Planet Labs's launch of the PlanetScope Doves and SuperDoves is organised around the main idea to image Earth every day.

Planet designs, builds and operates ultra-compact, inexpensive cubesats which can be manufactured in bulk. 

More than 600 Doves and SuperDoves from PlanetScope have been launched into very similar orbit planes, circling Earth every 90 minutes:

• 12 satellites on 22 June 2016
• 88 satellites on 15 February 2017
• 48 satellites on 14 July 2017
• 4 satellites on 31 October 2017
• 4 satellites on 12 January 2018
• 16 satellites on 29 November 2018
• 3 satellites on 3 December 2018
• 12 satellites on 27 December 2018
• 20 satellites on 1 April 2019
• 12 satellites on 27 November 2019
• 26 satellites on 3 September 2020
• 9 satellites on 28 October 2020
• 48 satellites on 24 January 2021
• 44 satellites on 13 January 2022
• 36 satellites on 3 January 2023
• 36 satellites on 11 November 2023
• 36 satellites on 16 August 2024
• 36 satellites on 14 January 2025

See an overview of the PlanetScope mission in this infographic:

Each of the satellites is calibrated with an absolute accuracy of better than 5%.

The fleet of Dove and SuperDove satellites operate in a relatively low orbit of 475-525 km. The operational satellites take images with resolutions of 3.7-4.2 GSD.