In January, we introduced Automated Delivery to help you skip the manual downloads in Planet Explorer. Today, we’re taking it a step further. We’ve overhauled the system to give you total control and faster speeds.
What’s New?
We’ve implemented two major upgrades to the Tasking Dashboard experience:
- Direct Bucket Management: You can now set up and manage your own automated delivery bucket directly through the Destinations UI. You no longer need to contact your Planet representative to link your bucket.
- Reminder: As an opt-in feature, you will need to contact Planet Tech Support to enable Automated Delivery. You only need to do this once.
- Flexible Destinations: You have the freedom to switch or update your cloud bucket destinations at the time of order ingestion, giving you full agility over your data pipeline.
Why This Matters
This update reduces "friction" and improves latency. By removing the manual setup steps and increasing transfer speeds, we’ve turned a multi-step coordination process into a seamless, self-serve experience. You task the imagery; we handle the rest—instantly.
Get Started in Two Steps
You no longer need to reach out to Tech Support to set up a destination. However, because it’s currently an opt-in feature, please contact Tech Support to enable Automated Delivery. You can handle the entire setup yourself:
- Configure: Head over to the Destinations UI to set up your S3-compliant cloud bucket.
- Order: Select your preferred destination within the Tasking Dashboard at the time of ordering, and receive your specified assets to your cloud bucket.
Supported Assets
This feature remains available for all Tasking customers, including those utilizing our newest missions, Pelican and Tanager.
Note: If you previously had a destination set up, you can still view and manage it within the Destinations UI, or create a new one to take advantage of the updated speeds.
We’re excited to see how these improvements speed up your insights. As always, we’re looking forward to your feedback via Planet Community!
