https://padlet.com/kylerothmeyer/4pfbinsnm43igw97 en-us 2023-03-02 13:52:02 UTC 2023-03-03 15:15:23 UTC hello@padlet.com kylerothmeyer https://padlet.com/kylerothmeyer/4pfbinsnm43igw97/wish/2502730266 On December 18, 2018, Planet announced they were in the process of acquiring the St Louis company, Boundless Spatial, Inc., a geospatial data software solutions company. The portfolio of Boundless will help improve data subscription services and aid in Planet's long-term goal of increasing cooperation between the company and the U.S. government.]]> 2023-03-03 14:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kylerothmeyer/4pfbinsnm43igw97/wish/2502730266 kylerothmeyer https://padlet.com/kylerothmeyer/4pfbinsnm43igw97/wish/2502733587 In January 2015, the firm raised $95 million in funding. They used their old connections from NASA and from space school to help raise awareness for their company. As of May 2015, Planet Labs raised a total amount of $183 million in venture capital financing.]]> 2023-03-03 14:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kylerothmeyer/4pfbinsnm43igw97/wish/2502733587 kylerothmeyer https://padlet.com/kylerothmeyer/4pfbinsnm43igw97/wish/2502734674 In July 2018, Planet laid off somewhat less than ten percent of its workforce. This allowed them to do the same amount of work, and pay way less for labor costs. In September 2018, the company had launched a total of 298 satellites, 150 of which were still active.]]> 2023-03-03 14:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kylerothmeyer/4pfbinsnm43igw97/wish/2502734674 kylerothmeyer https://padlet.com/kylerothmeyer/4pfbinsnm43igw97/wish/2502740718 Planet Labs was founded in 2010 as Cosmogia by former NASA scientists Chris Boshuizen, Will Marshall, and Robbie Schingler. The initial goal of the company was to make use of information gathered from space to help with life on Earth. The group of scientists considered the problem with most satellites to be their large and clunky form, prompting them to build inexpensive and compact satellites to be manufactured in bulk, called CubeSats. ]]> 2023-03-03 15:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kylerothmeyer/4pfbinsnm43igw97/wish/2502740718 kylerothmeyer https://padlet.com/kylerothmeyer/4pfbinsnm43igw97/wish/2502744411 The small group began building Planet's first satellite in a California garage.  In addition to California, Planet has offices in Germany and Canada where they deliver market-leading geospatial imagery to a global network of customers and partners in over 100 countries. ]]> 2023-03-03 15:05:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kylerothmeyer/4pfbinsnm43igw97/wish/2502744411 kylerothmeyer https://padlet.com/kylerothmeyer/4pfbinsnm43igw97/wish/2502748348 On April 18, 2017, Google completed the sale of Terra Bella and its SkySat satellite constellation to Planet Labs. As part of the sale, Google acquired an equity stake in Planet and entered into a multi-year agreement to purchase SkySat imaging data.]]> 2023-03-03 15:08:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kylerothmeyer/4pfbinsnm43igw97/wish/2502748348 kylerothmeyer https://padlet.com/kylerothmeyer/4pfbinsnm43igw97/wish/2502757372 On December 8, 2021 Planet became a public benefit corporation trading on the New York Stock Exchange. This means that they are no longer using public donations and funds for their projects.]]> 2023-03-03 15:15:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kylerothmeyer/4pfbinsnm43igw97/wish/2502757372