Planet has secured a deal with NASA to continue the provision of satellite imagery technologies to the agency until September as part of the Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition program.
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NASA Seeks Commercial Providers to Launch Cubesat for Planetary Research Demo Mission
NASA has released a sources sought notice calling on launch providers that can send a cube satellite to highly elliptical orbit as part of a demonstration mission on phenomena occurring in the Earth’s outer radiation belt.
Read More »L3Harris, Planet Execs Talk Progress, Challenges in Smallsat Dev’t
Two executives from Planet and L3Harris Technologies have cited electronic components and thermal management systems as key factors to the improvement of small-satellite technologies in the market, SpaceNews reported Thursday.
Read More »Planet, NASA Expand Satellite Imagery Subscription Deal
Planet has received a second NASA contract to expand the company's subscription service for satellite imagery across agency-backed research initiatives.
Read More »NASA Greenlights Planetary Defense Integration Phase With JHU APL
Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has received approval to continue on with a planetary defense program under NASA.
Read More »Planet’s Richard Leshner Talks Space, Cyber Partnership Needs
Richard Leshner, vice president of government and regulatory affairs at Planet’s federal subsidiary, has said that emerging space companies must ensure that they are well-prepared in addressing new cyber threats, SpaceNews reported Thursday.
Read More »Planet Leaders Talk Gov’t Applications for Geospatial Imagery at DC Event
Leaders from Earth-imaging firm Planet have detailed the potential of geospatial data from its Dove satellites to support government operations at an event in Washington, D.C., Space News reported Wednesday.
Read More »Planet Hires Martin Van Ryswyk as Product SVP
Martin Van Ryswyk, a more than 30-year software engineering veteran, has been appointed senior vice president of product at satellite imaging services firm Planet.
Read More »Planet to Supply Earth Imagery for NASA Climate Studies
Planet received a $6.7M contract to provide Earth observation data to support NASA-backed climate research projects, SpaceNews reported Thursday.
Read More »NGA Exercises Planet Imagery, Automated Processing Contract Option
Satellite imagery provider Planet will continue to provide "high-revisit" satellite imagery to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency under a six-month option exercised under a $5.9M contract.
Read More »Report: Planet to Create Federal Subsidiary After Boundless Deal Completion
Planet plans to form a new subsidiary that will support federal customers once the San Francisco-based imaging satellite operator completes its acquisition of geospatial software vendor Boundless, Trajectory Magazine reported Friday.
Read More »NASA Seeks New Planetary Science Investigations for Discovery Program
NASA has released a draft funding opportunity that seeks new planetary studies to support the space agency’s Discovery Program. The agency said Wednesday it plans to allocate $500M for up to five projects in fiscal year 2019. The Discovery Program offers flight opportunities to science investigations that could help expand …
Read More »SSL Ships Planet’s Two SkySat Imaging Satellites to Vandenberg Air Force Base; Dario Zamarian Quoted
Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary has delivered to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California two Earth observation satellites the company built for Planet. The SSL-made SkySat 14 and 15 will fly aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as part of Spaceflight’s maiden Sun Synchronous rideshare mission for Planet’s constellation that works to provide …
Read More »DigitalGlobe, Spire, Planet to Provide Earth Science Data Under NASA Contracts
NASA has awarded blanket purchase agreements to three companies to provide the agency with Earth observation data sets derived from constellations of commercial small satellites. Maxar Technologies’ DigitalGlobe subsidiary, Planet and Spire received the sole-source contracts under the agency’s Private Sector Small Constellation Satellite Data Product Pilot program, NASA said …
Read More »NASA Begins Exoplanet-Hunting Mission With TESS Spacecraft
A NASA satellite designed to explore outer space for potentially life-supporting exoplanets entered service on July 25 and is expected to transmit science data back to Earth in August. The space agency said Saturday the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite will work to periodically send data every 13.5 days after the …
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