Planet is an aerospace and data analytics company that designs and operates small satellites to monitor environmental changes on Earth. By providing high-resolution satellite imagery and data analytics, Planet enables organizations to track deforestation, urban development, and agricultural trends effectively.
Funding
$200M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Organizations often lack timely and comprehensive data to monitor environmental changes, manage resources effectively, and respond to emerging events across broad geographical areas. Traditional methods of Earth observation can be infrequent, costly, and limited in scope, hindering informed decision-making.
Solution
Planet provides a multidimensional view of Earth through daily satellite imagery and data analytics, enabling organizations to observe change and take action. The Planet Insights Platform combines global daily Earth data, derived data products, and cloud-based tools, offering a unified experience for analysts, data scientists, and developers. Planet Monitoring provides high-frequency data with near-daily coverage of Earth's landmass, while Planet Tasking delivers site-specific, high-resolution imagery for detailed change characterization. Analytic Feeds leverage machine learning to automatically identify objects and features of interest, and Planetary Variables provide continuous, scientifically rigorous data on Earth's surface conditions.
Target Audience
Planet serves a diverse range of customers, including civil governments, the defense and intelligence community, agriculture companies, forestry organizations, and mapping and GIS professionals, as well as those in the maritime, sustainability, and emergency management sectors.
Features
- High-resolution satellite imagery at 3.7-meter resolution with four multispectral bands (RGB and Near Infrared)
- Extensive image library with high-resolution images dating back to 2009
- Global coverage with over 300 million square kilometers of imagery collected daily
- PlanetScope Monitoring for observing geographic areas, discovering patterns, and identifying changes over time
- SkySat imagery for real-time intelligence through very-high-resolution imagery
- Analytic Feeds that leverage machine learning to automatically identify objects and features of interest
- Planetary Variables that provide continuous, scientifically rigorous data on Earth's surface conditions
- Planet Basemaps for insights over broad areas and diverse geographies, harnessing time series, analytics, and visualizations
- Automated Tasking Dashboard for requesting high-frequency satellite imagery and data, stereo collection for 3D models, and off-nadir imagery
- Option for Analysis-Ready PlanetScope (ARPS) imagery, pre-processed and harmonized for accelerated analytical workflows