Planet vs Spire Global: Earth observation compared

Scores, Space (of 10)

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Latest signals

• 20 Oct 2026Planet secured sovereign-space wins in 2026.Via Satellite
• 20 Oct 2026Planet is opening a new factory in Germany.Via Satellite
• 20 Oct 2026Planet is investing in onboard AI for space systems.Via Satellite

28 signals name Planet.

Facts, with sources

• 13 Oct 2026USD 5739121070finance.yahoo.com
• 31 Jul 2026USD 210202000sec.gov
• 31 Jul 2026USD 116052000sec.gov

12 facts on file.

Scores, Space (of 10)

Darker bar: ahead of the other company on that measure.

Positioning

Spire Global is a US operator of a multi-payload nanosatellite constellation for RF sensing (weather, AIS, ADS-B) plus a space-services model building satellites for others, having reset its balance sheet by selling its maritime business to Kpler (~$241M, 2025) and now forecasting ~50% revenue growth in 2026. Its European pivot has a humanoid-list crossover: Schaeffler (which tops the Humanoids list) and Diehl are named partners in its German manufacturing expansion. Post-divestiture revenue is estimated at 10-100m.

Latest signals

• 27 Aug 2026Estuaire used approximately 8,000 Spire Global flight tracks to build an aviation emissions-tool auditing framework.Spire Global
• 26 Aug 2026Spire Global won a $28 million NOAA contract to develop a hyperspectral microwave sounding satellite.SpaceNews
• 14 Aug 2026NOAA awarded Spire Global and PlanetiQ contracts for radio-occultation dataSpaceNews

106 signals name Spire Global.

Facts, with sources

• 26 Aug 2026NOAA contract for a hyperspectral microwave sounderSpaceNews
• 26 Aug 2026NOAA contract to develop new weather satellite instruments for the TMATE projectVia Satellite
• 26 Aug 2026NOAA contract to build and flight qualify a satellite and hyperspectral microwave sounderSpaceNews

114 facts on file.