{"title":"Planet vs Umbra: Earth observation compared","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/compare/planet-vs-umbra","comparison":"Umbra ranks 63 on the Space 100 with a score of 70; Planet ranks 92 with 65. Planet is ahead on production, commercials, progress, firepower and leverage. Umbra is ahead on deployment, technology and positioning. Planet is based in San Francisco, United States, Umbra in Santa Barbara, United States. Planet: public. Planet is named in 28 signals and Umbra in 23.","companies":[{"name":"Planet","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/planet","city":"San Francisco","country":"United States","stage":"public","founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":92,"score":65,"tier":"member","scores":{"leverage":8,"position":7,"progress":10,"firepower":9,"commercial":8,"deployment":1,"production":9,"technology":4},"why":"Planet sells customer-facing satellite-data analytics through Planet AI Application, which lets users query imagery and generate time-series insights.","segment":"Earth observation","layer":"Satellites & spacecraft"},"signals_total":28,"facts_total":12},{"name":"Umbra","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/umbra","city":"Santa Barbara","country":"United States","stage":null,"founded":null,"last_round":null,"positioning":"Umbra is a US SAR operator with 12+ satellites launched (Umbra-12 in January 2026) at 16cm resolution, the highest commercially available, built at low single-digit-millions cost (the cheapest per performance in the field), plus a satellite-sales line building SAR sats for customers. It holds an NRO triple-anchor: an operational Radar Commercial Augmentation contract (August 2026, one of only three survivors of the five-company CRC evaluation), SCE Stage III, and an RF-products award. Revenue is estimated at 10-100m from NRO and commercial streams.","assessed_in":{"domain":"Space","list":"Space 100","rank":63,"score":70,"tier":"member","scores":{"gate_ne":["firepower"],"leverage":6,"position":8,"progress":9,"firepower":6,"commercial":6,"deployment":6,"production":6,"technology":8},"why":"Umbra builds and operates radar-imaging satellites and sells high-resolution commercial SAR imagery for Earth observation customers.","segment":"Earth observation","layer":"Satellites & spacecraft"},"signals_total":23,"facts_total":28}],"note":"Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence; facts and signals carry their sources."}