Planet Ships Pelican-11 to Launch Site

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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced that Pelican-11, the tech demonstration satellite of the second generation (Gen 2) of its high-resolution Pelican^™ fleet, has shipped to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of its launch aboard the upcoming Transporter-17 rideshare mission with SpaceX.

A photo of Pelican-11 taken on May 29th in the lab at Planet's San Francisco headquarters.

Planet’s first generation (Gen 1) Pelicans are designed to capture 50 cm class resolution imagery. Pelican-11 will join the existing Pelican fleet, and serve as a means of testing new technologies before their integration onboard Planet’s second generation (Gen 2) Pelicans, which are designed to provide up to 30 cm class imagery. Pelican-11 is not anticipated to produce commercially available data; instead, it will collect information to inform Planet’s future Pelican designs and act as a testbed for new Gen 2 technologies and concepts of operation.

Planet plans to launch additional Pelican spacecraft in 2026 and 2027 to continue to meet the rising, global customer demand for sovereign satellite ownership and Planet’s high-resolution data products.

To learn more about Planet’s Pelican constellations and capabilities, visit https://www.planet.com/constellations/pelican/.

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 commercial 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’.

Forward-looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this press release are “forward-looking statements” about Planet within the meaning of the securities laws, including statements about the expansion of the high resolution capacity of Planet’s fleet, the delivery of such capacity to Planet customers, and the Company’s ability to realize any of the potential benefits from product and satellite launches, either as designed, within the expected time frame, in a cost-effective manner, or at all. Such statements, which are not of historical fact, involve estimates, assumptions, judgments and uncertainties. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those addressed in the forward-looking statements, including risks related to the macroeconomic environment. Such factors are detailed in Planet’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Planet does not undertake an obligation to update its forward-looking statements to reflect future events, except as required by applicable law.

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Planet Press
Emily Lewis Benz
press@planet.com

Planet Investor Relations
Cleo Palmer-Poroner
ir@planet.com

Source: Planet