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News
New satellite image shows activity at previously dismantled North Korean test site
December 5, 2019
"A new satellite image obtained by CNN indicates North Korea may be preparing to resume testing engines used to power satellite launchers and intercontinental ballistic missiles."
India’s PSLV conducts Cartosat-3 launch
November 27, 2019
"For its journey into orbit on Wednesday, Cartosat-3 was joined by thirteen nanosatellites. Twelve of these make up the Flock-4p payload for American company Planet Labs. Thee fourth-generation spacecraft will join the largest constellation of satellites ever deployed, upgrading Planet Labs’ imaging capabilities."
North Korea Seen Lining Up Military Aircraft For Possible Show
November 14, 2019
"North Korea may be preparing a military air demonstration of a sort it hasn't carried out for over a year. Satellite images obtained exclusively by NPR show dozens of aircraft lined up at the Wonsan International Airport on the nation's East Coast."
Tiny, privately owned satellites are changing how we view the Earth
November 2, 2019
"In one year, Planet Labs built as many satellites as the rest of the world combined. Its images are used by governments, researchers, and even farmers."
Planet to offer higher resolution, more spectral bands
October 16, 2019
"Planet is preparing to offer 50-centimeter-resolution imagery from its SkySat constellation and updating Dove satellites to gather imagery in eight spectral bands, company executive announced Oct. 15 at Planet Explore"
NRO awards imagery subscription contract to Planet
October 16, 2019
"The National Reconnaissance Office announced the award Oct. 15 of a commercial imagery contract of undisclosed value to Planet Labs Federal, a subsidiary of Planet, the Earth observation company with about 150 imaging satellites in orbit."
Videos
The Mission to Create a Searchable Database of Earth's Surface
Planet Co-founder and CEO, Will Marshall, announces Planet's vision of Queryable Earth: to index physical change on Earth and make it searchable for all.
We Can Scan the Whole World, Every Day
The FT’s innovations editor John Thornhill investigates how Planet uses a fleet of tiny satellites to image every inch of the globe, and update it every 24 hours.
Planet Lab's Marshall on the Future of Space Exploration
Planet Labs CEO Will Marshall talks with Bloomberg's Ashlee Vance at The Year Ahead Summit at Bloomberg headquarters in New York about the future of space exploration and what it takes to ring the Earth with satellites.
Satellites the Size of a Shoe Box
US firm Planet Labs makes satellites you could hold in your hands, and has more in orbit than anyone else. "We thought that we could do space a little bit differently," says Planet Labs' co-founder, Will Marshall.
The All Seeing Eye in the Sky
Silicon Valley based startup Planet has one goal: to take a picture of the entire planet every day. To do that, they need to launch the largest number of satellites in human history. In this episode of Ventures, Bloomberg Businessweek's Ashlee Vance journeys to India to watch Planet's satellites hitch a ride on a rocket.
Satellites Help Predict North Korean Nuclear Tests
See how analysts at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies are using satellite imagery to understand ongoing nuclear missile tests.
Planet Labs Plan For Earth
Will Marshall from Planet Labs and Steve Jurvetson from DFJ talk at the Bloomberg Technology Conference about what all those tiny Planet Lab satellites are actually doing up there.
Will Marshall Addresses the UN
Will Marshall addresses the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit. This address took place on September 27, 2015. Video: United Nations.
A Commitment to Sustainability
Planet participated in the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Summit where we addressed heads of state on the power of open data and remote sensing to meet the global challenges set forth in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
CEO Will Marshall Dreamforce Keynote
Learn about satellites, big data and the Global Sensing Revolution. Planet CEO, Will Marshall, delivers an Innovation Keynote at Dreamforce 2015.
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