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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Taiwan plans to launch the first of six LEO satellites 600 kilometers (373 miles) above the planet in 2027 as part of its Beyond 5G LEO Satellite programme.
Planet has established satellite manufacturing in Berlin.
Planet will continue manufacturing Pelican satellites in San Francisco.
Planet has an existing team of nearly 150 employees in its Berlin-based European headquarters.
Planet is making an eight-figure investment in the Berlin facility.
The new Planet facility in Berlin aims to meet growing demand from the European market for persistent and high-performance satellite and intelligence solutions.
Planet announced the opening of the new facility on September 25.
Planet is opening a new satellite manufacturing facility in Berlin to produce next-generation, high-resolution Pelican satellites.
Planet has a key contract with NATO.
NASA's Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is expected to analyze Earth's exosphere to better understand how space weather impacts our planet.
Planet has a multi-year agreement worth 240 million euros ($282.3 million) with the German government.
Scenarios under consideration for TRAPPIST-1 e include a Titan-like methane envelope, a global ocean, or localized seas on the planet's permanently sunlit side.
Moog propulsion technology has enabled missions to every planet in the solar system.
SpaceX has launched over 5,000 active satellites for Starlink, creating a living mesh above the planet that offers internet connectivity.
During a 22-month cruise to Mars, Blue and Gold will travel together before entering complementary elliptical orbits around the planet.
NISAR, a joint NASA-ISRO mission, is scheduled for 2025 and will map the planet every 12 days with L and S band radar.
Akatsuki became Japan's first spacecraft to orbit a planet other than Earth.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) officially ended operations of the Venus probe Akatsuki (PLANET-C) on September 18.
Messium's network will use capacity from various commercial hyperspectral data providers including Wyvern, Planet, Pixxel, Open Cosmos, and Esper.
Percival Lowell, a member of a prominent Boston family, became the central proponent of observations and promotion of the Mars "canals" and built Lowell Observatory in Arizona to observe the planet.