Sep 14, 2021

Planet provides data to federal civilian agencies under NASA contract - SpaceNews

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by Debra Werner — September 14, 2021 Planet imagery shows flooding Sept. 2, 2021 along the Raritan River in central New Jersey. Planet compared imagery from Aug. 13, Sept. 2 and Sept. 7, 2021 to show the impact of torrential rains produced by Hurricane Ida as it traveled inland. Credit: PlanetScope

SAN FRANCISCO – Researchers delving into climate change, biodiversity loss and other topics through work funded by U.S. federal civilian agencies and the National Science Foundation will have access to Planet Earth-observation data through September 2022, under a NASA contract announced Sept. 14.

The announcement follows NASA’s decision in July to offer wider access to Planet data, which had previously been limited to NASA-funded work.  Now, some 300,000 researchers, contractors and grantees, who receive funding from federal civilian agencies and NSF, will have access to the data, Planet said in a Sept. 14 news release.

 

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