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Kelp forests provide habitat for marine life, protect coastlines, and offer vital clues about ocean health. Yet they remain remarkably difficult to measure and manage. Along British Columbia’s coast, @HakaiInstitute's Kelp Explorer is changing that.

Drawing on PlanetScope imagery and shaped by collaboration with First Nations stewards, researchers, and coastal planners, the tool is helping communities better understand these shifting underwater forests, identify opportunities for restoration, and strengthen long-term conservation efforts.

Read more on our blog: planet.com/pulse/tracking…

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Part 2 📹 with our Co-Founder & CEO @Will4Planet on @sourceryy!

From the lab to our Planet AI app, watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=NjebKe…

www.youtube.com Inside Planet Labs (NYSE: $PL): Satellites, Planet AI & Area 51 I went inside Planet Labs (NYSE: $PL) in San Francisco with Co-Foun...

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BREAKING: Inside Planet Labs (NYSE: $PL )

If you had access to every image of the entire Earth over the history of time, what questions would you ask? What would you explore?

FACTORY TOUR

I got a 1st look inside @planet Labs' new manufacturing floor w/ Co-Founder & CEO Will Marshall (@Will4Planet)

This is our Part II of Planet series, Part I: Sit-Down Interview below.

Planet has built 700+ satellites, second only to SpaceX, their constellation captures 4 MILLION images daily, powering intelligence across defense, agriculture, infrastructure & more.

We toured the manufacturing floor, where satellites can be built in just 8 hours at ~1,000X lower cost than traditional spacecraft, explored next-generation satellites, and saw how they survive 200G launch shocks.

We also discussed SpaceX's collision avoidance efforts and tested Planet's new AI platform to investigate 5 years of changes at Area 51.

Inside the factory:
• Area 51: We used Planet's new AI platform to investigate 5 years of changes at the secretive military base
• 8-hour production: Planet can manufacture up to 40 Dove satellites per week
• 1,000X cost reduction: How consumer electronics transformed satellite manufacturing economics
• Next-generation satellites: Inside the clean room with Pelican-10 and a look at Owl, targeting 1-meter daily imagery
• SpaceX & collision avoidance: Starlink's push to open-source space traffic data and the challenge of tracking ~100M pieces of orbital debris
• 10X more data, 10X faster: The next generation of Planet's Earth imaging network
• 200G shock testing: How satellites survive rocket launches, extreme vibrations & temperature changes
• Software-like margins: Why Planet's vertically integrated hardware infrastructure creates a high barrier to entry for its data business

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(00:00) Will Marshall, Co-Founder & CEO at Planet Labs
(00:48) 700 satellites for less than one NASA mission
(02:44) Why Planet Labs is really a data business
(03:45) How a satellite sees trees from 500 km away
(06:22) 4 million images of Earth, every day
(07:44) What a satellite goes through to reach orbit
(09:03) The $500 phone vs. the $1B satellite
(12:05) 1,000x more data than the first satellites
(14:47) Planet Labs' 48 ground stations that bring Earth’s data home
(16:44) Why every Planet Labs satellite is named after a bird
(18:19) A look inside Planet Labs’ sharpest satellite
(20:17) Why Planet Labs doesn’t make its own chips
(21:14) Building a satellite in 8 hours, not 8 years
(22:47) Why fleet size isn't what matters
(24:30) The engine that’s 10x more efficient in space
(25:29) Why the 100 million pieces of space junk is the real collision risk
(26:56) Spotting gas leaks from space
(27:40) Testing satellites to the breaking point
(32:19) What changed at Area 51 in five years?
(37:31) The room where satellite radios are tested

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We’ve signed a multi-launch agreement with @stoke_space! 🚀

Stoke has prepared Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 14 for its fully reusable Nova rocket, which will host future Planet missions.

It’s part of how we keep a diversified, persistent path to orbit as our constellations grow.

👉 Full announcement: investors.planet.com/news/news-deta…

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On the eve of Día de los Muertos, Mexico City’s Zócalo fills with cempasúchil, the marigolds whose color and scent are said to guide souls home. Formally called the Plaza de la Constitución, this main square was once the center of Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital. From above, gold flower arrangements are visible fanning out from the central flagpole and public altar, framed by the cathedral to the north and the National Palace to the east. 🌼

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When access to satellite data is fragmented across government agencies, monitoring changes on the ground becomes a challenge.

@igacColombia is working with Planet and @procalculo to change that. By centralizing access to near-daily satellite imagery and geospatial analytics, IGAC is equipping more than 3,000 users across 95 government agencies with the tools to monitor land use, track development, and detect environmental threats.

Read more on our blog: planet.com/pulse/building…

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