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 Planet-Isar Aerospace agreement is the first in a planned series of launches between the two companies.
The Pelican satellite for this mission is being built by Planet Labs Germany.
Planet and Isar Aerospace expect additional launch opportunities beyond the first mission.
Planet Labs Germany will assemble the Pelican satellite at its new Berlin facility.
Planet and Isar Aerospace signed a launch contract for a Pelican satellite from Planet’s constellation.
In July 2025, the German government awarded Planet a €240 million multi-year contract to provide dedicated capacity from its Pelican satellites over specific European regions.
Planet Labs Germany and Isar Aerospace plan to complete the Pelican launch in less than 12 months.
Planet Labs Germany selected Isar Aerospace to launch one of its Pelican Earth observation satellites on a Spectrum rocket.
The Planet Labs Germany and Isar Aerospace launch agreement includes provisions for additional satellites on future launches.
Isar Aerospace signed a launch agreement with Planet Labs Germany.
Planet planned to break ground on a new satellite manufacturing facility in Berlin in September 2025 to build Pelican satellites.
Planet has a separate monitoring agreement with NATO signed in 2025.
Planet Labs and Maxar operate constellations that update images of the Earth daily.
NASA’s 14 Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition awardees include Airbus DS Geo, GHGSat, Hydrosat, ICEYE US, ImageSat International, Kuva US, Muon Space, Orbital Sidekick, OroraTech USA, Planet Labs Federal, PlanetiQ, SATLANTIS US, Tomorrow.io, and Wyvern.
Under the new contract phase, GHGSat will provide updated data products alongside Airbus, Planet Labs, and ICEYE.
The Euclid mosaic covers the region that the Roman space telescope is expected to monitor for planet hunting.
AIRS is an industry-academia collaboration led by Astroscale Holdings with Planet Labs and the University of Southampton as founding participants.
Planet Labs contributes Earth observation, satellite manufacturing, and operations expertise to AIRS.
NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition contract awardees include Airbus DS Geo Inc., GHGSat Inc., Hydrosat Inc., ICEYE US Inc., ImageSat International, Kuva US Inc., Muon Space Inc., Orbital Sidekick Inc., OroraTech USA Inc., Planet Labs Federal Inc., Space Sciences and Engineering LLC doing business as PlanetiQ, SATLANTIS US, Tomorrow Companies Inc. doing business as Tomorrow.io, and Wyvern Inc.
NASA contract awardees include Airbus DS Geo Inc., GHGSat Inc., Hydrosat Inc., ICEYE US Inc., ImageSat International, Kuva US Inc., Muon Space Inc., Orbital Sidekick Inc., OroraTech USA Inc., Planet Labs Federal Inc., Space Sciences and Engineering LLC doing business as PlanetiQ, SATLANTIS US, Tomorrow Companies Inc. doing business as Tomorrow.io, and Wyvern Inc.