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Satellogic unveils Merlin constellation for daily global 1‑meter Earth‑observation mapping

Satellogic unveiled its Merlin constellation, a next‑generation smallsat system designed to deliver one‑meter spatial resolution and daily global mapping. The company says Merlin's architecture will enable consistent, planet‑wide 1 m imagery with daily revisits, positioning it as a high‑cadence commercial EO service.

Discovered 2026-03-18T13:20:00.955353-07:00 | 2026-03-18T13:20:00.955353-07:00

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  • Satellogic is positioning Merlin as a provider of daily, global 1‑meter imagery — a capability that materially raises cadence and operational utility for monitoring, analytics and time‑series change detection; see other efforts to achieve global daily coverage (source:778cb076-8425-456f-9119-50be10166443).
  • The announcement adds another commercial entrant focused on high‑cadence VHR data alongside cost‑disrupting startups and nation‑backed smallsat programmes, underscoring evolving market dynamics for data economics and sovereign/commercial supply (source:c7bbe20e-dd24-4de1-a38e-c04c27cc2e52) (source:e228d7cd-605c-42ba-a668-81b7a2de346e).

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