Planet Ships Tanager-2 and 18 SuperDoves to Launch Site
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced that its Tanager-2 satellite and the 18 SuperDove satellites of Flock 4J have arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of their launch aboard the upcoming Transporter-18 rideshare mission with SpaceX. Building on the operational success of Planet's recent launches, this multi-constellation shipment marks a significant milestone in the expansion of Planet’s hyperspectral capabilities and bolsters the daily, global PlanetScope monitoring mission.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260831223640/en/ Tanager-2 photographed in Planet Labs' San Francisco headquarters ahead of its shipment to Vandenberg Space Force Base.
“The growth of these constellations, and our third launch this year, are testaments to our satellite build velocity,” said Will Marshall, Co-Founder and CEO of Planet. “This launch includes 18 SuperDoves that enable Planet’s daily scan mission, which underpins the AI-powered broad area solutions that are core to unlocking new markets, as well as Tanager-2, which is designed to double our hyperspectral capacity and halve revisit times to detect methane super-emitters and more as part of our project with Carbon Mapper!”
