NASA JPL Imaging Spectrometer Ready for Tanager 1 Integration
15 September 2023 - 2:34AM
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Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and
insights about Earth, today announced that an imaging spectrometer,
developed by NASA JPL, has been handed off to its team for
integration onto its Tanager 1 hyperspectral satellite. This marks
a major milestone for the Carbon Mapper Coalition, a public-private
partnership announced in 2021, with the aim of gaining a deeper
understanding of global methane and carbon dioxide emissions. As
part of this coalition, Planet is actively building and launching
two hyperspectral satellites, Tanager 1 and Tanager 2, with the
first expected to be ready to launch in 2024. This exquisite
instrument will act as the “eye” of the satellite, allowing the
Coalition to detect, pinpoint, and quantify point source emissions
of methane and carbon dioxide.
In addition to the progress being made on Tanager, Planet is
continuing to push its Pelican program forward, with the first Tech
Demo, TD1, now fully built and expected to be ready for launch
later this year. TD1 is a true R&D effort and this marks an
important step for not only Pelican, but also the Tanager
satellite, as the two constellations share a common platform that
holds each payload’s scientific instruments, known as the satellite
bus. TD1’s primary mission will be to test the satellite platform
and operational systems on-orbit. The learnings from TD1 will be
integrated in Planet’s upcoming Tanager satellite builds.
As Planet gears up to launch Tanager 1 and 2, the company is
engaging closely with users in its Early Access Program (EAP) to
understand how hyperspectral data will deliver the greatest value
to these organizations. This program, which leverages synthetic
data developed in partnership with Rendered.ai, will allow Planet
to generate well-rounded market feedback for our satellite program
and unearth innovative applications and use cases for our future
hyperspectral data.
Our EAP cohort is substantial, spanning across companies in
agriculture, energy, mining, and defense, and has deepened Planet’s
understanding of the market demand for hyperspectral data. The
program is helping the company to further refine its product
development process and speed the time-to-value of its data. Planet
will continue working with its EAP partners to iterate on its
designs and data pipeline to ensure a seamless integration of its
upcoming hyperspectral data that will change the way users view and
measure change on our planet.
To learn more about the instrument built by NASA JPL, and some
of the other major achievements made across the Carbon Mapper
Coalition to date, read the joint blog post written by Carbon
Mapper and NASA JPL here.
About Planet Labs PBC
Planet is a leading provider of global, daily satellite imagery
and geospatial solutions. Planet is driven by a mission to image
the world every day, and make change visible, accessible and
actionable. Founded in 2010 by three NASA scientists, Planet
designs, builds, and operates the largest Earth observation fleet
of imaging satellites. Planet provides mission-critical data,
advanced insights, and software solutions to over 900 customers,
comprising the world’s leading agriculture, forestry, intelligence,
education and finance companies and government agencies, enabling
users to simply and effectively derive unique value from satellite
imagery. Planet is a public benefit corporation listed on the New
York Stock Exchange as PL. To learn more visit www.planet.com and
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