AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Planet has announced a new class of imaging satellites that will replace a line of spacecraft dating back to the company’s earliest days.

Will Marshall, co-founder and chief executive of Planet, wrote in an Oct. 7 blog post that the company will launch late next year the first Owl satellite, intended to ultimately replace its existing fleet of SuperDove satellites.

“Owl will be designed to deliver frequent, best-in-class imagery faster, enabling customers to receive imagery-enabled insights within as little as one hour of capture,” he said.

Unlike SuperDoves, which provide imagery at a resolution of three to four meters, the Owl spacecraft will offer one-meter imagery. The spacecraft will also be equipped with Nvidia processors to enable “AI at the edge” onboar

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