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Carbon Mapper Releases First Emissions Detections from the Tanager-1 Satellite
Tanager-1 is made possible by the Carbon Mapper Coalition, a philanthropically-funded effort to develop and deploy satellites designed to detect and track methane and CO2 super-emitters at a level of granularity needed to support direct mitigation action. Tanager-1 combines Planet’s cutting-edge…...
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NEO and Planet: Revolutionizing Agricultural Monitoring in the EU
The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a critical framework designed to support and improve the agricultural sector across member states. However, the CAP's requirements pose significant challenges, particularly in the area of remote sensing-based Area Monitoring Systems (AMS).…
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Planet’s Project Centinela: Monitoring Vulnerable Biodiversity Hotspots for Conservation Action
The name “Centinela” is storied in the tropical botany world. Surveyed by legendary botanist Al Gentry and others in the 1970s, the tiny Ecuadorian mountain range was discovered to harbor dozens of species new to science—roughly every third species they…
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Agile EO Webinar: Data Storage and Streaming on Planet Insights Platform
Learn how to migrate your workflows to the cloud, create custom visualizations, and stream data with OGC services — watch our webinar to learn more. Planet has revolutionized the way geospatial professionals monitor changes on Earth. But as the volume…
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Planet Closes Larger-Than-Expected Series C Round
Today, we are excited to announce that we have closed our Series C financing at $118 million with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a division of the World Bank Group, being the lead investor in the 2nd closing. This brings Planet’s total fundraising to over $183 million and gives us the capital […]
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14 Doves Bound for ISS on SpaceX CRS-6 Launch
UPDATE: Launch has been scrubbed. CRS-6 launch now scheduled for Tuesday April, 14, 2015, 4:10 pm EDT Fourteen more Doves are heading to the ISS. On Monday, April 13, 2015, our Doves will launch as secondary payload on SpaceX’s Dragon CRS-6 ISS resupply mission. The launch is scheduled for 4:33 pm EDT from […]
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Planet Labs Partners With Canadian Remote Sensing Giant, C-CORE
We’ve struck a multi-year agreement with C-CORE, the research and development company that’s home to Canada’s highest concentration of remote sensing expertise. C-CORE’s team uses existing Earth observation technology to monitor things like mine and well sites, pipelines, ice environments, intrusion and integrity monitoring of infrastructure, and climate change impacts. We aim […]
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Landsat 8 Data is Available on Amazon Web Services! How This Helps Us…
Landsat is history’s longest-running Earth imaging project. Its enormous data set cements it as an industry standard. We’ve used Landsat data in comparison with our imagery to demonstrate the pace of change on the Earth’s surface. It also informs our image rectification process, helping us create accurate and timely mosaics. Left: a […]
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Joining the Challenge: Planet Labs Partners with the Rockefeller Foundation
From the start, we’ve been excited by the potential humanitarian applications of our Earth imaging data. Our lofty ambitions are now real and concrete; we’re humbled to announce our partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation to make global change visible, accessible and actionable for those who need it most. Our Earth imaging data […]
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