Planet Labs PBC, known as Planet, is an American Earth imaging company that operates a large fleet of satellites, including the Dove and SkySat constellations. They provide daily, high-resolution satellite imagery and geospatial solutions used for various applications like climate monitoring, agriculture, and disaster response. Planet's major partners and customers include governments, Google, and organizations in agriculture, forestry, and intelligence. The company's mission is to image the entire Earth every day to monitor changes and make the data accessible.
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After commissioning, the new Pelican satellites will join Planet’s existing first-generation Pelicans in supporting delivery of Planet’s 50 cm-class products.
Sky Perfect JSAT placed an order for a satellite constellation from Planet last year.
Planet’s second-generation Pelican satellites are designed to achieve up to 30 cm-class resolution.
Planet is using on-orbit data processing to reduce latency and deliver near-real-time situational awareness to customers.
Planet plans to launch additional first- and second-generation Pelican satellites over the next year and beyond.
On March 25, Planet’s Pelican-4 satellite captured an image of the airport in Alice Springs, Australia, and ran an AI model onboard to detect airplanes in the image.
Planet’s next-generation Owl satellites, announced in October, will also have Nvidia GPUs for AI processing in orbit.
Planet says onboard AI inference and analysis on an Earth imaging satellite is one of the first such uses in orbit.
Planet’s Pelican satellites are equipped with Nvidia Jetson graphics processing units.
Planet Chief Space Officer James Mason said AI tools are reaching a point where they can compress and simplify massive EO data sets.
Planet performed AI-driven object detection onboard its Pelican-4 satellite using the satellite’s Nvidia Jetson Orin module.
Three Planet Pelican satellites have arrived at Vandenberg for Planet’s next launch.
Three Planet Pelican satellites are onboard the rideshare mission.
Planet is sending three Pelican satellites to Vandenberg for launch.
The United States government’s national security team requested that Planet Labs restrict commercial satellite data to prevent adversarial actors from using it for tactical advantage.
Planet Labs will grant access to restricted imagery only on a case-by-case basis for mission-critical requirements or specific public interest needs.
Planet Labs will withhold high-resolution SkySat data and medium-resolution PlanetScope data from its public-facing platforms.
On April 5, 2026, Planet Labs PBC indefinitely suspended the distribution of satellite imagery covering Iran and broader Middle East conflict zones.
Planet Labs replaced its previous 14-day delay policy with a more restrictive managed access model.
Planet Labs’ imagery restriction is retroactive to March 9, 2026.