{"id":8013,"date":"2023-11-14T20:40:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T12:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/planet-launches-first-pelican-and-36-superdoves-satellites-on-spacex-transporter-9-mission\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T20:40:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T12:40:30","slug":"planet-launches-first-pelican-and-36-superdoves-satellites-on-spacex-transporter-9-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/planet-launches-first-pelican-and-36-superdoves-satellites-on-spacex-transporter-9-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Planet Launches First Pelican and 36 SuperDoves Satellites on SpaceX Transporter-9 Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/planet_C_638355326661675857.jpg\" width=\"712\" height=\"377\" alt=\"Planet Launches First Pelican and 36 SuperDoves Satellites on SpaceX Transporter-9 Mission\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/planet_C_638355326661675857.jpg\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/planet_C_638355326661675857.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"377\"><\/p>\n<p>Planet Labs PBC, a provider of daily data and insights about Earth, announced that Pelican-1, the first tech demonstration satellite for its next-generation, high-resolution Pelican fleet, along with 36 of its SuperDoves, Flock 4Q, were successfully launched to orbit on SpaceX\u2019s Transporter-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on November 11, 2023. The Planet team has successfully made contact with each satellite and started its commissioning process.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of Pelican-1 is a major milestone for Planet\u2019s next-generation high-resolution mission. Over time, the Pelican constellation is expected to offer a more capable and cost-effective upgrade to the Company\u2019s current high-resolution satellites, the SkySats. Pelican-1 is not expected to produce commercially available data; rather the R&amp;D satellite is tasked with collecting information and on-orbit learnings for integration into Planet\u2019s future Pelican and Tanager designs, which share a common satellite bus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPelican-1 was designed and built entirely by the Planet team in our manufacturing lab in San Francisco, an incredible feat to accomplish in just a few short years,\u201d said <strong>James Mason, Planet\u2019s Senior Vice President of Space Systems<\/strong>. \u201cI am incredibly proud of the team\u2019s dedication to this project and ready for the next phase of the mission &#8211; collecting instrumental learnings and feedback from Pelican-1 on-orbit. These learnings will be critical to both the Pelican and Tanager missions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Planet launches a number of SuperDoves each year in order to replenish its on-orbit medium-resolution fleet with the latest technology and hardware. The 36 SuperDoves launched today, Planet\u2019s Flock 4Q, have started their automated commissioning process and are expected to begin collecting imagery in the coming days. Planet\u2019s SuperDoves capture daily, 8-band data of Earth\u2019s changing systems, allowing commercial users, researchers, and governments to gain unparalleled insight at regional and global scales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planet Labs PBC, a provider of daily data and insights about Earth, announced that Pelican-1, the first tech demonstration satellite for its next-generation, high-resolution Pelican fleet, along with 36 of its SuperDoves, Flock 4Q, were successfully launched to orbit on SpaceX\u2019s Transporter-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base on November 11, 2023. 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