> It can be upwards of 90 minutes before a satellite passes over it's ground station.
Planet Pelican will have the ability to communicate with other satellites, meaning you don't necessarily need a ground station: https://www.planet.com/products/pelican/
> 1. Don't have to transmit as much data
There is definitely a bit of a move to do some work on the actual satellite, depending on the use case. This is pretty doable if you have a very specific use case for which you can optimize this, but gets a little bit harder if you have to have it work for every possible use case.
Planet Pelican will have the ability to communicate with other satellites, meaning you don't necessarily need a ground station: https://www.planet.com/products/pelican/
> 1. Don't have to transmit as much data
There is definitely a bit of a move to do some work on the actual satellite, depending on the use case. This is pretty doable if you have a very specific use case for which you can optimize this, but gets a little bit harder if you have to have it work for every possible use case.