Planet Labs Germany has won a significant new contract with a major government in Europe. The Greek government has signed a 2-year, 7-figure agreement with Planet that will include numerous data offerings, including near-daily medium-resolution imagery and high-resolution tasking to support a number of broad area monitoring initiatives. Planet Labs Germany is part of the Planet group and is based at Planet’s European headquarters in Berlin.
The deal was signed through the European Space Agency (ESA) on behalf of the Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance and the Hellenic Space Center. Planet announced the new deal, May. 7.
The National Satellite Space Project is funded by the Recovery and Resilience Fund (RRF) Greece 2.0, underscoring the European Union’s commitment to leveraging space technology as a driver of digital and green transitions. This contract is part of Greece’s National Satellite Space Project which is aimed at strengthening national capabilities in satellite technologies and building jobs and economic growth.
This government-wide deal expands the downstream pillar of the Small Satellite Programme into a full-scale operational contract to power the country’s National Satellite Space Project.
With this agreement, Greek government institutions have access to over a decade of PlanetScope imagery, high-resolution tasking capabilities and access to Planet’s professional services team. These capabilities will support historical change analysis, trend detection, rapid response during critical events, and the integration of satellite data into national monitoring workflows.
“The Hellenic Space Center (HSC) is committed to turning space-based data into a vital tool for national safety and environmental resilience. This agreement with Planet provides our scientists and policymakers with an unprecedented baseline of information. It enables us to build sophisticated downstream services that will systematically monitor our forests and agricultural lands, manage our water resources, and bolster our national security with objective, near-real-time insights,” Dimitris Bliziotis, Earth Observation officer for the Hellenic Space Center, said in a statement.
