Steve Wozniak’s Privateer Is Forging an Online Market for Satellite Access

Steve Wozniak’s space startup Privateer is launching a global online marketplace that aims to connect customers seeking planetary data with orbiting satellites.

The goal, Privateer says, is to make the hundreds of Earth-observing satellites currently circulating the planet much more accessible to the masses — not just governments. The company envisions that by creating an online marketplace where multiple customers share “rides” on satellites, eventually the costs could come down from an average of $500 per observation to $50.