Chin Lakes, Alberta Jun 06, 2015
Clear for Analysis with Planet’s New Usable Data Masks
For the wealth of information optical satellite imagery contains, there will always remain a stubborn share of pixels that aren’t super helpful for analysis. Clouds (which cover around two-thirds of the Earth on any given day), shadows cast from clouds,…...
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Launching Planet Pantry: A Delivery Service of Intergalactic Proportions
Like the rest of the world, we at Planet recently watched as SpaceX ushered in the future of human space flight with the successful automated docking of the Crew Dragon capsule to the International Space Station (ISS). This got us…
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Planet Signs Multi-Million Dollar Agreement with NASA
Founded by three former NASA scientists, Planet is delighted to announce we’ve signed a multi-million dollar agreement with the space agency to provide earth observation data for the identification and tracking of the Essential Climate Variables. Through this agreement, NASA…
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Introducing Planet Launch Programs
Today, we’re excited to announce Planet Launch Programs, a new offering that will help our customers get more value out of Planet’s data and drive more return on their investment. Planet’s three complementary constellations generate a dataset of unprecedented scale…
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Developing the World’s First Indicator of Forest Carbon Stocks & Emissions – Update: IT’S WORKING!
To view these graphics at full-size, please read our Medium post. Tropical deforestation has one common cause the world over: economic development. We learn as kids that forests take in carbon dioxide, store the carbon in plants and soils, and release the oxygen (which we conveniently need to breathe). Despite an intuitive […]
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First Up for 2019: PSLV Launch of 20 Next-Generation Doves
Our first launch of 2019 is here! 20 next-generation Dove satellites – Flock 4a – are scheduled to launch on ISRO’s PSLV-C45 rocket on April 1, 2019 IST (March 31 Pacific). All 20 Dove-series satellites will ride as secondary payloads and will be sent to a Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO) with a […]
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Fate and Faith.
No matter how much we plan, sometimes fate intervenes. And if we’re lucky, we’re able to recognize the opportunity. Last summer, I found the project I’d been working on for several years winding down and began to search about for a new adventure. I did what most people do, and looked for […]
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Planet Closes $168M Series D Financing
Planet announced today that it closed its Series D fundraising in 2018, collecting $168 million in cash. The capital will be used to accelerate Planet’s business growth in the high and medium-resolution data markets, including developing Planet’s core data analytics products. High-resolution data, together with Planet’s unique medium-resolution daily, global imagery and […]
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Energy Basemaps: Weekly Snapshots Driving Better Decisions
The energy industry has seen an unprecedented amount of growth in the last six years – solar power capacity has increased 15x, wind energy has increased 1.8x to account for nearly 6.5% of total electricity consumption – and the oil and gas industry is no different. US Field Production levels are as […]
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