The devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Ecuador on Saturday has taken hundreds of lives and displaced thousands. Ordinary citizens, rescue crews and aid workers are doing everything they can on the ground to help survivors, assess damage, and direct relief efforts.
I’m Ryan, a Planet Labs Agriculture rep—I work to get our satellite imagery into the hands of decision makers in the agriculture industry, whether they work in an office or in the field.
When Planet launched the Ambassador’s Program a few weeks ago, we expected applications from all manner of Earth scientists. And indeed, innovative ideas have been coming in from geologists, cryosphere experts, forest ecologists and others. But one application was, well, out of this world. Brice Ménard is a professor in the Department […]
Tonight (March 22, 2016) at 11:07pm EDT 20 of our Flock 2e Prime satellites successfully launched into Low Earth Orbit. The Atlas V rocket launches the Cygnus spacecraft from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Image: NASA.
Twenty Dove satellites are currently packed away in their Nanoracks deployers on board the Cygnus spacecraft and awaiting launch. We’re calling these Doves “Flock 2e Prime” as a continuation of the “Flock 2e” series that was launched in a similar manner to the International Space Station in December on the OA-4 mission. […]
Our location, right in the heart of San Francisco, gives us a lot of opportunities to host great minds from science and beyond. This week, Planet was lucky enough to host two powerful voices in their field: Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Alphabet Chairman Eric Schmidt. As a San Francisco startup and […]
At Planet Labs, we’ve made it our mission to make global change visible, accessible, and actionable—but we can’t do it alone. That’s why today we’re announcing our Ambassadors program, which empowers researchers, scientists, and social impact practitioners with access to our unique dataset. To power their work over a six month period, […]
Today, Netherlands Prime Minister, Mark Rutte, stopped by the Lab. I speak for myself and everyone at Planet Labs when I say that we are honored to welcome Prime Minister Rutte to our San Francisco office. He joined us today as part of a larger tour of innovative technology companies in the […]
Astronauts often talk about the “Overview Effect”— a realization that we’re all living together on a small, fragile “pale blue dot”. At Planet we look at imagery from space everyday. It’s hard not to experience this effect as we watch mines deepen, cities flourish, and rivers change course from above. That’s why […]
We have liftoff! After three days of weather delays and false pancake starts, Team Planet finally watched the fourth attempt and successful launch of twelve Flock 2e Doves aboard the Cygnus spacecraft. Since the company’s founding in 2010, a total of 113 Dove satellites have successfully reached orbit on six different launch […]
