by Robert Simmon on Mar 22, 2016

Imaging the entire planet every day would be easy if Earth was an airless rock, but unfortunately, it’s not. (Actually, even mapping an airless rock is challenging, but bear with me.) Yes, the atmosphere allows us to breathe, and protects us from lethal levels of ultraviolet radiation, yadda yadda yadda, but it […]

by Mike Safyan on Mar 21, 2016

Twenty Dove satellites are currently packed away in their Nanoracks deployers on board the Cygnus spacecraft and awaiting launch. We’re calling these Doves “Flock 2e Prime” as a continuation of the “Flock 2e” series that was launched in a similar manner to the International Space Station in December on the OA-4 mission. […]

by Stephanie Peña on Mar 15, 2016

I’m a recruiter on the Planet Labs People Team. I work with every team—from Spacecraft to Sales—to hire talented, mission driven new Planeteers who are passionate about using space to help life on Earth. My colleague, Elizabeth, recently kicked off our “Meet a Planeteer” video series with a look at what a […]

by Kyle Howell on Mar 1, 2016

I would like to introduce the Compare Lab, an old favorite here at Planet Labs that’s now available publicly on our platform for any user with API access. The Compare Lab has existed as a collection of internal “employees-only” tools at Planet Labs for a long time, often showing up on employee […]

by Rachel Holm on Feb 24, 2016

Our location, right in the heart of San Francisco, gives us a lot of opportunities to host great minds from science and beyond. This week, Planet was lucky enough to host two powerful voices in their field: Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt. As a San Francisco startup and […]