planetlabs

About the company

Planet appears to be a space and data company focused on Earth observation. It designs, builds, and operates imaging satellites and delivers the resulting data through a cloud-based platform. The company says its data is used by commercial, environmental, and humanitarian customers.

Candidate highlights

• Operates imaging satellites and a cloud-based Earth-observation data platform.
• Works across hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering.
• Serves commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors.

Economic sector

Space technology

Commercial focus

Earth-observation imagery and satellite data platform