Planet and Spire Global hitched a ride on the first Soyuz launch out of Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome, both adding satellites …
Planet, Spire score NASA commercial Earth science pilot data contracts
NASA announced it has awarded sole source blanket purchase contracts for test data sets from New Space start-ups Planet and …
Capella Space gets more cash for radar sat constellation
San Francisco-based Capella Space announced it has closed $19 million in second round venture funding. The company plans to put …
HyperSat gets $85M, fast track to launch in 2020
New Space companies are known for speed, but HyperSat believes it can launch its first high-resolution hyperspectal imaging satellites in …
Planet Labs opens new satellite factory with big capacity, potential
This week Planet Labs announced it opened a new satellite manufacturing and testing factory in San Francisco. The first batch …
A sky full of (commercial) eyes – Up to 1,300 Earth observation satellites in next 5 years
Today, there are around 300 or so Earth observation (EO) satellites in the skies above, operated by a mixture of …
Image mining company Ursa Space lands $5.7M in new venture money
Ursa Space Systems announced today, July 19, that it has recently closed $5.7 million in new venture funding. The round …
Planet unveils AI-powered image mining solution
This week Planet announced the beta version of Planet Analytics, a tool using machine learning to process through the six …