Operations & infrastructure · United States

Planet Labs

Pioneered serial satellite manufacturing with its in-house Dove, SuperDove and Pelican constellations, launching over 500 satellites to image the whole Earth daily.

Headquarters
San Francisco, United States · North America
Value chain
Operations & infrastructure(Systems & services); also Hardware & devices
What that means
Runs the technology as a service: cloud and compute, networks, launch, satellite operators, plants and utilities.
Founded
2010
Ownership
Listed
Listing
NYSE:PL on Google Finance
Website
planet.com
Relevance
High at its strongest, in Satellite & Constellation Technologies

In 2 capabilities

Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.

  1. Space Technologies · Operation · listed #17 of 50

    Pioneered serial satellite manufacturing with its in-house Dove, SuperDove and Pelican constellations, launching over 500 satellites to image the whole Earth daily.

    Relevance: Pioneer of serial EO smallsat manufacturing and operations

    Source · planet.com

  2. Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Operation · listed #26 of 50

    Planet operates the largest commercial fleet of multispectral imaging satellites (Dove/SuperDove, Pelican) and launched the Tanager hyperspectral satellites.

    Relevance: Largest commercial Earth-imaging satellite fleet operator

    Source · planet.com