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How researchers are tracking illegal ghost boats and the decline in flying squid

July 22, 2020

"The research, published in Science Advances on Wednesday, is also a case study for a new method of using satellite-based tracking technologies that the researchers say will make it possible to track shadowy activity on the world's oceans—from overfishing to sand mining—like never before."

China Is Using Uighur Labor to Produce Face Masks

July 20, 2020

"A Times video investigation identified Chinese companies using a contentious labor program for Uighurs to satisfy demand for P.P.E., some of which ended up in the United States and other countries."

Battle in the Himalayas

July 18, 2020

"China and India have stumbled once again into a bloody clash over some of the most inhospitable terrain on Earth ... Satellite images taken on June 26 showed construction activity by the Chinese in this region."

Planet and Esri expand satellite imagery partnership

July 15, 2020

"Planet is expanding its partnership with Esri. Esri will be reselling satellite imagery, extending access to Planet’s high cadence data set to the largest GIS community. With this new agreement, Esri customers can now directly buy Planet imagery."

Major Explosion Rocks Iran Again, the 3rd Blast in 3 Weeks

July 9, 2020

"A satellite photo shows damage to a building housing an advanced centrifuge assembly plant at the Natanz nuclear site in Iran where a major explosion occurred on July 2."

New satellite imagery shows activity at suspected North Korean nuclear facility

July 8, 2020

"New satellite imagery obtained by CNN shows recent activity at a previously undeclared North Korean facility near the village of Wollo-ri that experts believe is linked to the country's nuclear program."

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.