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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Planet Labs has launched over 450 satellites and provides daily, global mapping of the Earth from space.
Kelsey Doerksen is a Space Systems Engineer in Satellite Operations at Planet.
Planet and Satellogic announced SPAC mergers in July, with Satellogic planning to use proceeds to build out its constellation.
Planet operates a fleet of more than 150 Dove cubesats that provide daily Earth imagery and 21 SkySats that provide high-resolution imagery.
The NASA contract was extended to provide access to Planet data through September 2022.
Planet reported that approximately 300,000 researchers, contractors, and grantees who receive funding from federal civilian agencies and NSF will have access to Planet data.
NASA awarded Planet a $2,240,000 contract in July to share data with federal civilian agencies and NSF through September 2021.
NASA’s July decision expanded access to Planet data beyond projects that were only NASA-funded.
Researchers conducting work funded by U.S. federal civilian agencies and the National Science Foundation will have access to Planet Earth-observation data through September 2022 under a NASA contract.
Planet received $6,200,000 for the first task order awarded under the extended contract for data provided until 2022-01-13, according to the USAspending website.
NASA’s Earth Science Division awarded Planet a $6,700,000 contract in 2019 for data to track essential climate variables.
The availability of Planet-NICFI analysis-ready Basemaps in Google Earth Engine enables researchers to test whether forest disturbances at scale can be classified using high-resolution, near-real-time optical data.
The Planet–Google Earth Engine partnership connects high-resolution, deep time-series imagery with geospatial and machine learning platforms to support groups working to stop deforestation.
With the integration of Planet-NICFI data into Google Earth Engine, SERVIR can deliver greater convenience to its partners and provide a new level of detail and insight to decision-makers.
Astra’s launch services support customers that observe Earth, including Planet and Spire, which provide satellite data used to track phenomena such as deforestation and illegal fishing.
Planet and Satellogic have plans to merge with SPACs in the same year to raise capital for their businesses.
Planet and Google Cloud expanded their partnership and signed a new agreement to create joint solutions that combine Planet’s high-frequency Earth observation data with Google Cloud’s cloud-based infrastructure.
Recent Planet launches with SpaceX included SkySats 16–18 and 19–21 aboard Starlink missions.
Planet has launched 83 satellites with SpaceX across seven launches to date.
Planet launched Flock 4s, 48 SuperDoves, on the Transporter-1 sun-synchronous rideshare launch.