Planet Federal Signs Contract Extension with National Reconnaissance Office
17 November 2021 - 1:00AM
Business Wire
Planet, a leading provider of daily data and insights about the
Earth, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Planet
Federal, expanded its contract with the National Reconnaissance
Office (NRO) to provide the Department of Defense and Intelligence
Community with continued access to Planet’s daily, unclassified
satellite data. This contract modification expands NRO’s current
access to now include monitoring over new areas of interest.
The extension also includes continued integration efforts to
make Planet’s deep archive - dating back to 2009 - and daily
satellite data, available to NRO users through their Commercial
GEOINT Integration (CGI) architecture. While Planet’s
high-resolution SkySat data is already available through the CGI
architecture, incorporating Planet’s medium-resolution PlanetScope
data into the same system enables faster decision-making by
providing users with data in a more user-friendly fashion.
Planet’s hybrid constellation uses both an always-on monitoring
mission and a high-resolution, rapid revisit tasking system to
provide critical intelligence to the federal government when they
need it most. This contract modification both expands access to
that data and incorporates it seamlessly into existing
workflows.
“As the world becomes more visibly connected, be it by sensors
on the ground or in space, it is more important than ever that
resilience and diversity of sources are integrated into
foundational monitoring capabilities,” said Robbie Schingler,
Planet’s Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer. “Commercial
satellite data can augment government systems, and together,
promote a more transparent and secure world. Planet’s deep stack of
unclassified data will only further diversify NRO’s system
architecture and we look forward to continuing to evolve our work
together.”
Earlier this year, Planet 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.
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 700 customers,
including 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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