{"id":21376,"date":"2017-02-04T12:45:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T12:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=21376"},"modified":"2017-02-04T12:46:21","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T12:46:21","slug":"google-sells-satellite-imaging-business-terra-bella-planet-labs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/google-sells-satellite-imaging-business-terra-bella-planet-labs.html","title":{"rendered":"Google sells satellite imaging business Terra Bella to Planet Labs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Google sells satellite imaging business Terra Bella to Planet Labs<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Google sells satellite imaging business Terra Bella to Planet Labs:- Alphabet Inc&#8217;s Google said on Friday it would sell its satellite imaging business, Terra Bella, to Planet Labs, a San Francisco-based private satellite operator founded by former NASA scientists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">As part of the deal, Planet Labs will acquire the Terra Bella business including the SkySat constellation of satellites, Alphabet said. bit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Google will enter into a multi-year contract to purchase Earth-imaging data from Planet Labs after the deal closes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Google had acquired Terra Bella, originally known as Skybox Imaging, for $500 million in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The deal will help Planet Labs broaden its available data and add new customers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Planet Labs is one of several startups aiming to harness technology allowing satellites to become smaller and less expensive, making it easier to deploy large networks of satellites at less risk and lower cost than previously.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-alphabet-terra-bella-sale-idUSKBN15I2Y8<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/google-sells-satellite-imaging-business-terra-bella-planet-labs.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google sells satellite imaging business Terra Bella to Planet Labs Google sells satellite imaging business Terra Bella to Planet Labs:- Alphabet Inc&#8217;s Google said on Friday it would sell its satellite imaging business, Terra Bella, to Planet Labs, a San Francisco-based private satellite operator founded by former NASA scientists. 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