Planet Labs PBC, known as Planet, is an American Earth imaging company that operates a large fleet of satellites, including the Dove and SkySat constellations. They provide daily, high-resolution satellite imagery and geospatial solutions used for various applications like climate monitoring, agriculture, and disaster response. Planet's major partners and customers include governments, Google, and organizations in agriculture, forestry, and intelligence. The company's mission is to image the entire Earth every day to monitor changes and make the data accessible.
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Destination Earth launched in 2022 to build highly accurate digital twins of the planet that simulate and predict how natural processes interact with human activities to support better-informed decision making across Europe.
Kaspi and former group member Nimrod Gavriel used Juno observations of polar cyclone motion to estimate how far Jupiter's polar cyclones extend into the planet's interior.
A gravity slingshot uses a planet’s rotation and gravity to add velocity to a spacecraft without burning fuel.
Aerobraking uses a planet’s atmosphere to slow a spacecraft via friction but risks heat damage to the hull.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency also awarded Luno B orders to NV5, Planet Labs, and Ursa Space Systems.
Hale SWx signed a similar agreement with Planet.
NASA characterizes marine debris as a planet-scale challenge that will require technology in air and space working together with in-water measurements.
Martin Polak is Managing Director of Planet Labs Germany GmbH.
GURS will gain access to Planet’s high-cadence PlanetScope imagery under the agreement with Planet Labs Germany.
GURS will have access to Planet’s high-resolution tasking services under the agreement with Planet Labs Germany.
Planet Labs Germany has an enterprise-scale agreement with the Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia (GURS) to provide comprehensive satellite data and high-resolution tasking capabilities across Slovenia’s civil public administration.
The satellite data provided under the Planet Labs Germany–GURS agreement will support tracking for urban and infrastructure planning to inform sustainable development in Slovenia.
Planet’s Ljubljana office serves as one of Planet’s core hubs in its European operations.
Planet’s presence in Slovenia dates to 2023 following Planet’s acquisition of Sinergise.
The satellite data provided under the Planet Labs Germany–GURS agreement will enable rapid detection and response capabilities for natural disasters in Slovenia, specifically wildfires, droughts, and flooding events.
The satellite data provided under the Planet Labs Germany–GURS agreement will serve as the foundational spatial basis for systematic monitoring of Slovenia’s forest cover and agricultural health.
Spacetime maintains a planet-scale digital twin of moving platforms, environmental conditions, and link performance to inform network decisions.
Planet Labs maintained its satellite refresh cadence by rotating aging satellites out of orbit while bringing replacements online.
Northwood conducted an October 2024 demonstration with Planet Labs.
Astronomers directly measured internal gas motions of a disk orbiting a secondary object (such as a massive planet, brown dwarf, or low-mass star) for the first time in the J0705+0612 observations.