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Planet
Using Space to Help Life on Earth
About Planet
Planet is a leading provider of global, daily satellite imagery and geospatial solutions. Planet is driven by a mission to image the world every day, and make change visible, accessible and actionable. Founded in 2010 by three NASA scientists, Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest Earth observation fleet of imaging satellites. Planet provides mission-critical data, advanced insights, and software solutions to customers comprising the world’s leading agriculture, forestry, intelligence, education and finance companies and government agencies, enabling users to simply and effectively derive unique value from satellite imagery. Planet is a public benefit corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange as PL.
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Signals from Planet
14 published signals
Presence & Recognition
Planet was named one of Fast Company's 100 Best Workplace for Innovators in 2026, ranking #4 overall.
Reported by Planet
Research & Knowledge
Planet published a blog post in 2025 detailing how SeaCras used a persistent daily time series to identify 150K+ illegal anchoring, pollution, and seabed destruction events across three Croatian counties.
Reported by Planet
People
Planet is hiring a PCB Design Engineer to join the Space Systems organization in San Francisco, CA.
Reported by Stephan Frost, M.A.
Products & Services
Planet launched its first ever Pelican-Aufklärungssatellit in Berlin, which is expected to be launched in a few months with the Spectrum Nr. 4.
Reported by Martin Polak
Research & Knowledge
Planet published its paper titled A cloud-native, machine learning-optimized tile grid for land cover analysis in Stacks Journal.
Reported by Thomas Maschler
Presence & Recognition
Planet participated in a conversation with Ignacio Gonzalez at Bloomberg's office in NYC to discuss its 2Q Earnings highlights, defense and intelligence sector demand, and emerging use cases including data center monitoring expansion.
Reported by Ashley Fieglein Johnson
Partnerships
Planet signed a 7-figure, 1-year agreement with a European defense and intelligence customer to supply timely and actionable intelligence across critical areas of interest for operational planning.
Reported by Planet
Research & Knowledge
Planet used imagery in a new feature by The Economist to document how Chinese companies are expanding their global manufacturing footprint and reshaping international trade.
Reported by Planet
People
Planet is hiring a Senior Data Engineer to build out the central pipelines behind the newest Defense and Intelligence solutions.
Reported by David Fackler
Products & Services
Planet shipped Tanager-2 to Vandenberg with 18 SuperDoves as its third launch of 2026.
Reported by Jeffrey Guido
Presence & Recognition
Planet visited the new European Headquarters in Berlin to host Prof. Dr. Martin Keller sharing his big ambitions for AI at Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft.
Reported by Martin Polak
Presence & Recognition
Planet hosts its annual Girl's day event featuring a STEM afternoon and an Arduino mission design workshop for kids grade 7 and above.
Reported by Kiruthika Devaraj
Products & Services
Planet launched Tanager-2 and 18 SuperDoves at Vandenberg to double hyperspectral capacity and cut revisit times in half, while expanding daily, global PlanetScope coverage.
Reported by Planet
Products & Services
Planet is expanding its hyperspectral constellation with the Tanager-2 hyperspectral activity.
Reported by Keely Roth