Planet Labs Launches Pelican 2 Satellite

<p><strong>SAN FRANCISCO<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Planet Labs PBC&comma; a provider of daily Earth data and insights&comma; announced that its high-resolution Pelican-2 satellite &lbrack;rendering above&rsqb; and 36 SuperDoves of Flock 4G were successfully launched to orbit on SpaceX’s Transporter-12 Rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California&period; The Planet team has successfully made contact with Pelican-2 and started its commissioning process&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pelican-2 joins Pelican-1 &lpar;a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cts&period;businesswire&period;com&sol;ct&sol;CT&quest;id&equals;smartlink&amp&semi;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;businesswire&period;com&percnt;2Fnews&percnt;2Fhome&percnt;2F20231111384977&percnt;2Fen&percnt;2FPlanet-Launches-First-Pelican-Tech-Demonstration-and-36-SuperDoves-with-SpaceX&amp&semi;esheet&equals;54179973&amp&semi;newsitemid&equals;20250114153564&amp&semi;lan&equals;en-US&amp&semi;anchor&equals;smallsat&plus;platform&plus;tech&plus;demonstration&plus;launched&plus;last&plus;year&amp&semi;index&equals;2&amp&semi;md5&equals;196be118896adcb34bbedaacd6fcf2e7" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" shape&equals;"rect">smallsat platform tech demonstration launched last year<&sol;a>&rpar; as part of Planet’s next-generation&comma; high-resolution fleet&comma; to support and expand its existing SkySat capabilities&period; Planet plans to launch additional Pelicans this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pelican-2 is designed to provide up to 40 cm class resolution imagery across 6 multispectral bands optimized for cross-sensor analysis&period; Planet has collaborated with NVIDIA to equip <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cts&period;businesswire&period;com&sol;ct&sol;CT&quest;id&equals;smartlink&amp&semi;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;businesswire&period;com&percnt;2Fnews&percnt;2Fhome&percnt;2F20240610385569&percnt;2Fen&percnt;2FPlanet-Labs-PBC-Announces-Real-Time-Insights-Technology-Using-NVIDIA-Jetson-Platform&amp&semi;esheet&equals;54179973&amp&semi;newsitemid&equals;20250114153564&amp&semi;lan&equals;en-US&amp&semi;anchor&equals;Pelican-2&plus;with&plus;the&plus;NVIDIA&plus;Jetson&plus;platform&amp&semi;index&equals;3&amp&semi;md5&equals;154906a949507a6b64cef178f5223957" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" shape&equals;"rect">Pelican-2 with the NVIDIA Jetson platform<&sol;a> to power on-orbit computing—with the aim of vastly reducing the time between data capture and value for customers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Founded in 2010 by three NASA scientists&comma; Planet designs&comma; builds&comma; and operates the largest Earth observation fleet of imaging satellites&period; Planet provides mission-critical data&comma; advanced insights&comma; and software solutions to over 1&comma;000 customers&comma; comprising the world’s leading agriculture&comma; forestry&comma; intelligence&comma; education and finance companies and government agencies&comma; enabling users to simply and effectively derive unique value from satellite imagery&period; Planet is a public benefit corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange as PL&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;