Planet

Planet is a company that operates a fleet of satellites to capture and deliver high-resolution, daily images of Earth for various industries and applications.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to its involvement in a $135 million deal with Japan's Metaplanet, a company that is building a U.S. bitcoin treasury.

Latest on Planet

• On this day in space! Aug. 20, 1977: Voyager 2 launches to the outer planets
• Astronomers discover a giant, rocky 'mega-Earth' 23 times more massive than our planet
• Japan's Metaplanet launching U.S. bitcoin treasury company through $135 million nanocap deal
• A 'river' of cosmic gas 1 trillion miles long sent planets in the Orion constellation into tilted orbits
• Bitcoin's biggest holders, Strategy and Metaplanet, are betting on math, not price
• Bitcoin holders Strategy and Metaplanet face stock-index exclusion under MSCI’s new proposal
• Google, not to be outdone, announced Project Suncatcher in partnership with Planet, planning to launch two satellites equipped with Google Tensor Processing Unit

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