Following the success of the PhoneSat tests, Marshall, Boshuizen, and fellow Ames colleague Robbie Schingler left NASA in 2010 and formed their own CubeSat company with an ambitious goal: “to image the whole world every day, making change visible, accessible, and actionable,” Schingler said.16 Planet’s imaging and data benefit sectors ranging from human rights to agriculture, environment to shipping investments.

