Planet Signs Deal with European Space Agency, Enabling Greek Government to Expand National Space Services
24 März 2025 - 2:02PM
Business Wire
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and
insights about change on Earth, today announced that they have
signed a new contract with the European Space Agency on behalf of
the Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance to support the Greek
National SmallSat Programme, funded by the Recovery and Resilience
Fund (RRF) Greece 2.0. Using Planet’s commercial satellite data,
Greece aims to inform and complement the development of their
national satellite technology.
Through this contract, Greece will leverage the company’s
PlanetScope data to support the development of future downstream
services for their national satellite data program, enable
technological development, and serve as a complementary data source
to their national satellite data feeds.
“The Hellenic Space Center (HSC) is coordinating the provision
of Planet’s satellite data, optimizing tasking capabilities, and
ensuring seamless integration across the downstream projects of the
national satellite program,” said Dimitris Bliziotis, Earth
Observation Officer of HSC.
“We are living through a global space renaissance where
governments and commercial providers are working hand-in-hand to
develop new innovation,” said Martin Polak, Planet’s Senior
Director of Government Sales in EMEA. “We’re honored to have signed
this contract to inform the new development of Greece’s national
space services.”
The company’s PlanetScope satellite data provides a near-daily
scan of all of Earth’s landmass at 3 meter resolution. With this
high-cadence capture and broad area coverage, Planet offers a
robust historical archive of Earth observation data, dating back
over a decade, which can enable better, faster decision making by
international governments and businesses worldwide.
“Access to Planet’s satellite data will provide valuable data
and insights for the development and validation of our national
downstream services. This will accelerate innovation and will
ensure the effective integration with data from our national space
assets,” said Professor Konstantinos Karantzalos, Secretary General
of Telecommunications & Post, Ministry of Digital
Governance.
Planet has provided their unique satellite data and services to
international governments around the globe, securing contracts with
ESA’s Third Party Mission programme, which has made this newest
contract possible. They have also recently announced a contract
with the Japanese Space Agency (through JSAT), to help provide
satellite services and technological innovation.
About Planet
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 approximately 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 is a public benefit
corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange as PL. To learn
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