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Planet Launches Next Generation PlanetScope with Eight Spectral Bands and Quality Improvements

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Today we announced the general availability of the next generation of our PlanetScope Monitoring product, offering high quality, analysis-ready data to all existing PlanetScope customers. While previously offering four spectral bands, PlanetScope will now include eight spectral bands in addition to a series of enhancements, providing our customers with richer, cleaner, and […]

Planet Expands Sales Leadership Team as It Prepares to Go Public

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We are thrilled to announce the latest expansion of our sales leadership team with the addition of Michael Goldberg, the Vice President of Sales Operations, Debbie Queen, the Vice President of Sales, Americas, Simon Alford, the Vice President of Global Pre-Sales, and Leslie Mertz, the Global Director of Sales Development! Planet drove […]

Planet Announces Public Board with the Addition of Niccolo de Masi

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We are pleased to share that Niccolo de Masi, Director of dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV, will be joining our Board of Directors after we go public! Earlier this year, Planet entered into a definitive merger agreement with dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV (NYSE:DMYQ), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), to become […]

Here’s What Happened at COP26 and How Satellite Data Can Help

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COP26 kicked off last week and already we’ve seen major pledges and initiatives announced that are designed to save our planet from the worst effects of the climate emergency. These critical plans for curbing emissions, ending deforestation, and protecting our oceans show promise, but in order to make meaningful progress there must […]

Twitter’s Vijaya Gadde to Join Planet’s Board of Directors

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We’re thrilled to announce that Vijaya Gadde will be joining Planet’s Board of Directors. Vijaya brings over 20 years of legal, technology and business growth experience to Planet’s Board. As Planet prepares to become a public company, Vijaya’s history of leadership at high-growth, global companies will help Planet navigate the scaling of […]

Planet to Become Publicly Traded Company through Merger with dMY IV

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Planet is an Earth data and analytics company, producing 25 terabytes of data per day from approximately 200 satellites – the largest Earth imaging satellite fleet ever Planet’s proprietary data powers a high growth subscription business with over $100 million in revenue in FY2021 from over 600 customers across many verticals In […]

That’s A Wrap on Explore2020!

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Thank you to our community of users, partners, and influencers that joined us for our second-annual user conference, Planet Explore 2020. We were thrilled to have over 3,000 attendees join us virtually for three days of thought-provoking content.  At Explore 2020, we made a series of exciting product announcements, heard from insightful […]

Day 2 of Planet Explore Showcases Customers and Big Ideas

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The excitement continued throughout the second day of our annual user conference, Planet Explore 2020. There was no shortage of great content from Planet and our community of users, partners, and influencers. Here are a few highlights.  Planet co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Robbie Schingler, took the stage to discuss three major […]

Historic RapidEye Constellation Captures Last Light

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As announced at the start of the year, the RapidEye constellation has retired, capturing its last magnificent images, which we are sharing with you today. While RapidEye satellites will no longer collect imagery for commercial or noncommercial use, their archive of impressive data will remain available to customers, and will be used […]