Planet Ships 2 More Pelicans and 36 SuperDoves to Launch Site
Planet's Pelican-5 satellite photographed in the company's San Francisco HQ manufacturing lab.
"We're continuing to see incredible demand for our high-resolution data, which is fueling the growth of these constellations and our recent decision to expand manufacturing in Germany,” said Will Marshall, Co-Founder and CEO of Planet. "With this latest shipment of Pelicans and SuperDoves, as well as our ramped-up manufacturing capabilities, we're not just putting more satellites in orbit, we're providing our customers with the consistent and timely information they need to deliver results."
Pelican-5 and Pelican-6 will be the newest additions to Planet’s first generation Pelican constellation. First generation Pelican satellites are built to provide 50 cm imagery across 6 multispectral bands optimized for cross-sensor analysis. Each first generation Pelican spacecraft has the NVIDIA Jetson AI platform onboard, enabling on-orbit processing and accelerating the delivery of actionable insights to customers.
Planet expects to develop the Pelican fleet to ultimately deliver 30 cm resolution imagery, reduced latency from hours to minutes, and up to 30 revisits per day, depending on the fully-scaled constellation size.
Following the successful launches and commissionings of Pelican-2, Pelican-3, and Pelican-4 this year, Pelican-5 and Pelican-6 will expand the capacity of the constellation to provide on-demand, high-resolution tasking for customers across a range of industries, from defense and intelligence to commercial enterprise. Planet has plans for multiple launches of additional Pelican satellites over the next twelve months.
In addition to the Pelican spacecraft, this launch includes 36 SuperDoves (Flock 4H), which will bolster Planet’s flagship daily, global PlanetScope monitoring mission. This addition further solidifies Planet's industry leadership in Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) and Global Monitoring Service (GMS) – providing customers with real-time, global monitoring across millions of square kilometers. Combining Planetscope with Planet’s high-resolution imagery and rapid tasking capabilities, the company uniquely empowers its customers to monitor change and make better, faster decisions.
Learn more about Planet’s Pelican and SuperDove constellations.
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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 (formerly Twitter) or tune in to HBO’s ‘Wild Wild Space’.
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