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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Ignacio Zuleta previously worked as Senior Director Payloads at Planet.
Planet operates a fleet of 200 satellites that provide a global, high-frequency dataset.
Planet has been providing data to NASA scientists and federally funded researchers under the CSDA Program since 2018.
The Carbon Mapper constellation was planned in 2021 by a consortium led by the State of California, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Planet.
The National Reconnaissance Office awarded 10-year imagery contracts in May to Maxar Technologies, BlackSky, and Planet Labs.
Planet continues to obtain high-resolution imagery from SkySats that are manufactured by Maxar Technologies.
Planet will launch the first two hyperspectral satellites in 2023.
Planet's daily satellite images accurately show how chlorophyll concentrations and other water quality parameters developed downstream of the Oder River over the summer.
The 2022 GEOINT Innovation Summit will feature Robert Cardillo, Chief Strategist and Chairman of the Board at Planet Federal, as a senior-level speaker.
Planet Labs will work with Telesat Government Solutions to build space-based RF terminals that will be hosted on two Earth observation spacecraft.
Planet Labs intends to launch Pelican satellites starting in the calendar year 2023 to demonstrate aspects of its communication technology via ground and on-orbit tests.
Planet Labs will work with SES Government Solutions to develop and demonstrate an always-on low-latency connectivity solution enabled by SES’s multi-orbit fleet of geostationary (GEO) and medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite constellations.
Carbon Mapper plans to launch two methane-monitoring satellites in late 2023 with the commercial satellite company Planet Labs and philanthropic funding.
BlackSky, Maxar Technologies, and Planet Labs won 10-year contracts from the National Reconnaissance Office to provide satellite imagery for U.S. intelligence, defense, and federal civil agencies.
NOAA expanded its monitoring with Planet and currently observes a region of approximately 35,000 square kilometers in the Gulf of Mexico.
In 2018 NOAA engaged Planet to obtain near-daily imagery to provide a perspective of change around the leaking oil platform.
The collaboration between Planet Labs Germany GmbH and the BKG launched in November 2021 and was expanded after a successful trial period.
Planet Labs Germany GmbH signed a contract with the German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) to provide daily, high-resolution satellite data for crisis response, environmental and nature conservation, and forest and agricultural monitoring.
The collaboration between Planet Labs Germany GmbH and the BKG was launched in November 2021 and is now being expanded following a successful trial period.
Planet Labs Germany GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Planet Labs PBC, has signed a contract with the German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) to provide daily, high-resolution satellite data for crisis response, environmental and nature conservation, and forest and agricultural monitoring.