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Planet Labs PBC

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Missions → Planet Dove (Operational) , Planet SkySat (Operational)

US commercial Earth observation operator, NYSE: PL, headquartered in San Francisco. Largest commercial satellite constellation operator by satellite count. Operates the PlanetScope SuperDove constellation (~130+ smallsats, 8 bands, 3 m GSD, daily revisit), SkySat very-high-resolution constellation (~15 satellites, 50 cm GSD, acquired from Terra Bella / Skybox), Pelican (sub-metre VHR with NVIDIA Jetson on-orbit edge compute), and Tanager-1 (hyperspectral, 426 bands, launched August 2024 in Carbon Mapper partnership). The PlanetScope brand spans three materially different sensor generations (PS2, PS2.SD, PSB.SD/SuperDove) with different spectral response functions; Planet ships a public harmonization tool to cross-calibrate older PS2 data to SuperDove for the four shared RGBNIR bands, which is the canonical operator-published acknowledgment of the cross-generation incompatibility problem that motivates third-party calibration infrastructure.

Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) is a commercial Earth observation company headquartered in San Francisco, California, founded in December 2010 and publicly listed in December 2021 via SPAC merger.[1] The company operates a large commercial EO satellite constellation delivering multispectral, very-high-resolution, and hyperspectral imagery through a multi-tenant SaaS platform.[2]

The PlanetScope constellation, based on Planet's Dove satellite design, provides near-daily global monitoring over all landmasses at 3-meter ground sample distance.[3] The current operational fleet uses the SuperDove (PSB.SD) generation, carrying eight spectral bands from coastal blue (443 nm) to near-infrared (865 nm) at 525 km orbital altitude. Two earlier Dove generations (PS2 Dove Classic and PS2.SD Dove-R) are available as historical archives; they are radiometrically distinct from SuperDove imagery and require Planet's harmonization tool for cross-generation time-series work.

The SkySat constellation, acquired from Google (via Terra Bella / Skybox Imaging) in April 2017, provides 50-centimeter resolution imagery with up to ten daily tasking passes per location.[4][5] The Pelican constellation is Planet's next-generation very-high-resolution offering, providing 50-centimeter imagery in Generation 1 (commercial operations from 2025) and targeting 30-centimeter in Generation 2, with on-orbit AI processing via NVIDIA Jetson hardware.[6] Pelican features an 8-kilometer swath and a Cassegrain telescope with 4.03-meter effective focal length.

Tanager-1, launched August 16, 2024 aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, is a hyperspectral satellite developed with Carbon Mapper, NASA JPL, and philanthropic partners.[7] The instrument covers 380 to 2500 nm across 426 bands at 5 nm spacing, at 30-meter GSD and 18-kilometer swath, using a mercury-cadmium-telluride detector.[8] The mission targets methane and carbon dioxide point-source detection, with an open data catalog available for research use.

Planet serves government, defense, intelligence, agriculture, forestry, finance, insurance, maritime, and sustainability sectors. A dedicated division, Planet Federal, manages US government and defense relationships. For FY2025 (year ending January 31, 2025), Planet reported revenue of $244.35 million and an operating loss of $116.12 million.[9]

Supply chain position

operates Planet Dove
operates Planet SkySat

Operates

  • Planet DoveOperational

    launched 2013-04-19 / Sun-synchronous orbit; new flocks at about 525 km and 98 degrees inclination / 1 day revisit / 32.5 km swath

  • Planet SkySatOperational

    launched 2013-11-21 / Operational SkySat constellation includes morning and afternoon sun-synchronous satellites at about 475 km; first SkySat-1 operated at about 575 km / 0.1 day revisit / 5.73 km swath

Manufactures

  • Dove ClassicVNIR455-860 nm / 4 bands

    Retired

    Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator
  • Dove-RVNIR464-888 nm / 4 bands

    Retired

    Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator
  • SuperDoveVNIR431-885 nm / 8 bands

    Operational

    Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator
  • SkySat CameraVNIR450-900 nm / 5 bands

    Operational

    Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator

Distributes

  • Planet Land Surface TemperatureAPI subscription / L4commercial

    API subscription / L4 / Commercial subscription through Planet Subscriptions API; 20 m product marked beta by Planet.

    Operator pricingPricing not publicly listed by operator
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Planet Labs PBC. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V., last reviewed 2026-05-24. https://eo-atlas.org/companies/planet-labs (CC BY 4.0)

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@misc{eoatlas:companies:planet-labs,
  title = {Planet Labs PBC},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Last reviewed 2026-05-24. CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/companies/planet-labs}
}