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Increasing usable pixels from satellite imagery

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As Planet collects in excess of 200-million km2 of imagery every day, the company deems it important to help its customers sift out the best pixels for their applications from this massive dataset. This latest feature, Usable Data Masks, addresses two things: enhancing data discovery, and reliably increasing the fraction of pixels that are able […]

New satellites, contracts and programmes for cubesat company

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In April, Planet launched 20 next-generation Dove satellites into orbit. The Flock 4a satellites were placed into a 500km sun synchronous orbit with a mid-morning crossing time. A few days later the satellite company announced that the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has extended its 2018 contract and renewed it for an additional six months […]

Planet acquires Boundless opensource GIS software

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Planet has acquired Boundless Spatial, a geospatial software solutions company.  The acquisition expands the Planet’s commercial business with the US government and commercial agriculture clients. Boundless is a leader in geospatial data management software and is aligned with the company’s objective to deliver novel geospatial data subscription services and accelerate adoption for enterprise customers. With […]

Cubesat fleet reaches orbit, extends global coverage

Cubesat operator Planet has launched 16 more of its “Doves” (Flock 3r) satellites via the ISRO’s PSLV C-43 rocket. The satellites have been successfully deployed and the company has started the automated commissioning process while the satellites get adjusted to their new home 500 km above Earth’s surface. All 16 satellites were deployed into a […]

National space agency purchases cube-sat data

Planet has been awarded a blanket purchase agreement with NASA’s Earth Science Division, which establishes a way for the agency to purchase Planet data for scientific evaluation over the next twelve months, with the option to extend an additional three years. The agreement sets a precedent for how NASA purchases commercial services and assess their […]

Ethernet lightning arrest box

To prevent Ethernet devices from possible damage caused by surge voltages as a result of lightning strikes, Planet has released a new Ethernet lightning arrest box especially made in the current Ethernet environment. The ELA-100 Ethernet lightning arrest box provides two passive 10/100/1000 Base-T interfaces for connection of two Ethernet devices and one ground position for earth. […]

Daily satellite imagery of Earth available

Remote sensing company Planet announced on 9 November 2017 that it achieved its founding mission, Mission 1: to image the entire Earth’s landmass every day. The company started six years ago in a garage in Cupertino with seven staff members. Today, Planet employs nearly 500 people in offices around the world, have launched over 300 […]

Hi-res imagery now available through API

Since its acquisition of Terra Bella and the SkySat constellation of seven satellites, Planet has been focused on making this high-resolution data accessible and available via its cloud-based data infrastructure. This sub one-meter, high-resolution imagery is now accessible and available through the Planet API. The SkySat constellation allows the company to offer a range of […]

Extracting value from satellite imagery

Geospatial companies Esri South Africa and Swift Geospatial hosted an aerial imagery workshop with satellite imagery providers Planet and DigitalGlobe. One of three such national workshops, it took place at Esri South Africa’s Midrand offices on 19 September 2017. The workshop provided users with a chance to learn and ask questions about the imagery offerings, […]

Successful launch adds 48 cubesats to constellation

Planet has recently launched a Soyuz rocket which successfully lifted 48 Flock 2k satellites into space and deployed them two-by-two into orbit, marking it the 14th successful Dove launch and deployment. These satellites were injected into a sun synchronous orbit with a 11h30 equator crossing time – later than the 09h30 am crossing time of other […]

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