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'''Planet Labs is now just 'Planet''''


'''2016 Announcement'''
:'''https://www.planet.com/pulse/meet-our-new-brand/'''




* ''Soon, Planet will be the first to hit a long-discussed milestone in the industry: It will photograph every place on the entire planet every day. Every park, every rice paddy, every patch of pine and permafrost: all will be imaged anew, daily, at medium resolution.''
<big>'''2013 to 2022'''</big>
 
Thank you [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Labs '''Planet Labs'''] (Visit at [http://www.planet.com '''Planet.com''']) for being 'out there, out in front' with [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/New_Space '''New Space'''] earth- and atmospheric-science....
 
 
GreenPolicy360: Today in 2022 we have the science and data, the earth atmospheric imaging databases and satellite missions up and they are measuring, monitoring and tracking the realities of greenhouse gas emissions, the trendlines, the 'hot spot super-emitting sites'. Now is the time, our generation's responsibility and challenge to go to work and act to protect the planet's life systems and environment,  today and for the future ...
 
 
[[File:Carbon Mapper - Launch - April 2021.jpg]]
 
 
::::[[File:Planet 4-15-2021 10-22-51 AM.jpg]]
 
 
 
 
:::[[File:Doves close-up-of-cubesats-leaving-nanoracks-deployer-2014-02-11 m.jpg]]
 
 
 
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<big><big><big>'''''Planet and California Join Forces'''''</big></big></big>
 
 
''California, [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=default&search=planet+labs&fulltext=Search Planet Labs Inc.] Launch Groundbreaking Initiative to Develop Satellite-Based Technologies, Track and Attack Climate Pollutants''
 
 
* https://twitter.com/JerryBrownGov/status/1040729207850950656
 
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Global_Climate_Action_Summit
 
 
 
<big><big><big>'''''Governor Brown & GreenPolicy360'''''</big></big></big>
 
'''''Envisioning the Big Picture and Acting to Make a Difference'''''
 
 
''"Planet's goal? To photograph every place on the planet every day..."''
 
''Planet is already (2014) photographing one-third of the world everyday. [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:Planet_Labs,_%27this_is_our_Dove%27_Nov_2014.jpg '''Will Marshall'''], the co-founder and chief executive officer of Planet, explains how these images will comprise a global Earth archive of change.''
 
''“We have this psychology that the Earth is static-ish. But I think that has a lot to do with maps we were brought up with, and the fact that the satellite maps we see online are static.”''
 
 
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<big>'''Earth is Dynamic, Changing, Living, Breathing'''</big>
 
<u><big>'''''[[Earth Imaging-New Space]]'''''</big></u>
 
<u><big>'''''[[Earth Science Research from Space]]'''''</big></u>
 
<u><big>'''''[[Democratization of Space]]'''''</big></u>
 
<u><big>'''''[[Micro-satellites]]'''''</big></u>
 
 
 
[[File:Dove minisat m.jpg]]
 
 
 
<big><big>'''Welcome to Planet Explorer'''</big></big>
 
* https://www.planet.com/explorer
 


''Planet is already photographing one-third of the world everyday. Will Marshall, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Planet, explains how these images comprise an archive of change.''  
''Will Marshall: “When we get an image down, whenever we compare it to the previous image we took of that same place a couple of days before—every time, we see changes. Either a tree has been taken down, a building has been added, a truck or a ship moves, and sometimes a river moves and you don’t notice it. A field is tilled. Things change every day in every picture we get.”''


''“We have this psychology that the Earth is static-ish,” he told me. “But I think that has a lot to do with maps we were brought up with, and the fact that the satellite maps we see online are static.”''
''Planet's new acquisition from Google of the high-resolution Terra Bella satellites greatly expands the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites micro-satellite] industry and its capabilities to monitor the Earth..."''


''“When we get an image down, whenever we compare it to the previous image we took of that same place a couple of days before—every time, we see changes. Either a tree has been taken down, a building has been added, a truck or a ship moves, and sometimes a river moves and you don’t notice it. A field is tilled. Things change every day in every picture we get.”''


''Planet's new acquisition from Google of the high-resolution Terra Bella satellites greatly expands the [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites micro-satellite] industry and its capabilities to monitor the earth...''
<big><big>'''''2017'''''</big></big>




<big>'''''News / January 2017'''''</big>
<big>'''Planet & Google (and Mapping Apps)'''</big>




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''With the deal, Planet will receive seven high-resolution satellites that Terra Bella currently has in orbit. Planet plans to launch an additional six of Terra Bella’s satellites. They are larger than Planet’s existing satellites and offer up to six times better imagery resolution...''
''With the deal, Planet will receive seven high-resolution satellites that Terra Bella currently has in orbit. Planet plans to launch an additional six of Terra Bella’s satellites. They are larger than Planet’s existing satellites and offer up to six times better imagery resolution...''


''Google acquired its satellite division, then called Skybox Imaging, for $500 million in 2014.''
''Google acquired its satellite division, called Skybox Imaging, for $500 million in 2014.''
 
 
<big><big>'''''2016'''''</big></big>
 
 
<big>'''Planet Labs is now just 'Planet' '''</big>
 
:'''https://www.planet.com/pulse/meet-our-new-brand/'''
:'''https://www.planet.com/'''


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[[File:PlanetLabs homepage2016.png]]


:[[File:PlanetLabs homepage2016.png]]


'''Over the past three years PlanetLabs built almost 200 Dove micro-satellites.'''


''''Planet' is on track to build more than 100 Doves this year.'''




== Micro-satellites take flight==
== Micro-satellites take flight==


'''Update:''' October 2015 / More Dove flocks deploy from the #ISS @planetlabs


https://www.planet.com/pulse/flock2bdeploy/
* '''Over the past three years PlanetLabs has built almost 200 Dove micro-satellites.''' 


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::https://www.planet.com/pulse/flock2bdeploy/


http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Democratization_of_Space
===''Planet Labs CubeSat Doves launched ○○○○  Micro-satellites monitor Earth systems''===


[[File:Doves launched from ISS float against Earth horizon m.jpg |link=http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Doves_launched_from_ISS_float_against_Earth_horizon_m.jpg]]
[[File:Doves launched from ISS float against Earth horizon m.jpg |link=http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Doves_launched_from_ISS_float_against_Earth_horizon_m.jpg]]




[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_API '''Mission: Democratizing Access to Information About the Changing Planet''']


'''"Planet Labs platform is enabled by agile aerospace. This means that we 1) embrace Silicon Valley best practices'''  
<big><big>'''''2015'''''</big></big>
 
 


'''across spacecraft development, mission control, and product development, and 2) leverage heavy investment'''  
===''Planet Labs Micro-satellites Monitor Earth Systems''===


'''made in consumer technology. We’re applying Moore’s Law to satellites."'''


[http://t.co/dfsywixUg6 '''An API for the Planet'''] #PlanetLabs Open Source Conference keynote [http://t.co/dfsywixUg6]  
* [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_API '''Planet API''']
 
* [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_API '''Join in, a Planet API for Open Development''']
 
* [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Democratization_of_Space '''Democratization of Space''']
 
* [https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens,_Planet_Scientists '''Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists''']
 
 
'''"Planet Labs platform is enabled by 'agile aerospace'. This means that we 1) embrace Silicon Valley best practices across spacecraft development, mission control, and product development, and 2) leverage heavy investment made in consumer technology. We’re applying Moore’s Law to satellites."'''
 
 
* [http://t.co/dfsywixUg6 '''An API for the Planet'''] #PlanetLabs Open Source Conference keynote  
 
* [http://t.co/dfsywixUg6 '''Will Marshall (video): "Building an API for the Planet"''']  
 


[[File:API connect.jpg]]
[[File:API connect.jpg]]


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'''Update 2015''' [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-05/galactic-gold-rush-private-spending-on-space-is-headed-for-a-new-record '''Space Race 2.0''']


'''Aug 2014''' [http://nyti.ms/1BzljLJ Planet Labs/NYT] Planet Labs, newly #ISS deployed Doves, Yo! [http://aviationweek.com/space/smartphone-advances-drive-smallsats Smartphones in space!]
[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-05/galactic-gold-rush-private-spending-on-space-is-headed-for-a-new-record '''Space Race 2.0''']
 
 
 
<big><big>'''''2014'''''</big></big>
 
 
[http://nyti.ms/1BzljLJ '''Planet Labs, Yo!''']
 
[http://aviationweek.com/space/smartphone-advances-drive-smallsats '''Smartphones++ in Space''']
 
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Doves_flocking_Planet_Labs#Micro-satellites_fly '''Launch of new Flock of Dove Satellites to Image Earth''']
 
[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Doves_flocking_Planet_Labs#Micro-satellites_fly '''Doves Fly''']
 
[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/girl_scouts_orbital_2/ '''NASA Approves''']
 
[http://www.planet.com/flock1/ '''Flock 1'''] 
 
 
[http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/qa-with-steve-jurvetson-space-investor-and-rocket-maker/ '''"Rapid cadence imagery'''], like Planet Labs is developing, helps us become better, more sustainable stewards of Earth."
 
 
 
'''Cygnus, Orbital Sciences rocket successfully lifts off...'''
 
'''Planet Labs 'Dove' nano-satellites are on route to the International Space Station for release of Doves on their earth missions...''' 


[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Doves_flocking_Planet_Labs#Micro-satellites_fly'''Launch of new Flock of Dove Satellites to Image Earth'''] [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Doves_flocking_Planet_Labs#Micro-satellites_fly] [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/girl_scouts_orbital_2/]


'''Planet Labs 'Dove' micro-satellites''' [http://www.planet.com/flock1/]
''The launch comes a day after a manned spaceflight milestone: the 5,000th day humans have lived inside the $100 billion International Space Station.''


"Rapid cadence imagery, like Planet Labs is developing, helps us become better, more sustainable stewards of Earth." [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/qa-with-steve-jurvetson-space-investor-and-rocket-maker/ NYT]
''Kirt Costello, assistant International Space Station program scientist told reporters: "Really it's an amazing feat to be able to already have completed so much science."''


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''"In those 5,000 days, not only have we managed to assemble this unique laboratory, but we've been able to conduct 1,600 experiments to date."''


'''July 2014'''
''"We are now in a period where utilization is really the prime goal of the space station."''


'''Cygnus, Orbital Sciences rocket successfully lifts off'''


'''Planet Labs 'Dove' nano-satellites on route to the ISS for space deployment''' 


A private spaceship packed with astronaut resupply, science experiments and fleet of tiny satellites soared into orbit today.
<big><big>'''A Platform for Research / Democratizing Space -- #EarthScience'''</big></big>


The unmanned Cygnus spacecraft and its towering Antares rocket — the size of a 13-story building — lifted off at 12:52 p.m. (1652 GMT)...


The launch comes a day after a manned spaceflight milestone: the 5,000th day humans have lived inside the $100 billion International Space Station.  
''Start-up 'New Space' commercial companies are finding ways to use the International Space Station as a platform for earth science, monitoring, research and applications.''


"In those 5,000 days, not only have we managed to assemble this unique laboratory, but we've been able to conduct 1,600 experiments to date."
''Planet Labs, a San Francisco-based start-up that aims to image the whole Earth once a day, is sending a new constellation of 28 small satellites to be deployed from the station via Orb-2''.  


Kirt Costello, assistant International Space Station program scientist, told reporters. "Really it's an amazing feat to be able to already have completed so much science."


"We are now in a period where utilization is really the prime goal of the space station."
[http://www.space.com/22358-planet-labs-dove-satellites-gallery.html Planet Labs Photos of Earth from Space]


'''A Platform for Research'''


Now that station managers are focused on using the lab rather than building it, commercial companies also have found ways to use the astronaut outpost as a platform for their research.  
''Student science onboard -- 15 student science experiments chosen from more than 1,000 proposals through NASA's Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP).''


'''Planet Labs, a San Francisco-based start-up that aims to image the whole Earth once a day, is sending a new constellation of 28 small satellites to be deployed from the station via Orb-2'''. [http://www.space.com/22358-planet-labs-dove-satellites-gallery.html Planet Labs Photos of Earth from Space]
''Students were inspired by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's viral videos in space [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5gK3G8ANvg Highlights], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff7oUycGJRY Water in space], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poZCINzxzrQ&list=RDpoZCINzxzrQ Space control music vid], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZx0RIV0wss Space food]. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kVxk6Drm2I Suni Williams tour of the ISS]''


Today's cargo delivery also includes 15 student science experiments chosen from more than 1,000 proposals through NASA's Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP)...
''The student experiments were prepared by [http://nanoracks.com/about-us/ '''Nanoracks'''], which also has 28 of Planet Labs' '''CubeSats''' on board the Cygnus.'' 


Students were inspired by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's viral videos in space [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5gK3G8ANvg Highlights], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff7oUycGJRY Water in space], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poZCINzxzrQ&list=RDpoZCINzxzrQ Space control music vid], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZx0RIV0wss Space food]. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kVxk6Drm2I Suni Williams tour of the ISS]
''The CubeSats will be deployed into orbit through Nanoracks’ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Fy7Bb-OZKcw smallsat deployment system.]''


The student experiments were prepared by [http://nanoracks.com/about-us/ '''Nanoracks'''], which also has 28 of Planet Labs' '''CubeSats''' on board the Cygnus.  The CubeSats will be deployed into orbit through Nanoracks’ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Fy7Bb-OZKcw 'smallsat deployment system'.]


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'''Coming soon''', web-based, '''open API''' where everyone can access Planet Labs' #earthimaging data... earth stewardship, planet citizens @work - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Affs5XQkLmY Will Marshall] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04dK7swPSwE @Skoll World Forum] [https://twitter.com/wsm1]


“We are motivated to make information about the changing planet available to all people, especially the people who need it the most,” said [https://twitter.com/schingler Robbie Schingler], co-founder of Planet Labs.
'''Web-based, Open API'''


“The imagery could be used by anyone who cares about changes in land use over time.” [http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/35980planet-labs-unveils-plan-to-launch-28-nanosats-on-antares-1st-cargo-run]
[http://www.planet.com Visit Planet.com] where everyone can access Planet Labs' #EarthImaging data... Earth stewardship, planet citizens @work.
 
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Affs5XQkLmY Will Marshall] -- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04dK7swPSwE @Skoll World Forum]
 
 
''“We are motivated to make information about the changing planet available to all people, especially the people who need it the most,” said [https://twitter.com/schingler Robbie Schingler], co-founder of Planet Labs.''
 
''“The imagery could be used by anyone who cares about changes in land use over time.”''
 
[http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/35980planet-labs-unveils-plan-to-launch-28-nanosats-on-antares-1st-cargo-run '''28 Nanosats Launch''']


"Rapid cadence imagery, like Planet Labs is developing, helps us become better, more sustainable stewards of Earth." [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/17/qa-with-steve-jurvetson-space-investor-and-rocket-maker/]


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'''Dove Satellites''' [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/girl_scouts_orbital_2/]


Planet Labs 'Dove' micro-satellites - [http://www.planet.com/pulse/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/deploy2.gif Dove deployment GIF]
'''Dove Satellites''' [http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/girl_scouts_orbital_2/ '''Going Orbital''']
 
Planet Labs 'Dove' micro-satellites - [http://www.planet.com/pulse/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/deploy2.gif '''Dove deployment GIF''']


Planet Labs [http://www.planet.com/] [http://gizmodo.com/meet-the-flockers-iss-launches-low-cost-earth-imaging-1517232660]
Planet Labs 'flock' / New Scientist [http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229754.800-how-to-cash-in-on-cheap-earthwatching-satellites.html#.U8FCeiTuzg8 '''Flocks of Doves''']


Planet Labs 'flock' / New Scientist [http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229754.800-how-to-cash-in-on-cheap-earthwatching-satellites.html#.U8FCeiTuzg8]
"NanoRacks" enabling [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy7Bb-OZKcw '''Dove deployment via the International Space Station''']


"NanoRacks" enabling [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy7Bb-OZKcw Dove deployment into space at ISS]
CubeSats [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat '''CubeSat Overview-Wikipedia''']


CubeSats [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat CubeSat Overview-Wikipedia]


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'''Dove2 Spacecraft CubeSat'''
'''Dove2 Spacecraft CubeSat'''
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http://www.space.com/22358-planet-labs-dove-satellites-gallery.html


http://www.space.com/22622-planet-labs-dove-satellite-photos.html
* http://www.space.com/22358-planet-labs-dove-satellites-gallery.html
 
* http://www.space.com/22622-planet-labs-dove-satellite-photos.html


http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/flock_1/#.U8QLKrHCf5w


http://www.planet.com/press/
* http://www.planet.com/press/


https://twitter.com/planetlabs
* https://twitter.com/planetlabs


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[http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshwolfe/2014/04/02/this-radical-satellite-startup-is-democratizing-space-video/ Forbes - Planet Labs democratizing space]
* [http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshwolfe/2014/04/02/this-radical-satellite-startup-is-democratizing-space-video/ Forbes - Planet Labs democratizing space]


[http://www.spacenews.com/article/features/39297profile-chris-boshuizen-chief-technology-officer-planet-labs-inc SpaceNews - Planet Labs operations]
* [http://www.spacenews.com/article/features/39297profile-chris-boshuizen-chief-technology-officer-planet-labs-inc SpaceNews - Planet Labs operations]


[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Planet_Lab_Flock_1c_CubeSats.jpg Planet Labs - Flock 1c]
* [http://www.greenpolicy360.net/mw/images/Planet_Lab_Flock_1c_CubeSats.jpg Planet Labs - Flock 1c]


[http://www.spaceflight101.com/flock-1.html Planet Labs - Flock 1 Mission]
*[http://www.spaceflight101.com/flock-1.html Planet Labs - Flock 1 Mission]


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=='''Planet Citizen/Global Citizen'''==


=='''Planet Citizens / Planet Scientists'''==
:[http://www.planetcitizens.org <big>'''Planet Citizens'''</big>]


[http://www.planetcitizen.org '''Planet Citizen''']
::[http://www.earthpov.com <big>'''EarthPOV'''</big>]


[http://www.earthpov.com '''EarthPOV''']


[http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites '''Geoscience: Eyes in the Sky, Monitoring the Earth by Satellite''']  
:::[[File:BlueMarble-2001-2002 wikicommons s.jpg]]


*'''http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites'''




[[File:BlueMarble-2001-2002 wikicommons s.jpg]]
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens,_Planet_Scientists


* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Democratization_of_Space
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Research_from_Space
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Look_at_how_thin_our_atmosphere_is
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Micro-satellites
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_and_Space,_Politics
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_Citizens
* https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Planet_API
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2013 to 2022

Thank you Planet Labs (Visit at Planet.com) for being 'out there, out in front' with New Space earth- and atmospheric-science....


GreenPolicy360: Today in 2022 we have the science and data, the earth atmospheric imaging databases and satellite missions up and they are measuring, monitoring and tracking the realities of greenhouse gas emissions, the trendlines, the 'hot spot super-emitting sites'. Now is the time, our generation's responsibility and challenge to go to work and act to protect the planet's life systems and environment, today and for the future ...


Carbon Mapper - Launch - April 2021.jpg


Planet 4-15-2021 10-22-51 AM.jpg



Doves close-up-of-cubesats-leaving-nanoracks-deployer-2014-02-11 m.jpg


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Planet and California Join Forces


California, Planet Labs Inc. Launch Groundbreaking Initiative to Develop Satellite-Based Technologies, Track and Attack Climate Pollutants



Governor Brown & GreenPolicy360

Envisioning the Big Picture and Acting to Make a Difference


"Planet's goal? To photograph every place on the planet every day..."

Planet is already (2014) photographing one-third of the world everyday. Will Marshall, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Planet, explains how these images will comprise a global Earth archive of change.

“We have this psychology that the Earth is static-ish. But I think that has a lot to do with maps we were brought up with, and the fact that the satellite maps we see online are static.”


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Earth is Dynamic, Changing, Living, Breathing

Earth Imaging-New Space

Earth Science Research from Space

Democratization of Space

Micro-satellites


Dove minisat m.jpg


Welcome to Planet Explorer


Will Marshall: “When we get an image down, whenever we compare it to the previous image we took of that same place a couple of days before—every time, we see changes. Either a tree has been taken down, a building has been added, a truck or a ship moves, and sometimes a river moves and you don’t notice it. A field is tilled. Things change every day in every picture we get.”

Planet's new acquisition from Google of the high-resolution Terra Bella satellites greatly expands the micro-satellite industry and its capabilities to monitor the Earth..."


2017


Planet & Google (and Mapping Apps)


Planet Acquires Google’s Satellite Business

With the deal, Planet will receive seven high-resolution satellites that Terra Bella currently has in orbit. Planet plans to launch an additional six of Terra Bella’s satellites. They are larger than Planet’s existing satellites and offer up to six times better imagery resolution...

Google acquired its satellite division, called Skybox Imaging, for $500 million in 2014.


2016


Planet Labs is now just 'Planet'

https://www.planet.com/pulse/meet-our-new-brand/
https://www.planet.com/


PlanetLabs homepage2016.png



Micro-satellites take flight

  • Over the past three years PlanetLabs has built almost 200 Dove micro-satellites.
https://www.planet.com/pulse/flock2bdeploy/


Doves launched from ISS float against Earth horizon m.jpg


2015


Planet Labs Micro-satellites Monitor Earth Systems


"Planet Labs platform is enabled by 'agile aerospace'. This means that we 1) embrace Silicon Valley best practices across spacecraft development, mission control, and product development, and 2) leverage heavy investment made in consumer technology. We’re applying Moore’s Law to satellites."



API connect.jpg


Space Race 2.0


2014


Planet Labs, Yo!

Smartphones++ in Space

Launch of new Flock of Dove Satellites to Image Earth

Doves Fly

NASA Approves

Flock 1


"Rapid cadence imagery, like Planet Labs is developing, helps us become better, more sustainable stewards of Earth."


Cygnus, Orbital Sciences rocket successfully lifts off...

Planet Labs 'Dove' nano-satellites are on route to the International Space Station for release of Doves on their earth missions...


The launch comes a day after a manned spaceflight milestone: the 5,000th day humans have lived inside the $100 billion International Space Station.

Kirt Costello, assistant International Space Station program scientist told reporters: "Really it's an amazing feat to be able to already have completed so much science."

"In those 5,000 days, not only have we managed to assemble this unique laboratory, but we've been able to conduct 1,600 experiments to date."

"We are now in a period where utilization is really the prime goal of the space station."


A Platform for Research / Democratizing Space -- #EarthScience


Start-up 'New Space' commercial companies are finding ways to use the International Space Station as a platform for earth science, monitoring, research and applications.

Planet Labs, a San Francisco-based start-up that aims to image the whole Earth once a day, is sending a new constellation of 28 small satellites to be deployed from the station via Orb-2.


Planet Labs Photos of Earth from Space


Student science onboard -- 15 student science experiments chosen from more than 1,000 proposals through NASA's Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP).

Students were inspired by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's viral videos in space Highlights, Water in space, Space control music vid, Space food. Suni Williams tour of the ISS

The student experiments were prepared by Nanoracks, which also has 28 of Planet Labs' CubeSats on board the Cygnus.

The CubeSats will be deployed into orbit through Nanoracks’ smallsat deployment system.


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Web-based, Open API

Visit Planet.com where everyone can access Planet Labs' #EarthImaging data... Earth stewardship, planet citizens @work.

Will Marshall -- @Skoll World Forum


“We are motivated to make information about the changing planet available to all people, especially the people who need it the most,” said Robbie Schingler, co-founder of Planet Labs.

“The imagery could be used by anyone who cares about changes in land use over time.”

28 Nanosats Launch


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Dove Satellites Going Orbital

Planet Labs 'Dove' micro-satellites - Dove deployment GIF

Planet Labs 'flock' / New Scientist Flocks of Doves

"NanoRacks" enabling Dove deployment via the International Space Station

CubeSats CubeSat Overview-Wikipedia


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Dove2 Spacecraft CubeSat

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Planet Citizens / Planet Scientists

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