Planet Labs selected as primary subcontractor on $95M CARB contract

Planet Labs (PL) PBC announced it was selected as the primary subcontractor for the California Air Resource Board’s Satellite Data Purchase Program. The $95M SDPP multi-year contract was awarded to Carbon Mapper with Planet as a subcontractor to provide the state of California with methane data built upon Tanager hyperspectral collections, and other Planet data products. SDPP will primarily utilize Planet data to identify and track methane emissions in California and worldwide, the company stated.