Planet Signs Multi-Year Contract with the German Space Agency, Providing Near-Daily Imagery and Deep Archive of Satellite Data
September 16 2024 - 9:04AM
Business Wire
Planet Labs Germany GmbH, a leading provider of daily data and
insights about Earth, today announced that they have signed a three
year contract with the German Space Agency at German Aerospace
Center (DLR). Through this multi-year contract, Planet (NYSE: PL)
will provide a series of Earth observation data products and
services to the German Space Agency at DLR and to German
researchers to help them further advance research and
development.
Focused on delivering missions and projects with scientific
excellence, the German Space Agency will leverage Planet satellite
data for key research initiatives, oriented around significant
national and global challenges. This contract with Planet provides
access to data licenses for German researchers and research
projects in addition to innovative start-up companies working on
internal research. As European policies and investments have worked
to transform the remote sensing industry, Planet has also continued
to prioritize European partnerships with both government entities
and commercial businesses, aiming to enable novel innovation and
development across the continent.
“Europe has been leading the way in investment and innovation in
the Earth observation industry, and we are thrilled to continue
working directly with the German Space Agency to further accelerate
this momentum,” said Dr. Marcus Apel, Planet’s Director Public
Sector Business in D-A-CH. “With Planet’s EU headquarters located
in Berlin, we have built a close relationship with Germany’s
government and businesses and look forward to supporting the myriad
of research projects at DLR and researchers in Germany.”
Through this contract, researchers will access all of Planet’s
PlanetScope products, including their monitoring capabilities
offering near-daily imagery of all of Earth landmass at nearly 3m
resolution and their deep archive of PlanetScope data going back as
far as 2016. The German Space Agency will also receive Planet’s
entire archive of RapidEye imagery over Germany, which consists of
imagery at 5m resolution since 2009.
“Our research projects and missions are advancing how we
understand climate, security, and our global economy,” said Godela
Roßner, Head of Earth Observation Department at the German Space
Agency at DLR. “With access to PlanetScope and RapidEye satellite
data, we give scientists the opportunity to develop new innovative
methods and applications to derive better insights of our planet
Earth with enhanced data analysis capacities and timely data
inputs.”
With a deep archive of satellite imagery users can conduct
robust scientific analyses and engage in broad area management,
evaluating environmental change across time and delivering
data-informed reports and recommendations for industry and policy
initiatives. With the near-daily monitoring capabilities, users can
also conduct swift research on rapidly changing ecosystems,
deriving time-sensitive insights regarding security and climate
change. The German Space Agency also aims to advance education in
Germany by leveraging these satellite datasets in classrooms to
teach scientific research methods.
Planet satellite data has been leveraged by the German Space
Agency for over a decade with the agency first integrating Planet
data into their research programs as early as 2009 through the
RapidEye Science Archive. Through this new multi-year contract,
Planet will not only be providing data access, but also development
support for the German Space Agency’s Earth observation data
platform (EO-Lab), integrating Planet data into the system and
offering advanced services.
About Planet
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) is the parent company of the Planet
group with global headquarters in San Francisco, USA. Planet Labs
Germany GmbH is part of the Planet group and is based at Planet’s
European headquarters in Berlin. Planet is a 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. Planet provides
mission-critical data, advanced insights, and software solutions to
over 1,000 customers, comprising 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. Planet Labs PBC is
listed on the New York Stock Exchange as PL. To learn more visit
www.planet.com and follow us on X (Twitter).
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