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 re... Read more
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
The National Reconnaissance Office plans to begin in 2020 a new procurement process to buy commercial satellite imagery from several companies, SpaceNews reported Thursday. Read more
Lockheed Martin unveiled a new image analysis tool at the ongoing GEOINT 2019 symposium in San Antonio which uses artificial intelligence to search for specific objects in satellite data, Sp... Read more
Planet received a $6.7M contract to provide Earth observation data to support NASA-backed climate research projects, SpaceNews reported Thursday. Read more
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... Read more
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 Boun... 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... Read more
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 Techn... Read more
Planet and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency have partnered in an effort to increase the process for NGA to extract and analyze commercial imagery. Manuela McCabe, NGA’s Plan... Read more
Rocket Lab has launched its second Electron orbital launch vehicle from the company’s launch complex on Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, into space. The rocket, nicknamed Still Testing, r... Read more
Orbital ATK is scheduled to launch Planet‘s Earth imaging satellites at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Tuesday at 2:37 p.m. Pacific time. Orbital ATK said Monday its Minota... Read more
“I have been the ‘change agent’ throughout my career…understanding end users’ unmet needs is an absolute priority.” EM: Can you tell us a little bit about... Read more
Planet has entered a $14 million agreement with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to provide the Defense Department and the Intelligence Community with access to the company’... 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 address... Read more