9 of the 100 companies on the Space 100 are in the Earth observation segment of Satellites & spacecraft, from 3 countries. The highest ranked is ICEYE, rank 2 of 100 with a score of 93. Ranking and scores from the November 2026 edition, the assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence of the space landscape.
| Rank | Company | Category / segment | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | ICEYEICEYE builds and operates a radar imaging satellite constellation and sells Earth-observation imagery and products, such as flood intelligence, to government and defense customers. | Satellites & spacecraft / Earth observation | Finland | 93 |
| 14 | HawkEye 360HawkEye 360 operates a commercial RF geolocation satellite constellation and sells radio-frequency intelligence to customers including the National Reconnaissance Office. | Satellites & spacecraft / Earth observation | United States | 82 |
| 17 | Planet LabsPlanet operates Earth-observation satellite constellations, including SkySat, Pelican and Flock imaging satellites, and sells the resulting imagery and data. | Satellites & spacecraft / Earth observation | United States | 81.5 |
| 34 | BlackSkyBlackSky provides real-time satellite-derived intelligence for tactical surveillance, tracking and ISR customers including the U.S. Space Force and international defense users. | Satellites & spacecraft / Earth observation | United States | 78 |
| 47 | iQPSiQPS operates the QPS-SAR constellation of small radar satellites, providing day-and-night Earth observation imagery with little sensitivity to cloud cover. | Satellites & spacecraft / Earth observation | Japan | 74.5 |
| 63 | UmbraUmbra builds and operates radar-imaging satellites and sells high-resolution commercial SAR imagery for Earth observation customers. | Satellites & spacecraft / Earth observation | United States | 70 |
| 84 | Spire GlobalSpire sells satellite-driven weather intelligence through AI-WX, AI-S2S, APIs and Cirrus, serving energy, agriculture, logistics, insurance, finance and government customers. | Satellites & spacecraft / Earth observation | United States | 66 |
| 92 | PlanetPlanet sells customer-facing satellite-data analytics through Planet AI Application, which lets users query imagery and generate time-series insights. | Satellites & spacecraft / Earth observation | United States | 64.5 |
| 95 | SynspectiveSynspective builds and operates the StriX constellation of small synthetic-aperture radar satellites, supplying satellite imagery for rapid disaster assessment and other Earth-observation use cases. | Satellites & spacecraft / Earth observation | Japan | 64 |
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ICEYE ranks highest (rank 2 of 100, score 93). The Earth observation segment (Satellites & spacecraft) holds 9 of the 100 companies on the Space 100: ICEYE, HawkEye 360, Planet Labs, BlackSky and iQPS and 4 more. Ranking from the Space 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.
ICEYE, HawkEye 360, Planet Labs, BlackSky and iQPS and 4 more. Each has a company file with scores, facts and signals. Ranking from the Space 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.
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