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 […]

by Andrew Zolli on Jan 17, 2014

If you could take a picture of the whole world every day, what could you see? It’s a simple question, with a fantastical, almost childlike premise. But let’s indulge. Undoubtedly, you would observe an immense amount of beauty — the byzantine fractals of the Grand Canyon; the zen stillness of the sun […]

by Erika Reinhardt on Dec 18, 2013

We announced today that we have raised $52 million in Series B financing. New investors joining this round include prominent technology investor Yuri Milner, Industry Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Lux Capital, and Ray Rothrock. Planet Labs’ existing investors include DFJ, Capricorn, O’Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures (OATV), Founders Fund, First Round Capital, Innovation Endeavors, […]