Planet Releases First Light Image From Pelican-6

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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of near-daily data and insights about change on Earth, today released first light images from its Pelican-6 satellite of Lhasa Gonggar International Airport in Tibet, China. The image was taken on December 4, from an altitude of approximately 519 km. Image quality is expected to improve as the spacecraft complete the instrument calibration process and reach their final operational orbits. Pelican-5 and Pelican-6 launched on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter-15 mission on November 28, 2025, along with 36 SuperDoves.

Lhasa Gonggar International Airport • Tibet, China • December 4, 2025 • Pelican-6

“We’re proud to share first light imagery from our latest Pelican satellite. We had first light the day after launch, and I’m incredibly proud of the team’s work to rapidly build this fleet,” said Will Marshall, Co-Founder and CEO of Planet. “By leveraging our agile aerospace approach, we continue to address growing, global customer demand by rapidly building, deploying, and successfully integrating this growing constellation.”

Pelican-5 and Pelican-6 join Planet’s growing next-generation, high resolution Pelican constellation. This first generation of Pelican satellites provide high-resolution imagery across 6 multispectral bands that are optimized for cross-sensor analysis. These Pelicans will support the ongoing delivery of Planet’s 50 cm products and have NVIDIA Jetson AI chips on board for on-orbit edge compute. Planet has designed its next generation of Pelican satellites to capture 30 cm class resolution imagery.

More information about Pelican capabilities can be found here.

About Planet Labs PBC

Planet is a leading provider of global, daily satellite imagery and geospatial solutions. Planet is driven by a mission to image the world every day, and make change visible, accessible and actionable. Founded in 2010 by three NASA scientists, Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest Earth observation fleet of imaging satellites. Planet provides mission-critical data, advanced insights, and software solutions to customers comprising the world’s leading agriculture, forestry, intelligence, education and finance companies and government agencies, enabling users to simply and effectively derive unique value from satellite imagery. Planet is a public benefit corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange as PL. To learn more visit www.planet.com and follow us on X, LinkedIn, or tune in to HBO’s ‘Wild Wild Space’.

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