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Glenn Fleishman

Glenn Fleishman is a technology reporter who contributes regularly to Fast Company, The Economist, and The Atlantic. He blogs at glog.glennf.com.

Stories from Glenn Fleishman

During its original mission, the IMAGE satellite made hundreds of scientific discoveries, including the ways solar wind affects plasma in the magnetosphere, creating auroras.

NASA’s On-Again, Off-Again Satellite

Amateur astronomers never know what signals they might pick up.

A Planet Labs satellite took this image of India's PSLV launch site just two days ago. A fleet of 88 more satellites will launch from here on February 15, Indian time.

Planet Labs Goes For Record 88-Satellite Launch

The upstart remote sensing company is poised to begin daily whole-Earth photography.