Planet, a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, has entered into an agreement to acquire VanderSat, a leading provider of advanced earth data and analytics. VanderSat’s innovative products help customers better measure and understand water management and crop health in major markets. Planet intends to leverage VanderSat’s technologies and products in further pursuit of bringing to market next-generation solutions that leverage the best of commercial and public satellite data to provide clear and actionable information to help industries, non-profits, and governments around the world.

EODC have enjoyed a long term collaboration with VanderSat and they still continue to be our key partner working with passive earth observation data. We are very happy to know that VanderSat have been acquired by Planet.

Congratulations to Dr. Richard de Jeu, founder and CTO of VanderSat, and his team for all the years of work they have done in building their products, and all the years of fun they will now have, now that they have access to a suite of 150 satellites currently in orbit!

EODC is looking forward to a continued strong collaboration in supporting Richard and his team on this new step in their journey!