Planet Expands Contract with NASA to Provide Data to All US Federal Civilian Agencies Researchers
14 September 2021 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
Planet, a leading provider of daily data and insights about
Earth, today announced that the Company has been awarded another
contract by NASA under their Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition
(CSDA) Program. This contract grants all U.S. Federal Civilian
scientific researchers and National Science Foundation funded
researchers, including contractors and grantees, access to Planet
data until September 2022. Planet recently entered into a
definitive merger agreement with dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV
(NYSE:DMYQ), a special purpose acquisition company, to become a
publicly-traded company.
Planet was founded by three former NASA scientists with the
mission to use space to help life on Earth by providing its unique,
global data set of daily scans of Earth’s entire landmass to
systematically and consistently monitor change on the planet. Core
to this mission is Planet’s commitment to getting this proprietary
data into the hands of the scientific community to further
strengthen their research of the dynamic Earth.
This is Planet's third year supporting NASA’s CSDA program,
which was created to identify, evaluate, and acquire data from
commercial providers. Today, nearly 300,000 researchers have access
to Planet’s PlanetScope and RapidEye satellite data. By integrating
this information into a variety of scientific studies focused on
climate change, biodiversity loss, and changing ecosystems,
researchers can better understand complex sustainability challenges
and gain insights on potential solutions.
“NASA has led the way in engaging with the commercial space
industry and this new contract further validates their commitment
to both commercial space and climate action. NASA researchers have
found great scientific utility in high-resolution, daily data of
the entire planet and it has been exciting to see our contracts
expand to make this data accessible to the entire US Civil
Government and grantees for scientific purposes,” said Robbie
Schingler, Planet co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer. “In the
most critical decade for climate action, NASA has made it possible
to provide researchers with robust datasets that can be used to
monitor and address the current climate crisis and we look forward
to collaborating further on this important work.”
When combined with government systems, commercial satellite data
can help to advance scientific understanding of our changing world
and enable better data-based decision-making and management by
federal programs, local communities, companies, and individuals.
Scientific researchers are leveraging these advanced datasets to
investigate the impacts of climate change in the Arctic and
Antarctic, understand the causes of natural disasters such as
floods, and monitor crop yields around the world.
"We're really excited to be able to more easily share Planet
data across all the NASA Harvest partners,” said Dr. Hannah Kerner
at the University of Maryland and the machine learning lead and
U.S. domestic co-lead for NASA Harvest. “As a consortium that spans
multiple agencies and universities, the ability to share data and
collaboratively advance research methods is critical for achieving
our goals.”
Dr. Joe Levy at Colgate University shared: “Extended access to
Planet data for all federally-funded scientists is a game-changer
for researchers trying to figure out what’s happening right now
with our rapidly-changing world. Working on NSF-supported research
in Antarctica using Planet data means being able to watch for
changes to Earth’s polar regions practically every day the sun is
up. We’re seeing day-to-day changes in where ground ice is thawing,
when meltwater is flowing, and how once-frozen environments are
evolving. Seeing change unfold in real time helps us pinpoint
what’s driving the melt so we can predict when, where, and how much
more could be coming. Especially in a time when travel to remote
field sites is limited by global pandemic restrictions, Planet data
helps my team feel like we’re in the field."
Visit Planet’s NASA page to get more information on the
Planet-NASA CSDA agreement and learn how to apply.
About Planet
Planet is the leading provider of global, daily satellite
imagery and geospatial solutions. Planet is driven by a mission to
image the world every day, and make change visible, accessible and
actionable. Founded in 2010 by three NASA scientists, Planet
designs, builds, and operates the largest earth observation fleet
of imaging satellites, capturing and compiling data from over 3
million images per day. Planet provides mission-critical data,
advanced insights, and software solutions to over 600 customers,
comprised of the world’s leading agriculture, forestry,
intelligence, education and finance companies and government
agencies, enabling users to simply and effectively derive unique
value from satellite imagery. To learn more visit www.planet.com
and follow us on Twitter at @planet.
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