BBC: Britain could soon have a privately financed, national Earth-observation (EO) service, if plans currently under consideration come to fruition. It could launch UK-built satellites to acquire imagery for the MoD and other government departments, while selling other data on the open market. The project has been dubbed “Skysight” after the City-backed Skynet system which provides a commercial satellite telecoms service to the armed forces. A report on the idea is being …