PARIS (ESA PR) — Combining artificial intelligence with many keen human eyes, astronomers have found 1,701 new asteroid trails in archival data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, consisting of more than 37,000 images that span two decades. The project reflects both Hubble’s value to scientists as an asteroid hunter and how the public can effectively contribute to citizen science initiatives.

ITHACA, N.Y. (Ursa Space Systems PR) — Ursa Space Systems, a global satellite intelligence infrastructure provider, today announced that Global Oil Storage and Auto Manufacturing Index datasets are available through Google Cloud’s data exchange, Analytics Hub, which is now available in public preview. The offering will provide businesses seamless access to satellite-derived data via the Crux data integration platform.

Earth Blox revealed its revolutionary, no-code software putting satellite data directly in the hands of non-experts to deliver as-yet untapped value to environmental and humanitarian projects.

EDINBURGH, 3 February 2022 (Earth Blox PR) — In partnership with Google, in a widely attender Google Earth Outreach webinar, Earth Blox demonstrated its ability to provide near-instantaneous cloud powered access and analysis of satellite imagery in a no-code user interface (UI), opening access to Earth observation (EO) data to non-experts of every sector like never before.

Special Meeting of dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV Stockholders to Approve Business Combination, Scheduled for December 3rd, 2021

Upon Closing, the Combined Company’s Common Stock and Warrants are Expected to Trade on the New York Stock Exchange Under the Tickers “PL” and “PL WS”, respectively

SAN FRANCISCO, November 08, 2021 (Planet Labs PR)–Planet Labs Inc. (“Planet”), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today announced that, on November 5, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) declared effective the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (“Registration Statement”) in connection with its proposed business combination (the “Business Combination”) with dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (NYSE: DMYQ) (“dMY IV”).

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Muon Space PR) — Muon Space, a climate-focused satellite constellation company, today announced it has raised $10 million in Seed funding led by Costanoa Ventures with participation from Space Capital, Congruent VC, Ubiquity Ventures, South Park Commons, Climactic VC.

Founded by a proven team from JPL, Skybox Imaging, Loft Orbital, Ball Aerospace, Apple and Google who have led more than 30 successful remote sensing missions, Muon Space is building the Earth’s first scientific, software-defined remote sensing constellation platform and collaborating with organizations to deliver critical climate and Earth systems data. Early customers including Tomorrow.io and Google are partnering with Muon to develop new mission-critical geophysical datasets.

• Delivers Record Second Quarter Revenue of $30.4 Million, Up 19% YoY
• Reiterates $130 million Revenue Outlook for Fiscal Year 2022

SAN FRANCISCO (Planet Labs PR)–Planet Labs Inc. (“Planet” or the “Company”), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2021, highlighting the continued momentum of its unique data subscription business. Earlier this year, Planet entered into a definitive merger agreement with dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV (NYSE: DMYQ) (“dMY IV”), a special purpose acquisition company, to become a publicly traded company later this year (the “Business Combination”).

Second Quarter FY2022 Highlights

• Q2 Revenue increased 19% year-over-year to $30.4 million.
• Percent of Recurring ACV was 93%, as compared to 92% in the year ago comparable quarter
• End of Period (EoP) Customer Count increased 36% year-over-year to 732 customers

• Planet is an Earth data and analytics company, producing 25 terabytes of data per day from approximately 200 satellites – the largest Earth imaging satellite fleet ever
• Planet’s proprietary data powers a high growth subscription business with over $100 million in revenue in FY2021 from over 600 customers across many verticals
• In addition to $345 million in dMY IV’s trust account (assuming no redemptions), transaction includes $200 million fully committed PIPE led by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, with key participation including Koch Strategic Platforms and Marc Benioff’s TIME Ventures and existing Planet investor Google
• Transaction values Planet at a post-transaction equity value of approximately $2.8 billion
• Planet intends to use the proceeds from the transaction to expand its operations and services to enable a more sustainable and secure planet
• Business combination expected to be completed later this year

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and NEW YORK, NY July 7, 2021 – Planet Labs Inc. (“Planet”), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, and dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV (NYSE: DMYQ) (“dMY IV”), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Planet will become a publicly-traded company. Upon closing, the combined company will retain the Planet name and be listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “PL.” The transaction values Planet at a post-transaction equity value of approximately $2.8 billion.

CHICAGO, Nov. 6, 2020 (Boeing PR) — The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) today named Jinnah Hosein as the company’s vice president of Software Engineering, effective immediately. In this newly created role, Hosein will report to Greg Hyslop, Boeing chief engineer and senior vice president of Engineering, Test & Technology, and will focus on further strengthening Boeing’s focus on software engineering across the enterprise.

“The continued advances in software makes excellence in software engineering an imperative for our business,” said Hyslop. “Jinnah will be charged with defining and leading Boeing’s strategy for software engineering, which includes providing capabilities, technologies, processes and secure and accurate systems to meet the needs of all our customers across the entire product life cycle.”

SILVER SPRING, Md. (NOAA PR) — NOAA’s Satellite and Information Service (NESDIS) has signed an agreement with Google to explore the benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for enhancing NOAA’s use of satellite and environmental data.

Under this three-year Other Transaction Authority (OTA) agreement, NESDIS and Google will pilot specific AI- and ML-related projects to amplify NOAA’s environmental monitoring, weather forecasting, climate research, and technical innovation. 

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. (NASA PR) — Google, in partnership with NASA and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has demonstrated the ability to compute in seconds what would take even the largest and most advanced supercomputers thousands of years, achieving a milestone known as quantum supremacy.

“Quantum computing is still in its infancy, but this transformative achievement rockets us forward,” said Eugene Tu, center director at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. “Our missions in the decades to come to the Moon, Mars and beyond are all fueled by innovations like this one.”