Spire and Planet expand satellite fleets on Transporter 15 mission

Spire Global Inc and Planet Labs PBC have each reported new satellite deployments on SpaceXs Transporter 15 rideshare flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, expanding commercial constellations focused on Earth observation, weather, and radio frequency data.

Planet confirmed that its AI enabled high resolution Pelican 5 and Pelican 6 satellites reached orbit alongside 36 SuperDoves from Flock 4H and that commissioning of the two new Pelican spacecraft is underway following initial contact. Pelican 5 and Pelican 6 join the companys first generation Pelican fleet designed to deliver 40 centimeter class imagery across six multispectral bands tuned for cross sensor analysis and to support existing 50 centimeter

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