The participation of the US Planet company in the European terrestrial observation Copernicus programme announced at the beginning of September does not appear to be to everyone's taste within at the European institutions, particularly when it comes to the French MEP Dominique Riquet (ALDE).
The company specialises in high resolution and high-speed imaging and has its official HQ in California. Its shareholders include the Internet giant, Google. On 6 September last it announced that it...