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The 2022-01-13 launch was Planet’s first launch with SpaceX under a multi-year, multi-launch rideshare agreement signed in 2021.

NARRATIVE GENERAL1/13/2022Planet’s SuperDoves Fly To Orbit To Join The Firm’s EO Constellation

Planet’s management team led by Will Marshall (CEO, Co-Founder and Chair), Robbie Schingler (Chief Strategy Officer, Co-Founder and Director), Ashley Johnson (CFO/COO), and Kevin Weil (President, Product and Business Strategy) will continue to lead the public company following the transaction.

NARRATIVE GOVERNANCE7/7/2021Planet Is SPAC’d

Satellogic announced a SPAC deal that will raise $271,000,000 one day before Planet announced its SPAC deal.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL7/7/2021Planet valued at $2.8 billion in SPAC deal

Satellogic announced a SPAC deal that will raise $271,000,000 one day before Planet announced its SPAC deal.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL7/7/2021Planet valued at $2.8 billion in SPAC deal

Planet will merge with dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV, a SPAC that raised $345,000,000 in a public offering in March.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL7/7/2021Planet valued at $2.8 billion in SPAC deal

The transaction has been unanimously approved by dMY IV’s Board of Directors and Planet’s Board of Directors and is expected to close later 2021 subject to approval by dMY IV’s and Planet’s stockholders and other customary closing conditions.

NARRATIVE GENERAL7/7/2021Planet Is SPAC’d

Nathan Dickerman built the go-to-market organization at Planet Labs and scaled the company to win hundreds of new customers.

ORG RELATIONSHIP5/7/2021Ouster hires go-to-market leader to accelerate lidar adoption across verticals

Planet plans to launch another 57 SuperDoves by the end of the year to enable near-daily revisit with eight-band SuperDoves.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/13/2020Planet unveils rapid revisit and change detection products

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.

NARRATIVE GROWTH11/20/2019Planet stepping up marketing to defense and intelligence agencies

In October 2017, the Minotaur-C successfully launched a set of commercial imaging satellites for Planet.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT4/24/2019Justice Department reaches deal with company implicated in Taurus launch failures

Planet moved into new San Francisco headquarters on 2018-11-26, consolidating management, engineering, sales, and testing operations under one roof for the first time.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/10/2018Planet sets sights on the long game: Building robust subscription business

An Airbus-led consortium including Planet won a contract in July to provide high-resolution imagery of Europe for the European Commission and the European Space Agency’s Copernicus program.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/19/2018Airbus leveraging partnerships, investments to deliver greater ground truth
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