by Patrice Johnson on Jun 16, 2021

Planet is proud to celebrate Juneteenth by giving the day off to our employees to engage and learn in their local communities. We have identified a number of city celebrations throughout the country to participate in and we hope that you will join us.  Alabama Huntsville, AL – Huntsville Black Market will […]

by Tanya Harrison on Jun 14, 2021

In a paper released last week in Science, researchers shared how they used Planet satellite data, combined with eye witness accounts, video on the ground, and other remote sensing datasets, to determine the cause of the massive debris flow that cascaded through valleys in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India on February 7, 2021. The event killed […]

by Trevor Hammond on Jun 11, 2021

Planet would like to congratulate Megha Rajagopalan, Alison Killing, and Christo Buschek of BuzzFeed News for winning a Pulitzer Prize for their series documenting China’s mass internment of Muslims in Xinjiang Province. Over the course of the investigation, BuzzFeed News used Planet imagery, along with other sources of satellite data, to identify […]

by Steve Levay on Jun 10, 2021

We’re thrilled to announce that Planet has signed a new, three-year, non-exclusive contract with Farmers Edge, a valued customer since 2017. Through this partnership, Farmers Edge will process Planet’s satellite data with its proprietary algorithms, integrate it into other field-centric datasets, then distribute to thousands of customers and partners in the agriculture […]

by Regina Kozyra on Jun 7, 2021

For the fourth year in a row, Planet is partnering with the Copernicus Masters competition in search of innovative start-up ideas with a focus on the environment and climate change. The Copernicus Masters ”See Change, Change the World” challenge is now open for submissions and everyone can apply with their ideas for […]