Planet Launches Two Pelican Satellites

<p><strong>SAN FRANCISCO<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Planet Labs announced that its high-resolution&comma; AI-enabled Pelican-3 and Pelican-4 satellites were successfully launched to orbit on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California&period; The Planet team has successfully made contact with Pelican-3 and Pelican-4 and started the commissioning processes for these satellites&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Joining Pelican-1 and Pelican-2&comma; Pelican-3 and Pelican-4 are the latest additions to Planet’s fleet of next-generation tasking satellites&period; Planet plans to launch additional Pelicans this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As Gen 1 Pelican satellites&comma; Pelican-3 and Pelican-4 are built to provide up to 40 cm class resolution imagery across 6 multispectral bands optimized for cross-sensor analysis&period; Through Planet’s partnership with NVIDIA&comma; these Pelicans are equipped with NVIDIA Jetson AI platforms to enable rapid on-orbit computing and the swift delivery of insights to customers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Planet is a leading provider of global&comma; daily satellite imagery and geospatial solutions&period; Planet is driven by a mission to image the world every day&comma; and make change visible&comma; accessible and actionable&period; 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 customers 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;<&sol;p>&NewLine;