by Planet Labs PBC on Dec 9, 2024

Pelican-2 Is Equipped with the NVIDIA Jetson Platform and NASA CSP Satellite-to-Satellite Communications to Speed Data Delivery for Customers SAN FRANCISCO, December 9, 2024—Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL), a leading provider of daily Earth data and insights, today announced that its latest high-resolution satellite Pelican-2 and 36 SuperDoves have arrived at Vandenberg Space […]

by Planet Labs PBC on Nov 16, 2024

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 agile aerospace and smallsat bus technology with the state-of-the-art imaging spectrometer design […]

by Planet Labs PBC on Nov 15, 2024

A groundbreaking and alarming report found that Earth’s land carbon sink absorbed almost no carbon last year. Consider that for a moment: the ecosystems that have buffered our excess emissions for decades may not continue to do so indefinitely. While a slowdown has long been anticipated as climate change disrupts ecosystem function, […]

by Planet Labs PBC on Oct 10, 2024

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 agile aerospace and smallsat bus technology with the state-of-the-art imaging spectrometer design […]

by Christopher Anderson on Aug 12, 2024

By Christopher Anderson, Amy Rosenthal, and Flávia de Souza Mendes. Today, Amazon Conservation released the first in a series of three Mapping the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) reports on forest carbon across the Amazon that leverages our Forest Carbon Diligence product. The reports reveal patterns of aboveground carbon dynamics, including where and […]

by Planet Labs PBC on Dec 13, 2024

This week, we were thrilled to be on the ground in Washington, D.C. at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, more colloquially known as AGU 2024. This year’s theme of “What’s Next for Science?” is very fitting for our work here at Planet. We embrace new, innovative, and future-oriented approaches to advancing […]

by Stephanie Gijsbers on Dec 13, 2024

How to go from satellite data to actionable insights: How to calculate root-zone soil water content from near-surface soil water content Contributors: Thomas Frederikse and Amber Mulder Understanding soil moisture is essential for managing agricultural productivity, optimizing water resources, and tackling climate challenges. Planet Soil Water Content (SWC) data — part of […]

by Ryder Kimball on Dec 11, 2024

Satellites can’t answer philosophical questions about the sound of a tree falling in a forest, but they can answer scientific ones, like where and when it fell and its carbon impact. For decades, scientists have turned to Earth observation satellites to measure the status of the systems that support life on Earth […]

by Molly Hamm on Dec 6, 2024

Learn how Planet satellite imagery allows agencies to identify and track land use changes at scale.