Will Marshall
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I am thrilled to share Planet’s North Star - a look back at our last 10 years and a guiding vision for our next 10. 🌎🚀🌟
Read our vision in full from
@schingler
& me:
Quick summary here!
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50 yrs ago today, this shot was taken. NASA put a fricking car on the Moon. Arguably the pinnacle of the first space age.🚀🌙🧑🚀
Note: GM designed & built this foldable, electric car for lunar terrain in 17months; b4 squashing EV was even a twinkle in their eye😂
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We took a pic of the Great Conjunction of Jupiter & Saturn from space! This was taken yesterday, on the Winter Solstice, by a SkySat.
Two beautiful globes in one telescope field of view!
@planetlabs
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Ridgecrest Earthquake before (4th July) & after (6th July) images from Doves, clearly showing surface rupture. Thx
@rsimmon
@PlanetLabs
@USGS
RT
@USGSBigQuakes
Prelim M7.1 Earthquake 35.767, -117.605 Jul-06 03:19 UTC, updates
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Oh wow, the wildflowers are blooming in California! Here is Carrizo Plain. Can almost smell them from 500km up!
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Excited to announce
@Planet
is going public!
Proud of our team; their dedication & hard work in turning audacious ideas into reality over 10yrs.
Thanks to our customers for loyalty & to our investors for their support🙏
Ad astra par terra!
🚀🛰️🌍
👇
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2/2 This deal continues that collaboration!🚀🛰️💫
Together, we’ve pioneered rapid satellite build & launch— to quickly respond to client needs. (Our record is 8 days to build sats & <2 months to launch!)
For fun, here's our view of
@SpaceX
launch complex growing at Boca Chica!
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Launch success! I'm pleased to report we have 9 more SuperDoves in orbit, all contacted & healthy!
Thx for the ride
@RocketLab
!
@PlanetLabs
@Peter_J_Beck
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We captured this video of
@SpaceX
Dragon on the pad this morning — a
@Planetlabs
SkySat was passing over ~90 mins before liftoff, w/
@NASA
astronauts
@AstroBehnken
&
@Astro_Doug
aboard!
Congrats
@SpaceX
&
@NASA
on an historic launch! Wishing a safe continued flight.
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Excited by this launch & our partnership to get these Skysats up so fast! Check pic 🚀🛰
RT
@SpaceX
: Targeting Saturday, June 13 at 5:21 am EDT for launch of 58 Starlink satellites & 3
@planetlabs
spacecraft –first SpaceX SmallSat Rideshare Program launch
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Unable to get to Burning Man this year but we kept an eye! The calm and the storm :) (15:45 PST on 28.9.18 & 11:37 PST on 30.9.18)
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This week I became American!🇺🇸
To celebrate I went hiking in Yosemite! Stunningly beautiful!
(As PBS/Netflix series put it, National Parks are ‘America’s best idea’:)
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This Saturday we're launching 48 SuperDoves w/
@SpaceX
!
Fun Fact: it's a record-breaking ride w/ 133 sats! (Beating 104 on PSLV in 2017 where
@PlanetLabs
had 88)
Tune in for 06:40PST / 14:40UTC liftoff: Follow along
@planetlabs
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I just published "Brexit: Lost in Space" Yes, even in outer space the effects of Brexit are felt! UK space represents €12B in business & 40,000 jobs, all at risk. Post Brexit, no CEO would locate a space company there. It's galactic scale stupidity!
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Announcing details on our high-resolution Pelican fleet! It’s all in the 30s 🛰
* 32 satellites
* 30 cm resolution
* up to 30 revisits/day (in mid-latitudes)
All to drive unparalleled awareness and decision making for
@planet
customers. Read more here:
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2 hrs before the volcanic eruption in Tonga, & a week earlier (7th Jan)— vast change. Awaiting post eruption shot.
RT
@planet
: A Planet SkySat image of Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai today 15th at 2:25 UTC, just two hours before its violent eruption that triggered a tsunami.
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What beats
@Cmdr_Hadfield
giving a talk at your office? Him jamming with the company band! 💫🌎🎤
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North Korean missile trail from space! Damn improbable; but if we take >million images/day we’ll get one in a million shots! Great work
@ArmsControlWonk
RT
@ZcohenCNN
: Exclusive: satellite image shows smoke trail of Friday rocket launch via
@planetlabs
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All 12 satellites contacted and looking good!
Continues our 100% successful first contact record & brings Planet to a total of over 400 satellites launched, & 25 successful launches! 🛰 🛰 🛰 🛰 🛰 🛰 🛰 🚀 🚀 🚀
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Excellent to meet with President
@PaulKagame
, Minister of ICT & Innovation
@MusoniPaula
and
@RwandaSpace
to discuss the practical benefits of space for the country of Rwanda.
🇷🇼 💫
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Super paper on how to reduce misinformation online. In short, folks share links even if inaccurate when it concords with their politics. BUT this is reduced a lot if primed to think on accuracy!
Important nuances for new directors to consider
@elonmusk
:p
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10 yrs ago we founded
@planet
with a vision to use space to help life on Earth by launching a fleet of satellites to image the globe daily. Today marks a milestone to realizing our full potential as we list as a PBC on
@NYSE
,
@stacey_cunning
,
@schingler
@ashleyfj71
,
@kevinweil
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Breaking news: China's building 100+ nuclear missile silos in its desert. In 2020 it was 100+ potential Uighur detention camps, now this.
Great work
@ArmsControlWonk
@MIIS
!
@Planet
will continue to help journalists find & shed light on key global events.
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First light from SuperDoves launched last week! Check out this shot on the Nile, Egypt, taken this morning, 4 days after launch.
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Everyone should watch this film: “the social dilemma”. Speaks eloquently about the challenges society faces w/ social media. We need 1. widespread understanding of whats happening, 2. to implement nr term fixes & 3. to regulate tech co’s.
@tristanharris
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Mission Success! We've made contact with all 40 SuperDoves deployed right away (8 more to deploy after phasing). Thx for the ride
@SpaceX
! This was
@PlanetLabs
30th successful launch; 6th on
@SpaceX
.
Glad to be part of this record-breaking 143 sat launch!
🚀🛰️🌍
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Excited to open
@planetlabs
new satellite factory today! At 6x size of the previous lab it can produce 40 sats/week. Great to open during
@GCAS2018
in support of climate action — which our data help daily! Thx to Minister of Env.
@olaelvestuen
& all who joined!
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10 yrs ago we took this shot. Recently we had a 10th anniversary dinner & recreated it :) So proud that 8 of the garage team (all but
@cboshuizen
in the new pic + 2) are still at
@Planet
!
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10 yrs ago today
@Planet
signed its first launch contract!
- In a Mexican restaurant (we had no office).
- Signed as Cosmogia (we hadn't thought of Planet).
- Paid with personal $ (fingers crossed we could raise b4 big $$). LOL.
Thx!
@SpaceflightInc
@cboshuizen
@schingler
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T-19 hours! 44
@Planet
SuperDoves, equipped with our latest tech, are riding to space on tomorrow's
@SpaceX
mission! Livestream link below!
🚀+🛰️4🌍
Targeting launch of SpaceX’s third dedicated smallsat rideshare mission, Transporter-3, tomorrow, January 13. The 29-minute launch window opens at 10:25 a.m. EST →
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Space geeks intros: “I build rockets”, says
@kemp
, “I build satellites” say I; “I’ve ridden rockets and been a satellite”, says
@Cmdr_Hadfield
😂
In Vancouver, 🇨🇦 for
@TED
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Huge congrats to
@RocketLab
for achieving orbit — massive milestone for that team & for the space renaissance! (& thanks for putting a
@planetlabs
dove in orbit- we’ve made contact & satellite is & v prelim orbit track looks good :)
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Exciting week ahead: 2 rockets going up w/ 21
@PlanetLabs
satellites scheduled within 24-hour period! First
@SpaceX
Falcon 9 from California then PSLV from India! Each includes tech demos of our badass next gen Doves -- more to be revealed on that later. W00t!
Targeting November 28 for launch of Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California
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Love these off-angle shots from around the world! Hard to believe the cameras are ~1,000 km away! My fav 3 copied, some more on medium: thx
@rsimmon
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Incredibly fast work by reporters to produce building-by-building damage maps of Kahramanmaras, Turkey.
@NYtimes
&
@Microsoft
-
@BBCWorld
-
@Planet
continues to make earthquake data available free 🇹🇷🇸🇾: disaster-access
@planet
.com
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Launch success!! 2 Skysats & 3 Doves in orbit! Both Skysats contacted & healthy! (Awaiting Dove deploy) Delighted to continue our partnership with
@SpaceX
— our 3rd successful launch with them!
@PlanetLabs
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Exciting update!
@Planet
is set to acquire
@Sinergise
, makers of the
@sentinel_hub
platform! This will enable users to more easily build analysis on our data!
Looking forward to invest and build on the great work they’ve done in Europe & across the globe.
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In New York. The suns out.
If all all goes to plan, next time I'm here it’ll be to ring a bell :)
...& $DMYQ will become $PL on
@NYSE
:)
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First Light image from
@planetlabs
SkySats launched Monday. This is Recife, Brazil. More soon from the other 20 sats launched! Thx again to
@spaceX
&
@isro
for the rides up!
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Proud to launch our Forest Carbon data! Accurate, timely maps of aboveground forest carbon, structure & height, *globally*. 🌳🌲🌍
The goal? Help underpin global carbon markets to accelerate our transition to a sustainable economy.
Really beautiful data, too :)
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Our global, 30 meter Forest Carbon data is here 🌳🚨
The highly accurate and scalable dataset aims to provide unprecedented insights into forest change and carbon stocks - a crucial tool for ensuring accurate carbon accounting. Learn more:
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Meet Pelican,
@Planet
’s next-gen very high-res satellites! This fleet is like SkySat but higher res, more revisits, lower latency. Will help users from govt (security, disaster response) to mapping. Tech demo next year; operational 2023! Boom! 🛰️
$DMYQ
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Launch Success! 5 years in the making!
@PlanetLabs
now has fleet to image entire Earth land daily. Proud! Thx
@ISRO
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Incredibly proud of this! Norway’s
@ClimateForest
has started a huge project to stop deforestation across the tropics—covering 64 nations. It’s awarded a partnership of
@PlanetLabs
,
@KSAT_Kongsberg
&
@Airbus
for sat imagery to power that. 🌍🌲🛰
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Excited to show a demo at
#TED2018
today! To celebrate, we took this video of Vancouver yesterday from space. Stay tuned for an exciting
@planetlabs
announcement later!
@TEDTalks
@TEDchris
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Fun facts: yesterday marked
@PlanetLabs
22nd successful launch (3rd w/
@SpaceX
); 317th satellite deployment from 10 rocket types & 10 sites in 7 countries; averaging 3.6 launches & 63 sats per year over past 5 yrs; 100% successful 1st contact. 100% to help planet Earth. :) 🚀🛰🌎
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We condemn yesterday’s anti-satellite by Russia. They join China, US & India to have done this in recent years. It's irresponsible.
ASATs jeopardize astronauts’ safety & sats that provide critical services.
@Planet
urges all nations to prohibit ASATs & respect the space commons
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First light from SkySats launched last week! FC Barcelona Stadium & Lédenon Grand Prix
@planetlabs
now has 13 high res sats ;)
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The countdown for our next launch is on!
9 SuperDoves, pictured below, are launching on
@RocketLab
's upcoming mission next month. Follow along
@planetlabs
for updates.
@Peter_J_Beck
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What an amazing day for space!! Congratulations
@SpaceX
team for falcon heavy launch returning all three first stages!! Simply jaw dropping. Congratulations also to
@TeamSpaceIL
— an amazing achievement to orbit the moon, despite the crash!! US & USSR crashed lots at first too :)
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We just shared
@PlanetLabs
latest product announcements inc. Rapid Revisit (7x revisits/day), Fusion Monitoring (see below), automated Change Detection, Google Earth Engine integration & Custom Model Development. Get all the details here:
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Great investigative journalism using
@planetlabs
satellite imagery to reveal how oil tankers are evading UN sanctions!
North Korea needs oil for civilian purposes, but also uses it for its nuclear and ballistic missile program. The United Nations Security Council has imposed strict sanctions aimed at limiting North Korea’s imports of refined petroleum.
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Lovely to bump into
@DrSianProctor
of
@inspiration4x
@LorettaWhtsides
@Benioff
@yelbaggari
@subtractive
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Great to brief Secretary
@JohnKerry
@ClimateEnvoy
today on how
@Planet
can accelerate efforts in climate & environment, including in forestry & oceans... 🛰 🌍 🌲 🌡 🐠
…& to sign a panel that’ll go on a Dove to space! 💫 🚀 😃
Thx
@Benioff
for hosting
@schingler
& me 🙏
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Great
@McKinsey
report on the $Tn space economy!
Love the chart: satellite costs ⬇~100-1,000x — akin to the mainframe-to-desktop computer transition at 793x.
Meanwhile, rocket costs ⬇ 5x (correction: not 20x /95%) — akin to Model-T transition at 6x
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Space selfie! This pic of Soyuz on the pad 13 mins before launch from a Skysat! Gantry open! And 5 mins after: gone. More fun to come...
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Today I’m joining the protest in Glasgow, instead of
#COP26
, b/c protesters are right: we’ve a planetary emergency & leaders aren’t doing enough, fast enough. 2030 this, 2050 that, always conveniently after their term ends. We need bold action now.
Also b/c it’s more fun;)🌍❤️
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Beautiful! (& in focus!😅)
Here's the first light images from our 36 SuperDoves launched last week w/
@SpaceX
!
- Budiganga River, Nepal
- Lake Nasser, Egypt
- Wexford Harbor, Ireland &
- Whitmire Canyon, New Mexico, USA.
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“Satellite images show Kyiv's international airport undamaged, with runways blocked by vehicles”
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Planet has been certified as a carbon neutral company! Proud of the
@planet
team for this first step in our commitment to making deep cuts in our emissions in effort to become a net zero company🌍
Working with
@SCScertified
, Planet has officially become a carbon neutral company. As part of our commitment to sustainability, we worked to offset our emissions for the year of 2020. Learn how we partnered with one of our customers,
@PachamaInc
, to do so:
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We’re excited to share that we expect to close our business combination with $DMYQ with only ~2% redemption rate and a minimum of $589 million in gross proceeds. Read on for details:
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Really fun to watch the premiere of "Wild, Wild Space" last night - an
@HBO
documentary on the crazy early journey's of
@RocketLab
,
@Astra
&
@Planet
based on the book by
@ashleevance
-- with
@kemp
@schingler
@jessykate
& many old friends.📽️🚀🛰️
Pleased to see how it captured the
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#COP26
, here we come! (By train; ❤️ St. Pancreas!)
Looking forward to helping nations as much as we can with critical data to track climate. We’ll present on key projects inc work w/ Norway on deforestation & w/
@CarbonMapper
on emissions🌍
Read here:
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Major new study on tipping points shows 5 may already have been passed.🌍
“We’re heading towards 2-3C of global warming. This sets Earth on course to cross multiple dangerous tipping points that will be disastrous for people across the world”
@JRockstrom
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Our Tanager-1 mission in collaboration with
@carbonmapper
made it one step closer to launch! I’m incredibly proud of the team that’s bringing
@Planet
’s first hyperspectral satellite to orbit that will literally unlock new horizons for our customers.
Tanager-1 is ready to fly!
Our first hyperspectral satellite, Tanager-1, arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in preparation for a summer launch! Read more about our hyperspectral mission with
@carbonmapper
and
@NASAJPL
:
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It’s launch day again! Today 2 Skysats & 3 Doves aboard
@SpaceX
Falcon 9. This is the so called ‘Smallsat Express’, launching 70 small sats from across the sector with
@PlanetLabs
as prime. Delighted to be a little help to enable the emerging smallsat industry here :)
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*Insane* footage of our satellites being deployed! Never have there been so many sats in view! Thx
@ISRO
! Full vid:
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I can’t make it to Burning Man this year but jealously watching the build up from afar! )^( Aerial pics of centre camp area from this week, last week & the week before
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First stop in 🇳🇿: to see my friend & fellow space entrepreneur
@Peter_J_Beck
.
Thanks for the awesome tour & catch up, Pete!
@RocketLab
is building 🚀 🚀 in Long Beach, CA &
@Planet
has 📡 📡 in Awarua, NZ; so we share an unusual CA-NZ space connection :) 💫
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Successful launch of 16 Doves! After a few manoeuvres they were injected into a ~500 km polar orbit by the PSLV rocket. Thanks
@ISRO
!
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👇 We’ve helped our partners track the build up around 🇺🇦, as well as news media to expose it and will continue to; but also now there’s invasion we will provide imagery to relief and human rights orgs in support of their work.
Sad to see the tragic and deteriorating events in Ukraine. We have and will continue to provide imagery from the region to our partners, aid, relief and human rights organizations, and the media to expose the situation as events unfold. Our thoughts are with the people of 🇺🇦
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Thanks
@60Minutes
for covering
@PlanetLabs
-solid journalism. Including the clip they tweeted on the dubious record of blowing up the most satellites!
@schingler
@chestergilmore
Article here:
Launching so many satellites risks losing a lot of satellites. Four years ago Planet Labs lost 26 satellites when a launch vehicle exploded on takeoff.
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DC earlier today. An important day for democracy, even if different than a typical inauguration day! So glad to see the peaceful transfer of power. Democracy Wins.
(PS This pic can settle the matter if
@JoeBiden
claims it's the largest crowd ever :p)
@POTUS
@VP
@WhiteHouse
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Haha. Some anti-sun pro-moon propaganda :p
Get the facts, people!
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.
@planet
signs multi-year data-license agreement with
@carbonmapper
to help accelerate reductions in global methane and CO2 emissions.
So proud of this incredibly important work! Get the details ➡️
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Planet satellite data helps to monitor the arrival of Russian equipment at a site close to Ukraine's border. Great work
@nytimes
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Today we lost Planet's Flock 4e of five SuperDoves due to a launch failure. Despite this setback, we will fly again soon including two other launches scheduled this summer. More here:
We lost the flight late into the mission. I am incredibly sorry that we failed to deliver our customers satellites today. Rest assured we will find the issue, correct it and be back on the pad soon.
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Thx
@FastCompany
for selecting
@Planet
as
#2
"most innovative space company in 2022"!
Congrats to
@SpaceX
on
#1
! (& great to partner, incl. on the record launch mentioned; where Doves were 48 of the 143 sats:)
Congrats also to
@ClimateTRACE
at
#5
overall!
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Announcing
@PlanetLabs
Mission 2: imaging the whole solar system daily. We’re dramatically expanding the telescopes we fly. Thx to our collaborators
@SpaceX
whose new BFR enables this! There’s few uses for the large rocket but we found one! Thx
@elonmusk
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