Planet satellite imagery of the Rhine River in Dusseldorf, Germany in 2022. Photo: Planet

Planet Labs Germany, part of the Planet Group, signed government deal in Germany as the German government looks to improve its water and land management from space. Planet signed a seven-figure contract with the German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) for an initial one year time period, with an option for two more years. Planet announced the deal on May 6.

Th includes a fixed rate of all of Planet’s data products over Germany, including insights from Planetary Variables, water monitoring services from Planet’s partner EOMAP and access to Planet’s Insights Platform. This data will inform a variety of use cases, including monitoring water, forests, agriculture, socioeconomics, and land use, and support federal monitoring campaigns and environmental assessments.

Also in Europe, Planet recently signed a a a multi-year contract with EMDYN, a European-based company providing agile intelligence-led solutions and security services. EMDYN will use Planet’s satellite imagery and SkySat satellites to monitor subtle activity across large geographical regions and capture fleeting, high-resolution imagery of events.

“Planet’s near-daily data is key to inform ministries across the German government, including the Ministry of the Interior and Community and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. By centralizing this data within one institution, all federal organizations benefit from the insights to inform their individual projects. This is a success story, increasing resource-sharing, reducing costs and ensuring all agencies have access to critical daily insights about our changing planet,” Julia Kluge, section head of the Federal Service Point of Remote Sensing, BKG, said in a statement.