Planet Labs PBC had previously demonstrated NVIDIA’s Jetson AI platform on Pelican-4 with AI-driven near real-time object detection completed within minutes of imagery capture.
Planet Labs PBC ran artificial intelligence-based object detection directly aboard its Pelican-4 satellite in orbit.
On March 25, Planet’s Pelican-4 satellite was flying at approximately 500 kilometers over Alice Springs, Australia, when it captured an airport image and detected airplanes onboard using an NVIDIA Jetson Orin module.
Planet successfully deployed and ran artificial intelligence object detection onboard its Pelican-4 satellite.
Planet says its onboard AI inference on Pelican-4 was one of the first times an Earth imaging satellite moved beyond simple data capture to onboard AI inference.
Planet Labs PBC used an onboard NVIDIA Jetson Orin module on Pelican-4 to detect airplanes in an image captured on March 25 over Alice Springs, Australia.
Planet Labs PBC successfully deployed and executed AI-driven object detection onboard its Pelican-4 satellite.
Planet Labs PBC’s Pelican-4 operation was one of the first times an Earth imaging satellite moved beyond simple data capture to onboard AI inference and analysis.
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 performed AI-driven object detection onboard its Pelican-4 satellite using the satellite’s Nvidia Jetson Orin module.
The Pelican fleet includes Pelican-1, a technology demonstrator launched in 2023, Pelican-2, Pelican-3, and Pelican-4.