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Planet acquired the SkySat constellation from Google in 2017.

Mentioned as: GoogleNarrative GeneralJun 9, 2020Planet unveils tasking and API for expanding SkySat fleet

Flipgrid is a free platform accessible by every school district using Microsoft 365 and by any student or teacher with a Microsoft or Google email account.

Mentioned as: GoogleTechnical ProductApr 9, 2020Club for the Future Debuts At-Home Curriculum for Virtual Learning

Google acquired Skybox Imaging in 2014 for a reported $500,000,000.

Mentioned as: GoogleOrg RelationshipMar 6, 2020Why the smallsat bubble may deflate, but not burst

Planet purchased Terra Bella from Google in 2017.

Mentioned as: GoogleOrg RelationshipFeb 13, 2020Iceye establishes U.S. office, considers U.S. manufacturing

Mark Matossian worked at Google for 13 years and specialized in scaling up new products and services across Asia, Europe, and South America.

Mentioned as: GoogleNarrative GeneralFeb 13, 2020Iceye establishes U.S. office, considers U.S. manufacturing

Team Hakuto had planned to fly Sorato on landers developed by Astrobotic and TeamIndus, but neither company launched before the Google Lunar X Prize competition ended in early 2018.

Mentioned as: GoogleNarrative GeneralOct 24, 2019Japanese lunar lander company ispace on schedule for 2021 first mission

If the Google Lunar X Prize had not been canceled, ispace planned to launch SORATO in 2018 and SORATO would have needed to travel at least 500 m on the lunar surface and transmit visual data back to Earth to claim the prize.

Mentioned as: GoogleNarrative GeneralOct 23, 2019Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Receives SORATO Lunar Rover for Future Museum Exhibition

PTScientists was a competitor in the Google Lunar X Prize, which offered a $20,000,000 grand prize for the first privately developed lunar lander.

Mentioned as: GoogleNarrative GeneralSep 2, 2019PTScientists acquired, to continue lunar lander work

The Google Lunar X Prize offered a $20,000,000 grand prize to the first commercial team to send a vehicle to the moon capable of traveling 500 m and sending back pictures and video.

Mentioned as: GoogleNarrative GeneralAug 8, 2019Apollo’s progeny: Today’s space entrepreneurs still standing on the moonshot’s shoulders

Astrobotic Technology spun out of Carnegie Mellon University in 2007 to compete for the Google Lunar X Prize.

Mentioned as: GoogleNarrative GeneralAug 8, 2019Apollo’s progeny: Today’s space entrepreneurs still standing on the moonshot’s shoulders

Google acquired Skybox Imaging in 2014 for an estimated $500,000,000 and renamed it Terra Bella.

Mentioned as: GoogleOrg RelationshipJul 18, 2019Investors don’t see Virgin Galactic deal as model for space industry

PTScientists traces its heritage to a team that competed for the Google Lunar X Prize, which offered a $20,000,000 grand prize.

Mentioned as: GoogleNarrative GeneralJul 9, 2019German lunar lander company files for bankruptcy protection

PTScientists continued development of a lunar lander after competing in the Google Lunar X Prize and initially hoped to launch in late 2019 or 2020.

Mentioned as: GoogleNarrative GeneralJul 3, 2019SpaceIL and other international ventures revise lunar lander efforts

The Google Lunar X Prize offered a $20,000,000 grand prize that expired in early 2018.

Mentioned as: GoogleNarrative GeneralJul 3, 2019SpaceIL and other international ventures revise lunar lander efforts

SpaceIL was one of five finalists for the Google Lunar X Prize when the $20,000,000 grand prize expired in early 2018.

Mentioned as: GoogleNarrative FinancialJul 3, 2019SpaceIL and other international ventures revise lunar lander efforts

TeamIndus competed for the $20,000,000 Google Lunar X Prize to develop a private lunar lander that would travel at least 500 m across the lunar surface and return images and video.

Mentioned as: GoogleNarrative GeneralJun 21, 2019Indian startup Bellatrix Aerospace raises $3 million

The Google Lunar X Prize had an original deadline of the end of 2012 and the grand prize expired in March 2018 when Google declined to provide another extension.

Mentioned as: GoogleNarrative GeneralApr 11, 2019SpaceIL lander crashes on moon

SpaceIL initially formed as a Google Lunar X Prize team seeking the $20,000,000 grand prize for the first privately developed spacecraft to land on the moon, travel at least 500 m, and return images and video.

Mentioned as: GoogleNarrative GeneralApr 11, 2019SpaceIL lander crashes on moon

The X Prize Foundation launched the Google Lunar X Prize in 2007 with original plans for the grand prize to decrease to $15,000,000 if no team won by the end of 2012 and to expire at the end of 2014.

Mentioned as: google lunar x prizeTechnical ProductMar 28, 2019X Prize Foundation offers “Moonshot Award” to SpaceIL

The Google Lunar X Prize offered a $20,000,000 grand prize to the first privately developed spacecraft to land on the moon, travel at least 500 m across its surface, and return images and video.

Mentioned as: GoogleNarrative GeneralMar 28, 2019X Prize Foundation offers “Moonshot Award” to SpaceIL
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