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Planet Labs PBC

Planet operates a constellation of Earth-imaging satellites and sells the daily imagery and analytics to commercial and government customers, including defense and intelligence. ↗

HeadquartersSan Francisco, CA ↗
LeadershipWilliam Marshall, CEO ↗
Employeesapproximately 1,000 ↗
Revenue$308 million (fiscal 2025) ↗
OwnershipPublic (NYSE: PL) ↗
SharesPL ↗

Products

  • SuperDove satellites scan the Earth daily at up to 3.5 meter resolution and are the base of Planet's monitoring data. ↗
  • SkySat and Pelican are Planet's high-resolution tasking satellites, with resolution of up to 50 centimeters after processing. ↗
  • Tanager is Planet's hyperspectral satellite line; Tanager-1 launched in August 2024. ↗
  • The Planet Insights Platform lets customers buy and use Planet data directly and has integrated the former Sentinel Hub platform. ↗
  • Planetary Variables use AI and computer vision to measure phenomena on the Earth's surface. ↗
  • Planet designs and manufactures customer-owned satellites under satellite services agreements. ↗

Customers

  • Planet's customers include defense and intelligence agencies and federal, civil, state and local governments. ↗
  • Planet has a research and development services partnership with Google. ↗

Deals since 2020

Nov 202514

Planet Labs buys Bedrock

Seller: Bedrock Research

A multi-modal geospatial artificial intelligence technology business, acquired with the expertise of its key employees.

spaceSource
$6 millionClosed Nov 14, 2025
Mar 202326

Planet Labs buys Sinergise

Seller: Holding Sinergise d.o.o., its subsidiaries and certain shareholders

Cloud-based geo-spatial analysis products, platforms and solutions business.

spaceSource
$45 millionClosed Aug 4, 2023
Jan 202303

Planet Labs buys Salo Sciences

A climate technology company that provides solutions to measure Earth’s ecosystems.

spaceSource
Up to $12 millionClosed Jan 3, 2023
Dec 202113

Planet Labs buys VanderSat

A provider of advanced earth data and analytics that report on key conditions on the Earth’s surface, including soil moisture, land surface temperature and vegetation optical depth.

spaceSource
$23 millionClosed Dec 13, 2021
Jul 202107

Planet Labs goes public through dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV

Operates a fleet of Earth observation satellites and sells daily satellite imagery and geospatial data and analytics.

intelligence communityspaceSource
Up to $2.13 billionClosed Dec 7, 2021

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