by Joseph Mascaro on Aug 6, 2015

When I was a boy, my father gave me a copy of Hiroshima by John Hersey. He also gave me a pencil, and told me to make a mark in the margin when I found a passage of particular interest. When the bomb fell, and the white light flashed—repeating over and over […]

by Erika Reinhardt on Aug 4, 2015

One of the challenges some of our users have had is in requesting the most recently published data, in the cases of both scenes and mosaic quads. Users often run into this when trying to maintain a database with a record for every scene or mosaic quad object. We’ve made some changes […]

by Ryan Schacht on Jul 31, 2015

InfoAg 2015, day one: exhibition floor It’s been an eventful week in St. Louis, Missouri for Planet Labs. We attended Info Ag 2015—our first big agriculture industry event.

by Hannah Kerner on Jul 29, 2015

Beware of the B-word—are you as busy as you think you are? Having been the Chair of SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space)—a national nonprofit providing leadership and technical experience for young people passionate about space—for two years, I have met hundreds of very smart young people overflowing with […]

by Rob Zimmerman on Jul 27, 2015

I work in satellite operations—my official title at Planet is “Flock Shepherd”. Part of my job is to help commission our Dove satellites as they enter space, and monitor their health and operations during their life cycle in orbit. Fourteen Doves were deployed from the International Space Station the week of July […]