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BASF and Planet: Revolutionizing Agriculture with Digital Innovation

by Planet Labs PBC on Nov 25, 2024

As the global population rises and food demand increases, ensuring access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food is more critical than ever. For growers, embracing the digital agriculture revolution is essential to building infrastructure and tools that enhance sustainability, both…...

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Managing Risk in Colombia with High-Res Real-Time Satellite Monitoring

by Lina Torres on Nov 12, 2024

Note: This piece can also be read in Spanish and Portuguese. In Search of Sustainable Land Management Illegal deforestation, unsustainable land use, and climate change pose significant threats to Colombia's rich and diverse landscapes and the communities who depend on…

News

Carbon Mapper data from the Tanager-1 satellite reveals methane and carbon dioxide super-emitter activity around the world

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…

Technology

How Is AI Used in the Space Industry?

by Mariah Hauck on Nov 21, 2024

Planet joined The Mapscaping Podcast to discuss our mission, what our data enables organizations to do, and how AI can be leveraged to do it better. The Mapscaping Podcast, hosted by Daniel O'Donohue, is a great resource for anyone interested…

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Planet Superpowers: Looking Closer

by Jonathan Americo on Apr 18, 2024

Look at a place, event, or object in much closer detail than previously captured.

tech

Planet’s modular, extensible smallsat platform enables new missions including Pelican and Tanager

by Kiruthika Devaraj on Apr 18, 2024

In November 2023, Planet launched Pelican-1, the first technology demonstration small satellite of our next-generation, high-resolution Pelican constellation that is expected to be deployed over the next few years. The primary mission of Pelican-1 is to validate the hardware and software aspects of Planet’s small satellite bus platform, which we call the […]