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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Astroscale Holdings promotes the AIRS (Atmospheric Impact of Reentered Spacecraft) initiative with Planet Labs as a founding member and the University of Southampton as a participant.
Planet Labs and Astroscale will share non-proprietary information about their satellite manufacturing processes and material compositions for AIRS research.
Planet Labs’ Pelican-11 is a technology demonstration satellite for the second generation of the company’s Earth observation constellation.
Planet Labs operates one of the largest Earth observation satellite fleets.
Planet Labs Germany operates its European headquarters and Mission Control in Berlin.
Planet expects to add up to 70 new employees in Berlin as part of the expansion.
Planet Labs Germany and Isar Aerospace have a new agreement under which a German-built Earth observation satellite will launch on a German-built rocket within the next year.
Planet’s current Berlin workforce is about 150 employees.
NASA’s SkyFall mission concept will send three next-generation Mars helicopters to the planet in a December 2028 arrival window.
The Pelican spacecraft for the mission will be assembled at Planet Labs Germany’s planned Berlin manufacturing facility.
Planet’s Pelican fleet is designed to provide high-resolution, frequently refreshed imagery for geospatial and AI-enabled analytics.
Isar Aerospace will use its Spectrum small launch vehicle for the Pelican mission and for follow-on flights carrying additional Planet satellites.
Planet Labs, Spire Global, HawkEye 360, and newer entrants place commercial constellation orders that add to demand for Blue Canyon Technologies' test infrastructure.
Planet Labs PBC adjusted access parameters in its cloud-native ground segment rather than turning off its orbiting cameras.
Planet Labs PBC’s raw optical data was downlinked through Ground-Station-as-a-Service networks and ingested into centralized databases before automated software masked the imagery from public view.
Planet Labs PBC rolled back administrative restrictions on its Earth observation data archives across the Middle East.
Planet Labs PBC’s PlanetScope and SkySat microsatellites captured the changing landscape of regional conflicts for nearly four months while the imagery remained inaccessible.
Planet and Isar Aerospace signed a launch contract for a Planet Pelican satellite to fly on Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket.
Planet Labs Germany will assemble the Pelican satellite in its new Berlin facility.
Planet and Isar Aerospace plan additional launches beyond the first mission.