Planet (Planet Labs)

1. Data API needs an active Planet account; quick and saved searches; item types PSScene and SkySatCollect; rate limits activation 2/s, download 5/s, search 5/s, other 10/s docs.planet.com
2. Data API quick-search, searches and stats endpoints; filter body (DateRangeFilter on acquired, cloud_cover, quality_category, AssetFilter, PermissionFilter); basic auth example docs.planet.com
3. Data API reference: item types, items, assets with activate link and status, searches, stats docs.planet.com
4. Auth: OAuth2 authorization code (preferred for interactive users), client credentials only on services.sentinel-hub.com, API keys; scopes planet, offline_access, openid, profile, email; interactive client registration not released; HTTP Basic preferred, 'Authorization: api-key', api_key query param; key on Account page, My Settings, one active key; plan to eventually deprecate API keys docs.planet.com
5. OAuth authorization server metadata: authorization, token and device-code endpoints; PKCE S256; no registration endpoint login.planet.com
6. Tasking API base URL, api-key header, key from sales rep, orders/pricing/bulk/captures endpoints, Point = 5x5 km, Flexible/Assured/Archive/Stereo, archive purchase via Tasking deprecated Nov 1 2026, Standard vs Fast Track delivery, 0-30 day archive hold, rate limits, cancellation charges docs.planet.com
7. Orders API: source_type scenes/basemaps, tools, delivery, hosting, notifications; states; 500 items per request; 10,000 active orders per organization; per-endpoint rate limits docs.planet.com
8. Orders API base URL https://api.planet.com/compute/ops and paths /orders/v2 and /orders/v2/{order_id} docs.planet.com
9. Order delivery: manifest.json with per-file MD5 and SHA-256 digests; STAC metadata (beta, scenes only) docs.planet.com
10. Planet MCP: experimental local MCP server built on the Planet SDK, listed in Planet's SDK docs docs.planet.com
11. planet-mcp README: local stdio server, pip install planet-mcp, auth via planet auth login, beta warning that it can create and modify orders github.com
12. Pricing page: SkySat archive $6/km², Flexible tasking $12/km², Assured tasking $40/km² via Planet Select; 25 km² minimum; Pelican, Tanager, stereo, line and area collects by sales; Planet Select bars defence and intelligence use; tasking restricted areas; Insights Flex Starter $110/mo ($1,100/yr), Professional $550/mo, Scale $1,200/mo; 50 MC/km2 to order 30-day-and-older PlanetScope; Agriculture $0.35-$1.80/ha; 30-day free trial with 3,000 credits, no card, no ordering over own areas; Pelican 30-50 cm, SkySat 50 cm class www.planet.com
13. Self-serve purchasing launched (May 2025): Area Under Management and Single Order Tasking www.planet.com
14. Single Order Tasking rebranded Planet Select; pay as you go; archive delivered immediately; new tasking completed within the selected capture window; ordered and delivered via the SkyFi interface skyfi.com
15. Current terms: MCLA 2026.1 applies to all Order Schedules; product terms for SkySat Flexible and Assured Tasking (2025.1) and Tasking Credits (2026.1) www.planet.com
16. MCLA 2026.1 sections 3.1-3.4: limited revocable licence; no distribution or third-party access; no improving non-Planet imagery or building substitutes; AI Training allowed where Derivative Products are allowed, with conditions; Agentic Users clause; Planet retains all right, title and interest go.planet.com
17. SkySat Flexible Tasking terms: order types incl. stereo, tri-stereo and video; TOI deadline >= 24 h and duration >= 14 days; 25 km² point minimum; ortho latency <= 12 h from capture; cancellation charges; up to 30-day archive hold go.planet.com
18. SkySat Assured Tasking terms: point and line orders; imaging window 6 h to 7 days before TOI, Express under 6 h; 25 km² minimum; ortho <= 12 h and L1A <= 4 h from capture; delivered as-is regardless of weather go.planet.com
19. Terms of Use (effective September 1, 2026): Insights Platform usage terms (derivative products for internal use of third parties, Planet credit), payment by stored payment method monthly or annually, export-control and sanctions compliance, API download permitted www.planet.com
20. Product specifications (June 2026): PlanetScope near-daily land coverage with hundreds of Doves, 3.0-4.2 m GSD; about fifteen SkySat-C in orbit, 4-5 day revisit per satellite, 30-50 m raw geolocation knowledge, sensor description; ortho products under 10 m RMSE using GCPs and DEMs assets.planet.com
21. PlanetScope 3.7-4.1 m pixel size resampled to 3 m; 1-day revisit docs.sentinel-hub.com
22. E&R Basic ToS requires crediting 'Planet Labs' as the source assets.planet.com
23. NASA GSFC PlanetScope geolocation assessment (Tan, Lin, Wolfe, 2022-06-02): image registration against WorldView; New Mexico and Singapore sample offsets www.earthdata.nasa.gov
24. MCLA 2026.1 s3.2(b): AI training only if Order Schedule allows Derivative Products; s3.2(c) agentic users may be identified planet.widen.net

About. Operator of the PlanetScope (near-daily, ~3-4 m), SkySat (50 cm class), Pelican (30-50 cm class) and Tanager (hyperspectral) satellite constellations. New SkySat captures can be bought pay-as-you-go through Planet Select (a self-service web portal run with SkyFi; published per-km2 prices, 25 km² minimum) or under an annual tasking-credits contract, which also covers Pelican and Tanager and gives access to the Tasking API (key from Planet sales). Its Data and Orders APIs search and deliver the existing archive; PlanetScope scenes 30 days and older are self-serve with an Insights Flex plan.

Price. Planet's pricing page lists SkySat Flexible Tasking at $12/km², SkySat Assured Tasking at $40/km² and SkySat archive (30 days and older) at $6/km², via Planet Select, with a 25 km² minimum order (so about $300 for the smallest Flexible order). Pelican, Tanager, stereo, line and area collects are quoted by sales. Insights Flex plans for PlanetScope archive data (30 days and older): Starter $110/month or $1,100/year (7,000 monitoring credits/month), Professional $550/month, Scale $1,200/month; ordering 30-day-and-older PlanetScope scenes costs 50 monitoring credits per km². Next-day and near-real-time PlanetScope needs an enterprise or Planet Agriculture plan (Agriculture: $0.35-$1.80 per hectare by country tier, sold in 5 km² increments on an annual contract). The Tasking API's POST /tasking/v2/pricing/ and GET /tasking/v2/orders/{id}/pricing return a quota cost for contract customers. A free 30-day trial (3,000 monitoring credits, no card) covers public and sandbox data only, not ordering over your own area.

Coverage. Planet's June 2026 product specifications say PlanetScope provides near-daily imagery of the entire land surface with hundreds of Dove satellites in orbit, and that about fifteen SkySat-C satellites are in orbit (4-5 day revisit per satellite). Planet says certain countries and areas are restricted for tasking for capacity and compliance reasons and that these change; Planet Select shows when an area is unavailable and may restrict sensitive areas. Insights Flex reserves the right to limit access within some regions. Area tasking orders are capped at an account-specific maximum km².

Timing. Planet's Assured Tasking terms: imaging windows 'between ≤ 7 days and ≥ 6 hours prior to TOI'; orthorectified products '≤ 12 hours from capture'. Planet Select: 'New tasking is completed within your selected capture window.'

Licence. Licensed, not sold. Under Planet's Master Content License Agreement 2026.1 (effective June 24, 2026, current for all Order Schedules) Planet grants a limited, nontransferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence scoped by the Order Schedule and retains all right, title and interest in the content. You may not distribute, sublicense or let third parties access the content, create derivative works except as authorized, use it to improve non-Planet imagery, or build a substitute for Planet's products. AI training is allowed if your Order Schedule's usage rights allow Derivative Products, unless the Order Schedule says otherwise: not to replicate Planet content or improve third-party imagery, only on isolated, encrypted systems, and the resulting model stays subject to Planet's rights and may not be commercialized or distributed unless the Order Schedule permits. The Terms of Use (September 1, 2026) let Insights Platform licensees build application and media derivative products for third parties' internal use only, without source imagery, and require a Planet credit. The MCLA lets Planet require agentic users to be identified.