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Planet Rings in 2025 by Welcoming Two New Executive Team Members

As we welcome in a new year, Planet’s leadership team welcomes two new members to its executive leadership team, both familiar faces to Planet. I am thrilled to announce Thomas Murphy has been promoted to General Counsel and Trevor Hammond…...


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The EO Industry in 2025: Emerging Technologies and Shifting Policies Usher in a New Era for Space Innovation

This year was transformative for the space industry. We saw meteoric growth in the number of rocket launches, Earth imaging satellites capturing photos of our planet in unbelievable detail, awe-inspiring new datasets expanding our knowledge of Earth from space, and…

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News

Pelican-2 & 36 SuperDoves Arrived in Vandenberg, California For Launch

Pelican-2 Is Equipped with the NVIDIA Jetson Platform and NASA CSP Satellite-to-Satellite Communications to Speed Data Delivery for Customers SAN FRANCISCO, December 9, 2024—Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL), a leading provider of daily Earth data and insights, today announced that its…

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Technology

Leveraging Satellite-Based Solutions for Illegal Logging

Learn how satellite technology can be used to address illegal logging and help ensure compliance with regulations. Illegal logging presents a major global environmental challenge. This unlawful activity contributes significantly to deforestation, biodiversity loss, and climate change. Since forestry crime…

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Future of Farming: Driving Farmer Value Through Satellite-Powered Directed Scouting

For the last four years, Planet and Corteva Agriscience, a global pure-play agriculture company that provides a diverse mix of seed, crop protection and digital solutions to farmers around the world, have been building and providing joint solutions to growers allowing them to more seamlessly monitor crop health and boost productivity. Planet […]

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stories

Using Satellite Data to Spot Early Signs of Unauthorized Government Land Use and Encroachment in India

Bhubaneswar is one of the fastest-growing cities in India, witnessing land-use changes on a daily basis. As a developing city, encroachments pose a threat to the protection of environmentally sensitive areas (wetlands, water bodies, forests, and more) that are vital to the long-term preservation of biological diversity and other natural resources. Moreover, […]

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stories

New Space Opportunities Supplying the Future of Tip and Cue Strategies

Before the advent of satellite technology, global powers and organizations were able to set up strategic bases in remote static geographical locations to enable covert operations. In the modern era, however, activities such as building unsanctioned missiles in remote locations have evolved to operate in fleeting geographical points, often shifting bases weekly […]

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Measuring the Bathtub Ring: Calculating Reservoir Surface Area Changes in the Colorado River Basin

Graphics and Data Analysis By: Leanne Abraham On August 16th, 2021 the US Bureau of Reclamation declared an unprecedented water shortage for the Colorado River, a vital artery that winds through seven states in the western United States over 1,450 miles. From its inception in the Rocky Mountains to its drainage in […]

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Planet Expands Product and Corporate Development Leadership with Talent from Facebook and Nextdoor

As Planet continues to scale its business and ready itself to enter the public market, we are also expanding our team by adding two exceptional new leaders. Planet is thrilled to announce the arrival of Nate Gonzalez as Planet’s Vice President of Platform Product, and Ali Jafari as Planet’s Vice President of […]

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