2018: A Look Back and into the Future
Planet SkySat shot of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California © 2017, Planet Labs Inc. All Rights Reserved.
NewsPlanet closed out 2018 in a big way, with 3 launches carrying 33 satellites in under 30 days -- setting new records as we did. But that’s not all! As we start the new year, I wanted to share a recap of seven major achievements:
- Queryable Earth. We formally announced our vision for Queryable Earth at TED: to index physical change on Earth and make it searchable. We released a beta version of Planet Analytics, a solution that leverages machine learning to transform our imagery into insights, and signed our first analytics customers.
- Moved offices! We moved, with a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. At three times the size of our previous office, our new HQ lab in San Francisco brings many aspects of our business under one roof.
- Grew our executive Team. We made two hires to our executive team with Nathan Dickerman as Chief Commercial Officer and Brian Hernacki as SVP of Software Engineering & promoted James Mason to SVP of Space Systems.
- Agile aerospace. We continued to iterate on our spacecraft and launched a total of 38 satellites - 36 next-generation Doves and 2 SkySats - on 5 rockets and even closed out the year with 3 successful launches in just 30 days.
- Expanded our markets. We sold our data to existing and new markets. Highlight deals include: a multi-year deal with DowDuPont’s Granular for digital agriculture solutions; a purchase agreement with NASA to use our data for scientific evaluation; and our third deal with NGA. We partnered with Airbus to facilitate global distribution of remote sensing data, and bring new geospatial products to market & together we’re servicing the European Space Agency Copernicus Programme with high and medium resolution imagery over the continent.
- Doing good. Among many impact partnerships, two highlights include: a partnership with Paul G. Allen Philanthropies and leading scientists to map the world’s corals and a deal with the State of California to aid in disaster relief around the devastating California wildfires.
- Welcomed Boundless to the family. We acquired Boundless Spatial, Inc. (our third acquisition), a St. Louis-based geospatial software solutions company, to expand our business with the U.S. government and agriculture customers.
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