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Planet

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commercialFounded 2019
www.planet.com/
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Mark Mozena is the senior director of government affairs at Planet.

Mentioned as: PlanetNarrative GeneralMay 1, 2020COVID analytics puts geospatial industry in spotlight

NASA’s contract with Planet includes options to continue purchasing imagery through September 2023.

Mentioned as: PlanetNarrative GeneralApr 17, 2020NASA awards Planet $7 million Earth imagery contract

In 2018 NASA planned to purchase Earth observation data from Maxar Technologies, Planet and Spire as part of a pilot program to evaluate commercial data utility.

Mentioned as: PlanetOrg RelationshipApr 17, 2020NASA awards Planet $7 million Earth imagery contract

In April 2019 NASA purchased Planet imagery for a climate research pilot program under a $6,700,000 contract.

Mentioned as: planetOrg RelationshipApr 17, 2020NASA awards Planet $7 million Earth imagery contract

NASA employees, contractors and NASA-funded research teams will have access to Planet Earth observation imagery under a $7,000,000 contract option.

Mentioned as: PlanetNarrative GeneralApr 17, 2020NASA awards Planet $7 million Earth imagery contract

Planet receives grants from Bloomberg Philanthropies to support its Satellites for Climate Action work.

Mentioned as: PlanetOrg RelationshipApr 14, 2020Planet imagery reveals source of Beijing’s ongoing pollution

CREA obtains Planet imagery through Satellites for Climate Action, a partnership announced at the 2019 Bloomberg Global Business Forum in New York.

Mentioned as: PlanetNarrative GeneralApr 14, 2020Planet imagery reveals source of Beijing’s ongoing pollution

The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office awarded contracts to multiple commercial imagery providers in 2019 and considered larger procurement contracts to commercial players like Planet and BlackSky in 2020.

Mentioned as: PlanetOrg RelationshipFeb 26, 202020 space industry predictions for 2020

Planet purchased Terra Bella from Google in 2017.

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

Planet Federal is a subsidiary of Planet, an Earth observation company that operates about 150 imaging satellites.

Mentioned as: PlanetNarrative GeneralJan 30, 2020Space executive says the industry needs help to understand cyber threats

NASA announced plans in 2018 to purchase Earth science data from Maxar, Planet, and Spire.

Mentioned as: PlanetOrg RelationshipDec 12, 2019NASA to buy more commercial Earth observation data

Planet, based in San Francisco, operates 140 Earth observation satellites including about 120 Dove cubesats, five RapidEye satellites, and 15 SkySats.

Mentioned as: planetTechnical ProductNov 27, 2019Key enablers: Telespazio Vega’s cloud-based Enable aims to reduce cost of space operations

Planet plans to expand the Dove constellation with 12 Dove satellites launching on 2019-11-24 from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India, on India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

Mentioned as: PlanetOrg RelationshipNov 20, 2019Planet stepping up marketing to defense and intelligence agencies

Planet operates a constellation of 120 Dove satellites that image the Earth’s landmass daily at 3- to 5-meter resolution.

Mentioned as: PlanetNarrative GeneralNov 20, 2019Planet stepping up marketing to defense and intelligence agencies

Planet operates SkySat and RapidEye satellites that provide higher-resolution, point-and-shoot imagery in addition to the daily-imaging Dove satellites.

Mentioned as: planetTechnical ProductNov 20, 2019Planet stepping up marketing to defense and intelligence agencies

Planet will begin to provide access to data from the new SuperDove satellites.

Mentioned as: PlanetNarrative GeneralOct 15, 2019Planet to offer higher resolution, more spectral bands

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has been purchasing Planet imagery since 2016.

Mentioned as: PlanetOrg RelationshipOct 15, 2019NRO awards imagery subscription contract to Planet

Planet is updating its fleet of Dove satellites to an eight-band system from a current four-band system.

Mentioned as: PlanetNarrative GeneralOct 15, 2019Planet to offer higher resolution, more spectral bands

Planet intends to move the SkySats to a lower altitude and improve image processing to provide higher resolution imagery.

Mentioned as: PlanetNarrative GeneralOct 15, 2019Planet to offer higher resolution, more spectral bands

Planet will move PlanetScope from four to five and then to eight bands over the coming months.

Mentioned as: PlanetNarrative GeneralOct 15, 2019Planet to offer higher resolution, more spectral bands
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