March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... destroyed 2,290 kg of cargo bound for the ISS, as well as 26 small satellites from commercial remote sensing company Planet Labs. While disappointment followed the accident, one theme resonated loudly: launch is a risky business. Even if the launch...
March 2015
A boom and a (possible) bust in small spacecraft production
... consumer: from providing data to the operators to full vertical integration within the company. New players, such as Planet Labs, Dauria Aerospace and the aforementioned Skybox Imaging are competing with operators such as Digital Globe, and...
11 August 2017
Satellite launch demand to grow tenfold in next 20 years
... sat market forecast for the period 2017 to 2036 identifies mega-constellations such as OneWeb, SpaceX and Planet Labs as the largest growth driver. While microsatellites (11-200kg) are becoming the standard mass classification for mega...
11 October 2021
Blue Origin flight with William Shatner postponed until 13 October
.... He later moved to the US to work as a space mission architect at NASA Ames Research Center, and later co-founded of Planet Labs. He's now a venture capitalist living in San Francisco. Glen de Vries is the co-founder of Medidata Solutions, the world...
