Planet Labs' open satellite feed
Planet Labs, a 15-year-old satellite manufacturer and operator headquartered in San Francisco, operates or has operated four different constellations in the past. As of now, LinkedIn lists the company with a workforce of 1,751 members. CEO Will Marshall, one of the firm's three co-founders, has been sharing images with prominent figures such as NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Kaja Kallas, Estonia's former Prime Minister and current European Commission Vice-President.
Planet Labs recently launched its Pelican-11 satellite, which will join their Tanager constellation, aboard SpaceX's Transporter 17 Mission on July 7th. Currently, the firm's Ephemerides service lists 97 satellites still in operation, as of the latest data from GCAT.
The company's spectrum response levels for their SuperDove and SkySat satellites are comparable to those of RapidEye, Landsat-8, and Sentinel-2. The Hyperspectral Pelican constellation, however, stands out due to its unique ability to capture 426 bands of light, setting it apart from their other constellations.
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