# Who does Planet Labs pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/planet-labs · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-07-12T04:02:58.465+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: Planet Labs's confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include SpaceX, 알파벳 (구글). Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 2 cost edges, backed by 4 dated sources, 0 of them primary filings (as of 2026-07-12).

### SpaceX (high)  → /spacex.md
- note: Planet repeatedly launches its fleet on SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter rideshare missions (Pelican-1 on T-9 2023, Tanager-1 on T-11 2024, Pelican-2 on T-12 2025, Pelican 5&6 on T-15 2025). Per-launch pricing not disclosed.
- [confirms] eoPortal (ESA) (EN, research, published 2025-11-28) https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/planet-pelican: "Pelican 5 and Pelican 6 were launched on November 28, 2025 ... aboard SpaceX's Falcon-9 rocket for the Transporter-15 Rideshare Mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base."
- [confirms] Planet Labs (EN, ir, published 2024-08-16) https://www.planet.com/pulse/planet-launches-first-tanager-1-hyperspectral-satellite-and-36-superdoves-with-spacex/: "Planet Labs' first hyperspectral satellite, Tanager-1, along with 36 SuperDoves (Flock 4BE) launched on the Transporter-11 Rideshare mission with SpaceX ... from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California."

### 알파벳 (구글) (mid)  → /alphabet.md
- note: Planet uses Google Cloud (BigQuery etc.) as data storage/processing infrastructure under a 2021 partnership (collaboration dates to Google's 2017 Terra Bella sale to Planet), and in 2026 announced Project Suncatcher orbital AI-datacenter work with Google. Amounts not disclosed.
- [mentions] SpaceNews (EN, news, published 2026-01-05) https://spacenews.com/planet-bets-on-orbital-data-centers-in-partnership-with-google/: "Planet announced a partnership with Google on Project Suncatcher, an effort to demonstrate the ability of AI data centers to operate in orbit."
- [confirms] Planet Labs (EN, ir, published 2021-08-18) https://www.planet.com/pulse/planet-and-google-cloud/: "customers can leverage Google Cloud's global, flexible infrastructure and BigQuery to process large volumes of Planet data on-the-fly ... Planet customers can use Google Cloud to store and process data."

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