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I'm currently developing Canopia Agrotech as part of my Master's thesis in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and I'm exploring the next generation of satellite imagery for precision agriculture.The goal of the project is to monitor individual trees in woody crops (such as olive, almond, and pistachio orchards), detect early signs of stress or disease, and provide actionable insights that help farmers reduce losses and optimize field management.Most current agricultural platforms rely on multispectral imagery (e.g., Sentinel-2), which works well at the parcel level. However, my research is investigating whether combining higher spatial resolution, hyperspectral imagery, and AI could make reliable tree-level monitoring possible from satellite data.I'm curious:Does Planet currently offer hyperspectral imagery, or have plans to integrate it into its commercial products? Have you seen successful applications of hyperspectral satellite data for tree-level health monitoring in agriculture? Wou

We are experiencing a recurring 503 Service Unavailable error across both our SentinelHub WFS and WMS endpoints. The service becomes temporarily unavailable starting at 08:56 am (UTC+08), and this disruption is happening daily at the exact same time.Is anyone facing similar issues everyday?

On your website you say a subscription will allow you to order data from a catalog. When you pay your subscription fee, and spend a couple of hours going back and forth with support, you discover that your subscription doesn’t include any data, and you have to buy a whole other package with is substantially more to even use it. The user interface on your websites are terrible. More than that, you go to cancel a subscription and the first thing is says is ‘no refunds’, instead of asking what you might do better.Whoever is in charge of turning your data into products needs to completely re-evaluate their approach. I’m a senior software dev and if I can’t figure out what you have after a couple hours, then how would anybody with a less technical skillset approach you. More than that, you have no numbers a person can call aside form a random number from San Francisco that zero people respond to. A lost customer… 

Assunto: Solicitação de imagens de satélite para perícia judicial – BR-010, km 460, Palmas-TOOlá, equipe Planet. Sou André Paulo  e estou envolvido em um processo judicial que requer imagens de satélite de alta resolução para fins de perícia técnica.Procuro imagens da BR-010, km 460, em Palmas-TO, capturadas no dia 16/05/2023, entre 10h e 11h. Já tentei contato com o setor técnico e por LinkedIn, mas ainda não obtive retorno.O objetivo é localizar um caminhão envolvido em um acidente e comprovar minha inocência. Gostaria de saber se há algum produto PlanetScope ou SkySat que cubra essa área e período, ou se podem indicar o canal adequado para aquisição ou solicitação de acesso. Qualquer informação sobre imagens de satélite de alta resolução no periodo indicado seria de grande ajuda.Agradeço desde já pela atenção e qualquer orientação que possa me ajudar nesse processo.Atenciosamente, André Paulo 

Hace semanas que he mandado una solicitud de presupuesto a través del departamento de ventas y no he obtenido respuesta. Existe alguna otra forma de poder hacer una solicitud?

Hello,I’m experiencing an issue with Planet basemap imagery that started about 2–3 weeks ago.Although my API key is active and working normally, all Planet basemaps have become blurry / out of focus, to the point where they are not usable for analysis. This affects all imagery, including older monthly mosaics that previously displayed correctly.Important details: The basemaps load normally (no connection or authentication errors) The issue affects all Planet imagery, not just recent data Even historical mosaics that were sharp before now appear blurred This behavior started suddenly around 2–3 weeks ago API access is valid and unchanged Issue persists across zoom levels I’ve attached an image to illustrate the problem.This makes me suspect a server-side issue, such as a change in tile resolution, WMTS configuration, or streaming settings, rather than a problem with the imagery itself.Has anyone else experienced this recently?Are there any known changes to Planet basemap servi

 Hi dear Planeteers,At the Impact team, we believe that every single Planeteer is a vital part of our mission. Your expertise has the power to supercharge real-world conservation and restoration efforts on the ground.Therefore, we want to invite you to connect directly with our Project Centinela users in our upcoming technical sessions: Ask an Expert.Our users are tackling a wide array of environmental challenges. To ensure they get the best guidance possible, we are looking for volunteers with expertise in the following key domains:🛰️ Core Remote Sensing & Mapping Deforestation & Logging: Deforestation monitoring and logging concession compliance. Land Cover & Ecosystems: Land cover mapping, ecosystem extent mapping, and grassland management/health. Forest & Vegetation Health: Tree species/forest type detection and quantifying drought stress. 🔥 Risk Modeling & Threat Monitoring Wildfires & Climate Risks: Identifying, tracking, and modeling fire risks, plu

Our latest webinar in the Agile EO series shared a first look at an emerging agentic AI capability, now available in a private beta. Watch the full webinar recording to learn more and watch a live demo before you jump into testing the app yourself.  We had an incredible turnout at the live webinar and a high volume of questions. Below, we have consolidated and answered the top questions from the sessions, grouped by topic to help you find the information you need.  Questions & Answers General CapabilitiesQ: Does the AI only use Planet's satellite data?A: No. A core differentiator of our Agentic AI is its ability to synthesize Planet's satellite archive with publicly available information from across the internet. Q: Can you provide your own AOIs (Areas of Interest) for the agent to search over?A: Yes. You can do this by pasting data, drawing a polygon on the map with the area tool, or requesting a region in natural language, e.g. “find deforestation in the western half of the Amazo

Hi everyone,I’ve been working with Planet imagery via Planet Labs for a few small monitoring workflows (mainly land-use change and infrastructure tracking over time). From a technical perspective, everything is working fine — I can pull scenes, align dates, and compare changes without issues. The challenge I’m running into is more on the communication side. When I present findings to non-technical stakeholders, small but important changes (e.g., gradual land clearing or minor construction progress) are often not immediately obvious when shown as raw imagery or side-by-side GIS views.To make it easier to interpret, I’ve been experimenting with turning selected image sequences into short visual summaries. It works surprisingly well for quick communication, but I’m wondering if this is a common approach or if there are better practices within the Planet ecosystem

Hi Planet Community,Our team fields technical questions every single day—from the nuances of our data to the specifics of satellite tasking. We launched a new series on LinkedIn where we take your most common, top-of-mind questions and turn them into clear, actionable insights for your workflows.Week 1 is live now where we break down the fundamental differences between Flexible and Assured Tasking. 👉 See the full breakdown on LinkedInCheck out the carousel, let us know your thoughts in the comments there, and stay tuned for more expert deep dives over the next few weeks!

In our recent webinar with FarmQA, we explored how high-frequency satellite imagery is revolutionizing digital agronomy. From directed scouting to variable rate prescriptions, the integration of Planet’s data into the FarmQA platform allows agronomists and growers to make more informed, timely decisions. If you missed the live session or want to revisit the demonstrations, you can watch the full recording here.  Questions & Answers Q: What is the spatial resolution of the Planet data provided through FarmQA?A: Planet’s high-frequency imagery (PlanetScope) provides a resolution of approximately 3.7 meters per pixel. This level of detail is significantly higher than free options like Sentinel-2 (10 m), making it ideal for managing small plots and identifying sub-field variability. Q: How frequently is Planet’s data collected?A: The data is collected nearly every day. This daily cadence is a major advantage in cloudy regions, while other satellites might only pass every 7–10 days (and

We are unable to download the satellite imagery.The “Order” menu or the option to add items to the cart is not available on our account.We kindly request your assistance in resolving this issue.

Am I able to order any data under my current 30day free trial? My account seems to say I have some units to be able to download but I can not add anything to be ordered when looking at data. Thanks

With researchers at Arizona State University, Planeteers Keely Roth and ​@amy.rosenthal have just published a new study identifying and mapping live coral in a well-studied site in Hawai'i, USA. We tested our hyperspectral satellite, Tanager, against field observations and aerial high-fidelity hyperspectral, and the results are very promising:At 30 m resolution, the [GAO and Tanager] generated similar geographic patterns of live coral, macroalgal, and sand cover. Field validation indicated similar precision and accuracy of live coral cover estimates, and the ratio of live coral to macroalgal cover proved similar between sensors. Overall results indicate that live coral cover can be mapped with high-fidelity imaging spectroscopy from Earth orbit. With the advent of more spaceborne imaging spectrometers, a new era of live coral monitoring will be possible, filling a critical gap for repeated assessments of reef compositional change at a global level.What are the main findings?• Spaceborn

I am using the Planet Orders API to download PSScene analytic_sr_udm2 imagery for a time-series analysis, which involves ordering a large number of scenes.To reduce storage usage and download size, I would like to perform band math (e.g., NDVI, NDWI) and download only the derived band rather than all four analytic bands to my device.Is it possible to apply band math within the Orders API and download only the resulting single band? If not, what is the recommended Planet workflow to achieve this efficiently?Any guidance or examples would be appreciated.

Hi all,First post so forgive if the style is off. I use Earth observation data on large conservation regions (100k ha or more). As we identify hotspots or management units, I run into trouble referencing the location on the ground. The coordinates of course can guide the teams there, but in conversation a management unit ends up being “that spot by the river”. We need a way to name our conservation areas to help with communication.  We use H3 polygons to give each area a unique tag (see the viewer here: https://clupasq.github.io/h3-viewer/). This string is a great indexing tool to create identifiable and constant management units, and we see even the potential of AI agent integration. However these strings are not easy to remember and saying “How is 86b8c423 going?” is robotic.  The project What 3 Words (https://what3words.com/) claims to be “The simplest way to talk about location”. We are considering using this to change the name of our MU to a name like suceed.boots.icon. Then we ca

Hi, I'd like to see a weather balloon launch from the National Weather Service. I reached out to them on location and times of their launch, and I found Planet.com as a potential resource to be able to know if this action is possible to see from space. I launch balloons professionally and recreationally, and before subscribing in a paid way to Planet.com, I'd like to see if this is even possible, and the Planet Help Desk recommended I reach out to the community to see if anyone here has had any luck seeing a weather balloon. I was on the browser to find the lat/lon and time of launches, but the scene is low resolution, poor imagery, and I cannot add a day of a launch to the cart for order. I attached a screen shot of what it looks like to me. Here's the information from NWS and ABQ, too. Thank you for your help troubleshooting this scene."Balloons are generally launched just after 17:00Z and 23:00Z, but theoretically can be launched during a 90 min period (17:00Z to 18:30Z and 23:00Z t

I want to calculate the radiance (unit: W⋅m^-2⋅m^-1⋅sr^-1) from Superdove reflectance data. How to achieve this goal? Or the reflectance is calculated by radiance? Then how could I get the radiance data? 

Satellite imagery has already transformed how we see the world.The next step is more important: how we act on what we see.Across conflict zones, climate-affected regions, and areas of forced displacement, high-resolution satellite data increasingly reveals patterns of risk before humanitarian catastrophes escalate. Yet today, this data remains largely reactive, fragmented, or commercially siloed.I would like to open a strategic discussion around three questions:1️⃣ Early Warning vs. Post-Event DocumentationHow can satellite monitoring evolve from documenting damage after it happens to triggering early civilian protection alerts?2️⃣ Accountability & NeutralityWhat governance models could allow satellite data to support international accountability mechanisms while preserving scientific neutrality and commercial integrity?3️⃣ From Data to DecisionWhat is missing between imagery, analysis, and actual decision-making by international bodies, humanitarian actors, and financial complianc

Hi all,Some of our field staff would like to be able to view the SPOT mosaic which is served up as WMTS layer in Google Earth, either desktop or online. Is there a way to do that?Thanks!SN

Hi everyone,I’m currently exploring how to use VIIRS data as a replacement for MODIS imagery in our monitoring platform. I can access to MODIS through Sentinel Hub’s Request Builder and EO Browser, but those datasets no longer provide recent imagery.We’re now looking for a way to access recent VIIRS data (e.g., VNP43IA4 or equivalent) — ideally through an API — so it can be processed or integrated into our own monitoring system.I understand that Planet’s Analysis Ready PlanetScope (ARPS) products are radiometrically harmonized with MODIS/VIIRS data, so I’d like to confirm: Does Planet provide direct access to VIIRS imagery (or derived products) via its API? If not, is there any recommended workflow or source (e.g., NASA LP DAAC, NOAA, or third-party integration) to retrieve current VIIRS data that could later be combined with Planet imagery? Any examples or documentation about how to automate the download or ingestion of VIIRS scenes into a custom monitoring platform would be reall

In the following stac server endpoint https://earth-search.aws.element84.com/v1/collections/sentinel-2-l1cThere is a bug in Sentinel 2 L1C stac items assets hrefs for dates before july 2023.For example for date “2023/07/07”, tile “MGRS-21HUB” and asset “blue” the s3 href should be like this: s3://sentinel-s2-l1c/tiles/21/H/UB/2023/7/7/0/B02.jp2but actually is like thiss3://sentinel-s2-l2a/tiles/21/H/UB/2023/7/7/0/B02.jp2here is a code snippet for checking it: from pystac_client import ClientSTAC_URL = "https://earth-search.aws.element84.com/v1"stac_client = Client.open(STAC_URL)stac_client.add_conforms_to("ITEM_SEARCH")l1c_items = stac_client.search( collections=["sentinel-2-l1c"], bbox=(-58.6069,-34.4038,-58.4982,-34.3136), datetime="2023-07-07/2023-07-10", max_items=1,)l1c_items_list = list(l1c_items.items_as_dicts())print("tile:", l1c_items_list[0]["properties"]["grid:code"])print("href:", l1c_items_list[0]["assets"]["blue"]["href"], "\n") 

I want to plot true-color Planet image from bands reflectance. I found the code in https://docs.sentinel-hub.com/api/latest/data/planet/planet-scope/examples/#true-color-full-3-meter-resolution; however, how to achieve that by Python code?

HiI just watched the excellent Wild Wild Space Documentary and as a non rocket nerd (I am a huge VR nerd) I was unaware of all three companies featured.  I am familiar wih Space X and it’s evil overlord, Blue Origin and it’s celebrity chasing dweeb and a bare blip of Virgin, and of course growing up with NASA - my high school year book cover featured a holographic pic of the moon landing as my hometown built one of the space capsules.  I have always been proud of humanity’s ventures into space and the tech it has spawned that has benefited and enriched our lives.  I truly thought we be living like the Jetsons by year 2000 and  not prepping for the Y2K apocalypse.  But some things have evolved quite fast and furious as noted in the film.The insane privatization of low earth orbit space has sky rocketed (pun intended, sue me) and the race to send thousands more sats up there is concerning, to say he least, and rather horrifying as the competition for dominance / supremacy surges and sats

I have had an Planet account. But i don’t know how to download planet satelite imagery through QGIS. Do i need to purchase planet satelite imagery or Apply for free?