Emily GilbertWhat to expect when you’re expecting a rocket launch 🚀🚀🚀In honor of a few significant launches on the horizon (and some a bit further than that…) I wrote this quick guide for understanding what…Apr 16, 2018Apr 16, 2018
Emily GilbertinPlanet StoriesPictures of Telescopes by TelescopesThe time has come for me to leave Planet as I head to graduate school to begin a PhD program in astrophysics. Seeing as I will be turning…Sep 16, 20161Sep 16, 20161
Emily GilbertinPlanet StoriesWhat The Firehose?! A look at some of the more bizarre images of our planetAt Planet, our data reaches our computers in a continuous stream from our ground stations that we call The Firehose. Satellites beam down…Sep 7, 20161Sep 7, 20161
Emily GilbertinPlanet StoriesBorder Post: Seeing Boundaries from SpaceA lot of the time, we hear that the lines drawn on a map aren’t visible in the real world. And most of the time, that’s true. From space…Jul 13, 20162Jul 13, 20162
Emily GilbertinPlanet StoriesFrom the Firehose: America’s 10 Largest Cities by Population… From SPACE10 San JoseJun 15, 2016Jun 15, 2016
Emily GilbertinPlanet StoriesFrom the Firehose: BoatspottingEvery day, we get thousands of images down from space. They appear in a browser we call the Firehose, a continuous stream of gorgeous new…May 17, 2016May 17, 2016
Emily GilbertinPlanet StoriesFrom the Firehose: #planespottingLike most companies today, we use Slack for a lot of our internal messaging here at Planet. We have a wide variety of channels — multiple…May 5, 2016May 5, 2016
Emily GilbertinPlanet StoriesFrom the Firehose: Dove’s Eye View of the East CoastAs an Image Quality Analyst at Planet Labs, it’s my job (among other things) to comb through our data and monitor the caliber of our…Apr 7, 20161Apr 7, 20161