantities.
Weather and EO satellites are among the most frequently tracked objects in the catalog.
Both mission families are critical infrastructure. Weather sats are never switched off — always watching. EO sats are tasked against specific targets and build their value through repeated consistent passes over time.