Planet Labs PBC

Planet Labs PBC is a publicly traded American Earth imaging company headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded by three former NASA scientists in 2010, its core business revolves around designing, building, and operating the world's largest fleet of Earth observation satellites. The company's mission is to accelerate humanity toward a more sustainable, secure, and prosperous world by imaging the Earth daily and making environmental and social change visible, accessible, and actionable.

Planet offers a comprehensive suite of products and services, including satellite-based Earth imaging and analytics. Its constellations, such as the "Dove" (PlanetScope), "SkySat," and the newer "Pelican" and "Tanager" satellites, provide daily imagery at various resolutions, from 3-5 meters to 50 centimeters. These offerings include subscription services for imagery, targeted tasking for high-resolution captures, and an Earth Observation platform that enables customers to access, analyze, and act on data through APIs and browser-based applications. Planet serves diverse market segments, including agriculture, mapping, energy, forestry, finance, insurance, and government agencies, particularly in defense and intelligence.

Led by Co-Founder and CEO Will Marshall, Planet Labs PBC has recently demonstrated significant financial and operational progress. The company reported strong fourth-quarter and full fiscal year 2026 results, achieving profitability on an annual EBITDA and free cash flow basis. Recent initiatives include plans to develop a specialized Tanager spacecraft for methane and trace gas detection in collaboration with Carbon Mapper and JPL, with a potential launch by 2028. Planet is also expanding its European presence with a new Berlin manufacturing facility and partnering with NVIDIA to build a GPU-Native AI Engine for Planetary Intelligence, underscoring its strategic shift towards providing AI-enabled solutions and higher-value data services.