San Francisco, October 22, 2015

Satellite Blog Posts

Planet Partners Enable Sustainable Agriculture in Europe

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In August, Planet announced its first three certified partners through our new Planet Orbit Certification Program, all of whom have a deep understanding of Planet data and are creating innovative solutions on our platform. These solutions are making it easier for users to process and use Planet data. In the last few […]

Planet’s response to earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

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We are heartbroken by the tragedy in Turkey and Syria, and Planet remains committed to assisting with the ongoing disaster response by providing data to the International Charter Space and Major Disasters, which makes our imagery available to the public, media, volunteers, humanitarian organizations, and other coordinating bodies during select disaster events. […]

University of Arizona Explores Our Earth with New Campus-Wide Planet License 

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We are proud to share that the University of Arizona (UArizona) is the newest university to obtain a campus-wide license through our Education and Research Program!  Throughout its history, the University of Arizona has conducted exceptional research in relation to space and exploration. It is one of the most awarded universities in […]

Monitoring sewage from space

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How Earth observation and geospatial data can help tackle sewage and safeguard the environment. Last summer’s deluge in London dropped an equivalent of two month’s rain in just two hours, and those flash floods precipitated popped tops on manhole covers and sewage pollution warnings spanning from British streets to Welsh beaches.  A […]

Planet Accelerates Deployment of Forest Carbon Monitoring System

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By: Robbie Schingler and Tara O’Shea Planet’s founding mission is to use space to help life on Earth, and we’re excited to advance that goal by announcing our acquisition of Salo Sciences! Salo is a climate technology company that builds cutting-edge forest monitoring systems to measure Earth’s constantly changing ecosystems using artificial […]

Using Space to Help Feed the Hungry

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A new partnership between Planet and NASA Harvest will make breakthrough food security solution widely available When NASA Harvest researchers started analyzing fields from above on either side of the frontlines in Russia and Ukraine, they saw more than artillery pockmarked-fields with budding rows of sunflowers. They saw a looming food security […]

The Second Annual Planet Purpose Awards

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Planet is thrilled to share our second-annual customer and partner awards! The Planet Purpose Awards recognize and celebrate companies that are leading the way in the respective categories that align to Planet’s core values. The five award categories are: Do Good. Recognizes those whose work helps bring transparency to our changing world […]