Planet operates the world's largest constellation of imaging satellites, with over 200 spacecraft currently in orbit collecting more than 350 million square kilometers of imagery daily. Founded in 2010 by three NASA scientists, the company has built and deployed this unprecedented fleet to provide governments, businesses, and researchers with high-frequency satellite data and analytics capable of monitoring global change at scale.
The technical challenge is formidable: designing, building, and maintaining a satellite constellation while processing vast streams of geospatial data into actionable intelligence. Planet's work spans earth observation, remote sensing, satellite operations, aerospace engineering, and advanced software systems. The company serves diverse sectors including agriculture, climate monitoring, disaster response, and defence, with offices across San Francisco, Berlin, Washington D.C., Haarlem, Ljubljana, and Graz, alongside a distributed team of remote colleagues worldwide.
Structured as a Public Benefit Corporation, Planet pursues an explicit mission to use space to help life on Earth and to accelerate humanity toward a more sustainable, secure, and prosperous world. The organisation draws together rocket scientists, software engineers, and business strategists united by a focus on making global change visible and actionable. The stated ambition - to image all of Earth's landmass every day - reflects both technical excellence and a commitment to problems of genuine consequence.
