Planet Labs PBC, known as Planet, is an American Earth imaging company that operates a large fleet of satellites, including the Dove and SkySat constellations. They provide daily, high-resolution satellite imagery and geospatial solutions used for various applications like climate monitoring, agriculture, and disaster response. Planet's major partners and customers include governments, Google, and organizations in agriculture, forestry, and intelligence. The company's mission is to image the entire Earth every day to monitor changes and make the data accessible.
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The Swedish Armed Forces has signed sovereign satellite deals with Planet Labs and Iceye, providing access to dedicated satellites.
The agreement with Planet Labs is a multi-year, low 9-figure deal that allows Sweden to own a suite of Planet's satellites and access high-resolution data and intelligence solutions.
In addition to Hydra-2, the SpaceX rocket has launched satellites like NASA's Pandora planet seeker.
The two CubeSats sponsored by NASA are the Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS) and the Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT).
This is Planet Labs' third large satellite services contract in the past year, following agreements with Japan and Germany.
The Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS) deployed at approximately 2:20:21 after launch, integrated by Maverick Space Systems.
The two CubeSats sponsored by NASA are the Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS) and the Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT).
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have identified the earliest phases of giant planet formation inside the dense layers of gas and dust in the disk known as Gomez's Hamburger (GoHam).
The erosion caused by Martian winds gradually carves elongated grooves and ridges near the planet's equator.
A coordinated observation campaign using space- and ground-based telescopes has yielded the first precise mass measurement of a rogue planet.
The funding round for Photonic was led by the U.K.’s Planet First Partners.
Data from Pelican 6 will join imagery from prior Pelican satellites in Planet's analytic platform, enabling frequent updates for customers requiring near real time Earth observation.
The addition of Pelican-class satellites to Planet's fleet has enhanced resolution available for humanitarian assessments, providing sub-meter clarity.
Planet's PlanetScope constellation provides a daily scan of the Earth's landmass for near-real-time change detection in conflict zones.
Analysis of Planet Labs PBC high-resolution satellite imagery reveals dramatic growth of two displacement camps in Sudan's North Darfur and Northern states.
In August 2025, JWST observations produced the most convincing evidence to date for a planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A with a mass similar to Saturn.
In the high-eccentricity scenario, a planet first occupies a highly elongated orbit before tides remove orbital energy and angular momentum, gradually circularizing the orbit.
The present-day architectures of these hot Jupiters suggest an origin via disk migration, where the eccentricity remains low as the planet migrates inward through a gas disk.
The SAR technology used by ICEYE allows satellites to view the planet through clouds, smoke, dust, and fog at all hours of the day and night.
JPL has been evolving vehicle autonomy since the 1990s, beginning with the development of Sojourner, the first rover on another planet.