They may be "broke", but have enough clearly to entertain the idea for partnering up with https://www.planet.com, and buy into capabilities already there. This company does launch as a secondary payload ... Perhaps time for a who is who ...https://www.planet.com/company/#team  added:  Nice read where they came from and what capabilities there are: https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/space/workshops/2015-prague-small-sat/Presentations/Planet-Labs-Safyan.pdf The question is: why would DS need Californian state cover ...?