Planet Ships Pelican-11 to Launch Site

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.

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/.

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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 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’.

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