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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Pelican-1 was designed and manufactured by Planet Labs.
Infostellar’s team in the U.S. and Japan collaborated with Planet personnel to implement the Taiki ground station location and build an uplink/downlink capability approved by MIC for commercial operations.
Pelican-1 was designed and manufactured by Planet Labs PBC.
Pelican-1 is a technology demonstration built to test Pelican’s integrated design and Planet’s common bus platform.
Planet’s common bus platform will also host the company’s future hyperspectral Tanager mission.
Planet SkySat tasking satellites provide high-resolution imagery of wildfires for situational awareness.
Planet mosaics provide high-resolution cloud-free color satellite imagery for British Columbia, supporting decision making.
Planet solutions will monitor impacts of climate change on ecosystems, such as permafrost melt.
Under a separate $18,500,000 contract, NASA extended its purchase agreement for Planet Earth imagery through 2024.
The $18,500,000 contract gives researchers funded by U.S. civil agencies and NASA employees access to PlanetScope imagery captured by more than 130 satellites in Planet’s Dove constellation.
The Alberta government used Planet Basemaps to coordinate ground crew responses and assess fuel loads during wildfire prevention efforts.
Planet Labs PBC has expanded contracts with Canadian provincial governments, including British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Quebec, and Alberta.
Quebec and the Northwest Territories are expanding their work with Planet due to ongoing wildfires impacting public health, safety, and natural resources.
NASA initiated the Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program in 2017 by awarding contracts to Planet, Maxar, and Spire.
Planet's satellites capture near-daily images of all of Earth's landmass.
The Northwest Territories Centre for Geomatics uses Planet data to monitor permafrost thaw and ice conditions during the flooding season.
The Province of British Columbia has licensed Planet mosaics for internal use by all provincial ministries.
Planet currently owns and operates the largest fleet of Earth observation satellites in history, with hundreds on orbit.
Planet SkySat data enables rapid characterization of wildfire severity and environmental impact.
The Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program provides approved civilian federally funded researchers and federal civilian agency employees access to Planet’s 50-petabyte archive of PlanetScope imagery for scientific use and Earth science applications.