Planet Labs
Largest commercial EO constellation. Daily global imaging. Pelican next-gen integrated 2025. Defense, agriculture, insurance, climate.
FINANCIAL HEALTH
FLEET & LAUNCH PARTNERS
Satellite operator — does not operate launch vehicles. Primary launch partners: SpaceX (rideshare), Rocket Lab (Electron).
CONSTELLATION ACTIVITY
Constellations operated by this company — live satellite counts from the CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog.
| Constellation | Active | Total | Decayed | Health | Most recent deployment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planet (Dove / SkySat) | 126 | 645 | 519 | 19.5% | Nov 28, 2025 |
SECTOR POSITION
RECENT COVERAGE
| Date | Source | Headline |
|---|---|---|
| May 03, 2026 | NASASpaceFlight | SpaceX launches CAS500-2 and 45 other payloads to Sun-synchronous orbit |
| May 03, 2026 | NextSpaceflight | Falcon 9 Block 5 | CAS500-2 & Others |
| May 02, 2026 | Spaceflight Now | SpaceX launches South Korean Earth observation satellite, plus 44 more payloads on midnight Falcon 9 rideshare mission |
| Apr 23, 2026 | NASASpaceFlight | Starship Progress at the Cape with Hoping to Launch this year |
| Apr 06, 2026 | BusinessWire — Satellite/Space | Planet Ships Three Additional Pelicans to Launch Site |
REGISTRY DATA
Source: space_company_registry.json · Operator homepage → · Corporate company page (2026 copyright) documents Planet Labs PBC's San Francisco HQ, founders Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler, and satellite constellations (Dove/SuperDove, SkySat, Pelican, Tanage
METHODOLOGY
Launch history and subsystem outcomes aggregate from AstraVeris's launch_events table with Wilson 95% lower bounds on success rates. ARI scores come from the 11-factor composite (/finance/methodology/). Constellation counts derive from the live CelesTrak/GCAT object catalog. Gov contracts from USAspending.gov awards; private deals from deduplicated pipeline deal extraction. Absence of a row means "not tracked" — we never fabricate. See /methodology/ for the full data model and /data-licensing/ for licensing terms.
Not investment advice. For insurance underwriting, verify against primary-source filings and operator investigation reports.