by William Eshagh on Aug 19, 2014

A little over a week ago, we launched an early look at some of the imagery that our Dove satellites are streaming down to Earth every day. Since then, we’ve been adding images that showcase our mission to continually image the whole world. From drought to fire, and excavation to development, we […]

by Will Marshall on Aug 7, 2014

At Planet Labs, we’re on a mission to image the whole world, every day and provide universal access to it. We think the fresh and frequently updated, global imagery can help humanity to take better care of the planet and life upon it, as well as create myriad new commercial opportunities. Today […]

by Matt Ferraro on Jul 23, 2014

This morning a wildfire started in southern California, and one of our satellites captured an image of the blaze just 10 minutes after it was reported. Thankfully, the Sabina forest fire is estimated to be fully contained by tomorrow morning. From the photo, you can see the fire’s size, the path it had […]

by Erika Reinhardt on Jul 10, 2014

Update: The launch has been delayed to Sunday, 7/13 at 9:52am Pacific / 12:52pm Eastern, and the article below has been updated to reflect this. This is an exciting weekend at Planet Labs! There are two events to watch out for, which will be live streamed on NASA TV in the video below: Friday, […]

by Erika Reinhardt on Feb 28, 2014

Today the final pair of our satellites was deployed from the International Space Station (ISS). All 28 that we launched in January have been ejected from the ISS over the course of this month, helping them to begin spreading out along the ISS’s orbit. One of the exciting benefits of launching off […]