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Planet Labs operates a satellite constellation that includes 'PlanetScope', 'SkySat', 'Pelican', 'RapidEye', and 'Tanager'.

Mentioned as: RapidEyeCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 14, 2025米プラネット・ラボ、次世代観測衛星群「Owl」を発表–エヌビディア製GPUが軌道上で分析

RapidEye has a resolution of approximately 5 meters.

Mentioned as: RapidEyeCapabilityValue 4.0Oct 14, 2025米プラネット・ラボ、次世代観測衛星群「Owl」を発表–エヌビディア製GPUが軌道上で分析

Planet established a European presence in 2015 with the acquisition of Berlin-based BlackBridge and its RapidEye Earth-observation constellation.

Mentioned as: RapidEyeRelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 29, 2023Planet acquires Slovenian startup Sinergise

Planet extended its European footprint with the VanderSat acquisition, building on its 2015 purchase of Berlin-based BlackBridge and the RapidEye Earth-observation constellation.

Mentioned as: RapidEyeRelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Nov 10, 2021Planet to acquire VanderSat in $28 million deal

Ryan Johnson was the CEO of RapidEye, the Berlin-based agriculture satellite constellation that he sold to Planet in 2015.

Mentioned as: RapidEyeRelationshipsGovernanceValue 4.0Jun 18, 2021Hydrosat raises $5M to take on climate change from Space

Planet retired the RapidEye constellation in 2020.

Mentioned as: RapidEyePlanGeneralValue 2.5May 13, 2021Axelspace raises $24 million in Series C round

Blackbridge Ltd. acquired RapidEye prior to Planet acquiring the RapidEye constellation in 2015.

Mentioned as: RapidEyeRelationshipsValue 4.0Feb 23, 2021Former Capella Space and Planet executive joins Hydrosat

Planet acquired the RapidEye constellation in 2015.

Mentioned as: RapidEyeRelationshipsValue 4.0Feb 23, 2021Former Capella Space and Planet executive joins Hydrosat

NASA’s existing agreement with Planet was extended to provide all NASA-funded researchers continued access to PlanetScope and RapidEye imagery through September 2021.

Mentioned as: RapidEyeRelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Jan 13, 2021NASA extends agreement with Planet under its commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition program

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

Mentioned as: rapideyeCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Nov 27, 2019Key enablers: Telespazio Vega’s cloud-based Enable aims to reduce cost of space operations

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

Mentioned as: rapideyeCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Nov 20, 2019Planet stepping up marketing to defense and intelligence agencies

Planet was established in 2010 and operates five RapidEye satellites, 122 Dove cubesats, and 15 SkySat satellites.

Mentioned as: RapidEyeGeneralCapabilityGrowthValue 4.0Aug 1, 2019ESA evaluates data from Iceye, Planet and Spire Global

The German Space Agency’s Earth Observation Center supplies imagery from Planet’s RapidEye constellation to the International Charter.

Mentioned as: rapideyeRelationshipsValue 4.0Jun 28, 2019Satellites to the rescue after natural disasters

SSTL is a supplier of satellite platforms and services for LEO missions and its previous missions include Beijing-1, the five-satellite RapidEye constellation, Deimos-1, exactView-1, KazEOSAT-2, and the three-satellite TripleSat constellation.

Mentioned as: RapidEyeGeneralCapabilityValue 4.0Nov 21, 2017SSTL and ASTROSCALE team up for Orbital Debris Removal missions