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Issuer:     Planet Labs PBC (PL)
CIK:        0001836833
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001836833-25-000017
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Planet Labs signs $230M multi-year deal to build Pelican satellites for Asia-Pacific partner
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- $230M agreement with long-standing Asia-Pacific commercial partner to build and deliver Pelican high-res satellites and provide operational services.
- Planet retains capacity on the satellites for its own government and commercial customers; largest contract in company history.
- Revenue recognized over ~7 years; Q4 FY'25 guidance unchanged (Dec 9, 2024); deal expected to be cash flow accretive in FY'26.
- Third strategic space systems partnership in four years, following Tanager (Carbon Mapper) and NASA CSP programs.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1836833/000183683325000017/0001836833-25-000017-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1836833/000183683325000017/pl-20250129.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001836833-25-000017

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