06:03 AM EST, 01/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Planet Labs (PL) said Tuesday it launched its Pelican-2 satellite and 36 SuperDoves on SpaceX's Transporter-12 Rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The company confirmed contact with Pelican-2 and has begun its commissioning process. Pelican-2 provides 40 centimeter class resolution images through six multispectral bands. Planet said the satellite uses...

06:03 AM EST, 01/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Magnite ( MGNI ) said late Tuesday that it strengthened its partnership with Samsung Ads to enable programmatic advertising on Samsung TV Plus inventory in Singapore, the Philippines, and Thailand. The company said advertisers will now have programmatic access to premium video inventory on Samsung's free ad-supported streaming service, Samsung TV Plus, launched...

06:08 AM EST, 01/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Vertical Aerospace ( EVTWF ) said Wednesday that it has appointed Domhnal Slattery as chairman of its board of directors, effective immediately. Slattery rejoins the board after previously serving as chairman from January 2022 to August 2023. He founded Avolon and SMBC Aviation and is also the chief executive officer and chairman of...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the U.S. Energy Department, will tell U.S. senators in his confirmation hearing on Wednesday his first priority is expanding domestic energy production including liquefied natural gas and nuclear power. Wright, 59, believes fossil fuels are the key to ending world poverty, which is a greater problem than climate change's...