Journalism cannot depend on permission.

The role of journalism is simple: to look at events in the world and determine what is true.

Today, that ability is increasingly controlled by governments, militaries, and private technology companies. When wars break out, ships are attacked, cities are destroyed, or populations displaced, the public must rely on whichever satellite imagery commercial providers choose to release — or suppress.

This is not sustainable.

We believe the global press must possess its own independent ability to observe the Earth from space.