# Planet

> Planet Labs PBC builds and operates Earth-imaging satellites and sells imagery, analytics, cloud software and satellite services to governments, businesses and researchers. Its near-daily PlanetScope coverage and historical archive support monitoring of crops, forests, infrastructure, security risks and environmental change.

- **Founded:** 2010
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Will Marshall (Co-founder and CEO), Robbie Schingler (Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer), Chris Boshuizen (Co-founder and former CTO)
- **Products:** Planet Monitoring / PlanetScope, Planet Tasking, Planet Insights Platform, Planet Hyperspectral / Tanager, Planetary Variables
- **Notable:** Reached daily landmass imaging capability in 2017., Listed on the New York Stock Exchange as PL in December 2021., Launched Tanager-1 in August 2024 with NASA JPL instrument technology.

## Products & services

- **Planet Monitoring / PlanetScope** — Subscription access to near-daily multispectral land imagery at approximately 3.7 m ground sample distance; standard imagery is resampled to 3 m pixels.
- **Planet Tasking** — Request high-resolution imagery of selected locations using SkySat and Pelican; the Pelican product page lists 50 cm-class Gen 1 imagery and planned 30 cm-class Gen 2 capability.
- **Planet Insights Platform** — Cloud environment combining satellite data, processing, analytics, APIs and workflow tools.
- **Planet Hyperspectral / Tanager** — Hyperspectral imaging for material and environmental analysis, including methane and carbon dioxide point-source detection with Carbon Mapper; Tanager-1 launched in August 2024.
- **Planetary Variables** — Derived measurements including crop biomass, soil water content, land surface temperature and forest carbon.
- **Planet Analytic Feeds** — Machine-learning-derived detections and change information delivered through software and APIs.
- **Planet Mosaics** — Satellite images combined into consistent basemaps for mapping and analysis.
- **Satellite / Constellation Services** — Dedicated capacity and satellite systems for customers seeking sovereign Earth-observation capabilities.

## Achievements

- Reached daily landmass imaging capability in 2017.
- Listed on the New York Stock Exchange as PL in December 2021.
- Launched Tanager-1 in August 2024 with NASA JPL instrument technology.
- Reported US$307.7 million FY2026 revenue, up 26% year over year.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Reported US$116.1 million revenue for fiscal Q2 2027, the quarter ended July 31, 2026, up 58% year over year; adjusted EBITDA was positive US$13.9 million.
- **2026-10** — October 13: announced work on Slovenia’s Space Resilience Node, with ESA selection of subsidiary Sinergise Solutions and local collaboration with Lucis.
- **2026-10** — October 20: published first-light images from Tanager-2 and SuperDove Flock 4J, including an October 7 Tanager-2 observation over Spain; the satellites were progressing through commissioning.

## Links

- Website: https://www.planet.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/planet-labs/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/planet
- GitHub: https://github.com/planetlabs
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiyS6coRsDQ17b3Kj9bl8jw
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/planetlabs/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlanetLabs/

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Last updated: 2026-10-21