Planet in deal with ESA, enabling Greek government national space expansion

Planet Labs (PL) PBC 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 or 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 or 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.”