National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) × Planet Labs PBC
In November 2025, NASA awarded a new task order to Planet Labs PBC to ensure continued access to its satellite data for the U.S. government. [64] This order falls under NASA's Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program, which supplements the agency's own Earth observations with data from commercial providers. [47, 51]
The asset
A new task order for continued access to Planet's high-resolution satellite imagery data for U.S. government scientific use under the Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program. [64]
The record
- Seller status
- Going concern
- Sector
- Satellite imagery and data analytics
- Modalities
- satellite imagery
- Jurisdiction
- US
- Personal data
- Data is for non-commercial U.S. government use. [64]
What it means if you hold data
This renewal demonstrates the ongoing, operational strategy of government agencies like NASA to rely on the commercial sector for high-cadence Earth observation data. It validates the model of using commercial fleets like Planet's to cost-effectively support federal scientific research and application objectives. [51, 64]