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Planet Labs, trading as PL, operates more than 200 satellites across its PlanetScope, SkySat, and Pelican constellations, imaging the globe daily.
PLACTIVEPlanet Labs operates a fleet of Earth-imaging satellites: SuperDove (PlanetScope) satellites that aim to image the Earth every day at up to 3.5 m resolution, plus high-resolution SkySat and Pelican satellites and the Tanager hyperspectral satellite.
Planet Labs operates a fleet of Earth-imaging satellites: SuperDove (PlanetScope) satellites that aim to image the Earth every day at up to 3.5 m resolution, plus high-resolution SkySat and Pelican satellites and the Tanager hyperspectral satellite.
Rank 24 of 93 ranked companies
7 of 7 inputs measured · High confidence · 100% of applicable weight backed by data
A pillar score averages the company’s percentiles among the tracked companies with a value: relative standing, not a grade. Inputs measured 2026-10-14 (UTC) · methodology v6. Every input, its value and percentile · How it is computed
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645 Harrison Street, Floor 4, San Francisco, California 94107
Sources: Founded, Headquarters, CEO, Employees, Legal name
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4 private rounds on record before Dec 2021. IPO, offerings, debt and unconverted notes are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.
Very high-resolution imaging satellites with on-orbit edge compute. Generation-1 Pelicans image at 50 cm and began commercial operations in 2025; Generation-2 spacecraft, targeting 30 cm, are planned from 2026.
SuperDove constellation providing near-daily 3 m-resolution imagery of Earth's landmass.
High-resolution 50cm imaging satellites for on-demand tasking.
Stage, milestones, announced next steps and slips, funding and filings, every fact sourced:
Contracts, suppliers, launches and schedule for each program, every fact sourced:
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Estimated: around Wed, Dec 9, 2026 (not announced by the company) · period ending October 2026
Estimated from the company's own SEC filings: it reported the same period a year earlier on Wed, Dec 10, 2025. The company has not announced this date.
Results filed Thu, Sep 3, 2026, after the market closed · period ending July 2026
Share move: not captured (no closing quote was recorded for that session)
Results filing (SEC) (opens in a new tab) · Press release (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly report (10-Q)
Quarterly report (10-Q) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Quarterly or annual results
8-K items: 2.02 Quarterly or annual results · 9.01 Documents attached
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Press release (EX-99.1) (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Amendment: Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G/A)
Amendment: Passive holder of 5% or more (Schedule 13G/A) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Shareholder vote results
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Signed a material agreement
8-K items: 1.01 Signed a material agreement · 9.01 Documents attached
Current report (8-K) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Prospectus (424B5)
Sets the terms of a specific offering under a registration statement. A public-market offering, not a private funding round. Not counted in private funding totals.
Prospectus (424B5) · · Read the filing on SEC.gov (opens in a new tab) · Filing index (opens in a new tab)
Compiled Oct 14, 2026 from 13 public records. Every figure links the record it comes from. Facts only: nothing here is a rating, a forecast or a recommendation.
Space federal awards
7 awards, $16.6M obligated
Awards with activity since Oct 1, 2018, as searched Sep 24, 2026. Awarded Jun 11, 2020 to Mar 23, 2026; most from DoD (6 awards)
Counts awards the government's own product code or programme title marks as space work, or the space research industry code; the satellite-telecoms industry code counts only together with a space agency, office or a space word in the award's own description. Obligated dollars, not ceilings; umbrella contracts (IDVs) are left out because their orders are counted one by one. Amounts as USAspending reported them on Sep 24, 2026.
Source: USAspending.gov recipient profile (all awards, not only space)
Latest award Mar 23, 2026
Latest space award
$7.5M from DoD
SATELLITE IMAGERY DATA SUBSCRIPTION
Source: USAspending.gov award record
Awarded Mar 23, 2026
Latest SEC filing
Planned sale of restricted or control shares (Form 144)
Source: SEC EDGAR filing
Filed Oct 13, 2026
SEC filings, last 12 months
107 filings
Including 5 periodic reports and 12 current reports
Source: SEC EDGAR company filings
Latest Oct 13, 2026
Latest sourced round
SPAC Merger: $590.2M
Lead recorded as dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV
Source: SEC EDGAR
Announced Dec 7, 2021
Sourced rounds on record
5 rounds, $852.2M disclosed
Every round has a disclosed amount
Published rounds with a source link only, on the same rules as the funding tracker. Each round links the source that states its figure; amounts in other currencies are converted to dollars at the rate shown on the funding tracker.
Open roles
116 open roles
30 days ago: 116 (Sep 14, 2026). 90 days ago: before our daily count began (Aug 13, 2026)
Roles on the company's own jobs board, read by our daily sync. Listings posted or paid for on SpaceNexus are not counted. Earlier daily counts include every listed role.
Source: Company jobs board (Greenhouse)
Counted Oct 13, 2026
Satellites owned or operated
129 in orbit of 672 launched
Latest: Pelican 11
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as owner or operator. "In orbit" is GCAT status O. Counted under GCAT organisation codes COSMOG, PLABS, PLABSB, PLABST, PLAN. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Jul 7, 2026
Satellites built
659 payloads launched, 123 in orbit
Latest: Pelican 11
Payloads GCAT lists with this organisation as manufacturer. Counted under GCAT organisation codes COSMOG, PLABS, PLABSB, PLABST, PLAN. Catalogue updated Sep 24, 2026.
Source: GCAT satellite catalogue
Latest launch Jul 7, 2026
Department of Defense
6 space awards, $16.5M obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Mar 23, 2026
Department of Agriculture
1 space award, $101K obligated
USAspending.gov award record, Jun 11, 2020
Maxar Space Solutions Group
Built 6 of its satellites (latest SkySat C17)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Aug 18, 2020
SS/Loral (Maxar)
Satellite data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat), CC BY 4.0.
APA
SpaceNexus. (2026, October 14). Planet Labs: Company dossier [Data set]. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/planet-labs
Chicago
SpaceNexus. "Planet Labs: Company dossier." Data as of October 14, 2026. Accessed October 14, 2026. https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/planet-labs.
BibTeX
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author = {{SpaceNexus}},
title = {{Planet Labs}: Company dossier},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/planet-labs}},
url = {https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/planet-labs},
urldate = {2026-10-14},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-14; each fact links its primary source}
}Built 8 of its satellites (latest SkySat C12)
GCAT satellite catalogue, Dec 3, 2018
Took part in SPAC Merger (Dec 7, 2021)
SEC EDGAR, Dec 7, 2021
CPP Investments
Took part in SPAC Merger (Dec 7, 2021)
SEC EDGAR, Dec 7, 2021
Cypress Point Investment Management
Took part in SPAC Merger (Dec 7, 2021)
SEC EDGAR, Dec 7, 2021
dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV
Recorded as lead of SPAC Merger (Dec 7, 2021)
SEC EDGAR, Dec 7, 2021
Took part in SPAC Merger (Dec 7, 2021)
SEC EDGAR, Dec 7, 2021
Koch Strategic Platforms
Took part in SPAC Merger (Dec 7, 2021)
SEC EDGAR, Dec 7, 2021
TIME Ventures
Took part in SPAC Merger (Dec 7, 2021)
SEC EDGAR, Dec 7, 2021
Draper Fisher Jurvetson
Took part in Series D (Dec 1, 2018)
SEC EDGAR, Dec 1, 2018