Pelican
Sharp imaging satellites with onboard AI for faster answers
Planet Labs
San Francisco company that runs one of the largest fleets of Earth-imaging satellites, photographing the planet's land surface often enough to track change, and now adding sharper Pelican satellites for defense and government buyers.
Products, by altitude
Low Earth orbit · 160–2,000 km
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PlanetScope
Small satellites photographing nearly all Earth's land every day
Known rounds
Milestones
- May 2026 Planet said three more Pelican satellites reached orbit and began commissioning, one of them the first under its satellite services agreement with the Swedish Armed Forces. Company statement4