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Planet Labs Dove

spacecommercialby Planet Labs

Planet Labs Dove Earth observation satellite for autonomous monitoring.

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Manufacturer
Planet Labs
Form factor
space
Maturity
commercial
Lifecycle
active

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Key facts

Fleet (company-stated)

Doves are the satellite fleet behind PlanetScope imagery at 3 m resolution, regularly replenished; Flock 3P launched 88 Doves in February 2017.

Form factor (company-stated)

3U CubeSats measuring 10 cm by 10 cm by 30 cm.

Orbit (company-stated)

Sun-synchronous at 525 km altitude and 98 degrees inclination, about 90 minutes per orbit; covers latitudes of plus or minus 81.5 degrees.

SuperDove sensor (company-stated)

The PSB.SD instrument has a 47 megapixel multispectral sensor and scenes of about 32.5 by 19.6 sq km; imaging needs sun elevation above 10 degrees.

PS2 detector (company-stated)

6600 pixels across by 4400 lines down.

Data & sources

Web sources

2

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Pricing

No verified price is on record for Planet Labs Dove. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.

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Recent activity

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Planet Labs Dove.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (2)

  1. https://docs.planet.com/data/imagery/planetscope/
  2. https://assets.planet.com/docs/Planet_Combined_Imagery_Product_Spec_letter_screen.pdf

Common questions

What is Planet Labs Dove?
Planet Labs Dove Earth observation satellite for autonomous monitoring.
How much does Planet Labs Dove cost?
Planet Labs Dove's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Planet Labs Dove from Planet Labs. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
Is Planet Labs Dove actually deployed in the real world?
Planet Labs Dove is recorded at the commercial stage, but DEPLOY has no deployment verified at a named site yet; vendor deployment claims are not independently confirmed here. Manufacturer capability claims should be read as claims pending independent verification.
Who makes Planet Labs Dove?
Planet Labs Dove is made by Planet Labs, based in San Francisco, CA, founded in 2010.
Can you buy Planet Labs Dove?
Planet Labs Dove is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.
What are alternatives to Planet Labs Dove?
On the DEPLOY registry, comparable space robots to Planet Labs Dove include Chang'e Lander, Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle, ION, Mira.
How does Planet Labs Dove compare to Chang'e Lander?
Planet Labs Dove and Chang'e Lander (China National Space Administration · 4 deployments) are both space robots on the DEPLOY registry. Planet Labs Dove has 0 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
Is Planet Labs Dove a top space?
On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Planet Labs Dove ranks in roughly the top 80% of space models tracked by the registry.
What is Planet Labs Dove's maturity stage?
Planet Labs Dove is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
Where is Planet Labs Dove deployed?
No verified deployments of Planet Labs Dove are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is Planet Labs Dove safe?
Planet Labs Dove has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: space

Sources by quality tier

2
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Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Planet Labs Dove.