{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"131488","rtpr_id":"nBw2S6L4fa","ticker":"PL","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["PL"],"title":"Planet Ships Tanager-2 and 18 SuperDoves to Launch Site","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-08-31T20:02:00.098Z","article_body":"Planet Ships Tanager-2 and 18 SuperDoves to Launch Site\n\nPlanet Labs PBC\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.planet.com%2F&esheet=54596870&newsitemid=20260831223640&lan=en-US&anchor=Planet+Labs+PBC&index=1&md5=983d3ddf92b293938d1063a33c09af58)\n(NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on\nEarth, today announced that its Tanager-2 satellite and the 18 SuperDove\nsatellites of Flock 4J have arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in\nCalifornia ahead of their launch aboard the upcoming Transporter-18 rideshare\nmission with SpaceX. Building on the operational success of Planet's recent\nlaunches, this multi-constellation shipment marks a significant milestone in\nthe expansion of Planet’s hyperspectral capabilities and bolsters the daily,\nglobal PlanetScope monitoring mission.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260831223640/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260831223640/en/)\n\nTanager-2 photographed in Planet Labs' San Francisco headquarters ahead of its\nshipment to Vandenberg Space Force Base.\n\n“The growth of these constellations, and our third launch this year, are\ntestaments to our satellite build velocity,” said Will Marshall, Co-Founder\nand CEO of Planet. “This launch includes 18 SuperDoves that enable\nPlanet’s daily scan mission, which underpins the AI-powered broad area\nsolutions that are core to unlocking new markets, as well as Tanager-2, which\nis designed to double our hyperspectral capacity and halve revisit times to\ndetect methane super-emitters and more as part of our project with Carbon\nMapper!”\n\nTanager features best-in-class hyperspectral VSWIR (Visible, Near Infrared and\nShort wave infrared) imaging capabilities. With a cutting-edge, adjustable\nsensitivity imaging spectroscopy payload onboard, Tanager is designed to\ncapture imagery in 426 contiguous bands with ~5nm spectral resolution and at a\n30-meter spatial resolution. In partnership with Carbon Mapper, Planet\ncontinues to scale the fleet, with plans to build and deploy at least three\nadditional Tanager satellites following Tanager-2.\n\n“Our public methane data and many partners are driving global emissions\naction, informing mitigation efforts and policy, and reducing harmful impacts\non climate, public health and air quality,” said Riley Duren, CEO of Carbon\nMapper. “This launch represents a major milestone as we continue to expand\nthe capacity of the constellation and scale up data-driven climate action.\nCarbon Mapper’s methane detection and notification efforts have already\nenabled the mitigation of large methane sources in diverse regions, and we\nlook forward to making even more impact with Tanager-2.”\n\nWhile the core mission of the growing Tanager constellation is to detect and\nmitigate methane emissions across the globe, Tanager can also support an\nincreasing array of potential commercial applications, including monitoring\nactive mines, analyzing coral reef health, providing agricultural management\ntools, assessing the health of water bodies, and more. In conjunction with\nTanager-1, Tanager-2 is designed to support Planet’s evolving hyperspectral\ndata offerings, including more advanced collection modes such as glint tasking\nfor offshore methane emissions detection and an improved collection capacity.\n\nThe 18 SuperDoves of Flock 4J will supplement PlanetScope, Planet’s flagship\ndaily, global monitoring mission, which provides consistent global coverage\nacross millions of square kilometers for customers in commercial enterprise,\ncivil government, and defense and intelligence sectors.\n\nLearn more about Planet’s SuperDove\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.planet.com%2Fproducts%2Fsatellite-monitoring%2F&esheet=54596870&newsitemid=20260831223640&lan=en-US&anchor=SuperDove&index=2&md5=1d45817dff9d0e83cb4e94b50b5aef59)\nand Tanager\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.planet.com%2Fconstellations%2Ftanager%2F&esheet=54596870&newsitemid=20260831223640&lan=en-US&anchor=Tanager&index=3&md5=d6bce7673988816045b9de15cebf7bd8)\nconstellations, including our plans for a specialized shortwave infrared\n(SWIR) Tanager\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Finvestors.planet.com%2Fnews%2Fnews-details%2F2026%2FPlanet-and-Carbon-Mapper-Sign-Agreement-for-New-Tanager-Spacecraft%2Fdefault.aspx&esheet=54596870&newsitemid=20260831223640&lan=en-US&anchor=specialized+shortwave+infrared+%28SWIR%29+Tanager&index=4&md5=1edb39cd901d29df30950457775df0ee)\n.\n\nAbout Planet Labs PBC\n\nPlanet is a leading provider of global, daily satellite imagery and geospatial\nsolutions. Planet is driven by a mission to image the world every day, and\nmake change visible, accessible and actionable. Founded in 2010 by three NASA\nscientists, Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest commercial Earth\nobservation fleet of imaging satellites. Planet provides mission-critical\ndata, advanced insights, and software solutions to customers comprising the\nworld’s leading agriculture, forestry, intelligence, education and finance\ncompanies and government agencies, enabling users to simply and effectively\nderive unique value from satellite imagery. Planet is a public benefit\ncorporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange as PL. To learn more visit\nwww.planet.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planet.com&esheet=54596870&newsitemid=20260831223640&lan=en-US&anchor=www.planet.com&index=5&md5=af78d7499cfd5b2bb170eb70b0d5e2af)\nand follow us on X, LinkedIn, or tune in to HBO’s ‘Wild Wild Space’.\n\nForward-looking Statements\n\nCertain statements contained in this press release are “forward-looking\nstatements” about Planet within the meaning of the securities laws,\nincluding statements about the expansion of the high resolution capacity of\nPlanet’s fleet, the delivery of such capacity to Planet customers, and the\nCompany’s ability to realize any of the potential benefits from product and\nsatellite launches, either as designed, within the expected time frame, in a\ncost-effective manner, or at all. Such statements, which are not of historical\nfact, involve estimates, assumptions, judgments and uncertainties. There are a\nnumber of factors that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ\nmaterially from those addressed in the forward-looking statements, including\nrisks related to the macroeconomic environment. Such factors are detailed in\nPlanet’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our\nmost recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.\nPlanet does not undertake an obligation to update its forward-looking\nstatements to reflect future events, except as required by applicable law.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260831223640/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260831223640/en/)\n\nPlanet Press \n\nEmily Lewis Benz\n\npress@planet.com \n(mailto:press@planet.com) \n\n\nPlanet Investor Relations \n\nCleo Palmer-Poroner\n\nir@planet.com (mailto:ir@planet.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw2S6L4fa","title":"Planet Ships Tanager-2 and 18 SuperDoves to Launch Site","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"PL","created":"2026-08-31T20:02:00.098Z","tickers":["PL"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"Planet Ships Tanager-2 and 18 SuperDoves to Launch Site\n\nPlanet Labs PBC\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.planet.com%2F&esheet=54596870&newsitemid=20260831223640&lan=en-US&anchor=Planet+Labs+PBC&index=1&md5=983d3ddf92b293938d1063a33c09af58)\n(NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on\nEarth, today announced that its Tanager-2 satellite and the 18 SuperDove\nsatellites of Flock 4J have arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in\nCalifornia ahead of their launch aboard the upcoming Transporter-18 rideshare\nmission with SpaceX. Building on the operational success of Planet's recent\nlaunches, this multi-constellation shipment marks a significant milestone in\nthe expansion of Planet’s hyperspectral capabilities and bolsters the daily,\nglobal PlanetScope monitoring mission.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260831223640/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260831223640/en/)\n\nTanager-2 photographed in Planet Labs' San Francisco headquarters ahead of its\nshipment to Vandenberg Space Force Base.\n\n“The growth of these constellations, and our third launch this year, are\ntestaments to our satellite build velocity,” said Will Marshall, Co-Founder\nand CEO of Planet. “This launch includes 18 SuperDoves that enable\nPlanet’s daily scan mission, which underpins the AI-powered broad area\nsolutions that are core to unlocking new markets, as well as Tanager-2, which\nis designed to double our hyperspectral capacity and halve revisit times to\ndetect methane super-emitters and more as part of our project with Carbon\nMapper!”\n\nTanager features best-in-class hyperspectral VSWIR (Visible, Near Infrared and\nShort wave infrared) imaging capabilities. With a cutting-edge, adjustable\nsensitivity imaging spectroscopy payload onboard, Tanager is designed to\ncapture imagery in 426 contiguous bands with ~5nm spectral resolution and at a\n30-meter spatial resolution. In partnership with Carbon Mapper, Planet\ncontinues to scale the fleet, with plans to build and deploy at least three\nadditional Tanager satellites following Tanager-2.\n\n“Our public methane data and many partners are driving global emissions\naction, informing mitigation efforts and policy, and reducing harmful impacts\non climate, public health and air quality,” said Riley Duren, CEO of Carbon\nMapper. “This launch represents a major milestone as we continue to expand\nthe capacity of the constellation and scale up data-driven climate action.\nCarbon Mapper’s methane detection and notification efforts have already\nenabled the mitigation of large methane sources in diverse regions, and we\nlook forward to making even more impact with Tanager-2.”\n\nWhile the core mission of the growing Tanager constellation is to detect and\nmitigate methane emissions across the globe, Tanager can also support an\nincreasing array of potential commercial applications, including monitoring\nactive mines, analyzing coral reef health, providing agricultural management\ntools, assessing the health of water bodies, and more. In conjunction with\nTanager-1, Tanager-2 is designed to support Planet’s evolving hyperspectral\ndata offerings, including more advanced collection modes such as glint tasking\nfor offshore methane emissions detection and an improved collection capacity.\n\nThe 18 SuperDoves of Flock 4J will supplement PlanetScope, Planet’s flagship\ndaily, global monitoring mission, which provides consistent global coverage\nacross millions of square kilometers for customers in commercial enterprise,\ncivil government, and defense and intelligence sectors.\n\nLearn more about Planet’s SuperDove\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.planet.com%2Fproducts%2Fsatellite-monitoring%2F&esheet=54596870&newsitemid=20260831223640&lan=en-US&anchor=SuperDove&index=2&md5=1d45817dff9d0e83cb4e94b50b5aef59)\nand Tanager\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.planet.com%2Fconstellations%2Ftanager%2F&esheet=54596870&newsitemid=20260831223640&lan=en-US&anchor=Tanager&index=3&md5=d6bce7673988816045b9de15cebf7bd8)\nconstellations, including our plans for a specialized shortwave infrared\n(SWIR) Tanager\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Finvestors.planet.com%2Fnews%2Fnews-details%2F2026%2FPlanet-and-Carbon-Mapper-Sign-Agreement-for-New-Tanager-Spacecraft%2Fdefault.aspx&esheet=54596870&newsitemid=20260831223640&lan=en-US&anchor=specialized+shortwave+infrared+%28SWIR%29+Tanager&index=4&md5=1edb39cd901d29df30950457775df0ee)\n.\n\nAbout Planet Labs PBC\n\nPlanet is a leading provider of global, daily satellite imagery and geospatial\nsolutions. Planet is driven by a mission to image the world every day, and\nmake change visible, accessible and actionable. Founded in 2010 by three NASA\nscientists, Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest commercial Earth\nobservation fleet of imaging satellites. Planet provides mission-critical\ndata, advanced insights, and software solutions to customers comprising the\nworld’s leading agriculture, forestry, intelligence, education and finance\ncompanies and government agencies, enabling users to simply and effectively\nderive unique value from satellite imagery. Planet is a public benefit\ncorporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange as PL. To learn more visit\nwww.planet.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planet.com&esheet=54596870&newsitemid=20260831223640&lan=en-US&anchor=www.planet.com&index=5&md5=af78d7499cfd5b2bb170eb70b0d5e2af)\nand follow us on X, LinkedIn, or tune in to HBO’s ‘Wild Wild Space’.\n\nForward-looking Statements\n\nCertain statements contained in this press release are “forward-looking\nstatements” about Planet within the meaning of the securities laws,\nincluding statements about the expansion of the high resolution capacity of\nPlanet’s fleet, the delivery of such capacity to Planet customers, and the\nCompany’s ability to realize any of the potential benefits from product and\nsatellite launches, either as designed, within the expected time frame, in a\ncost-effective manner, or at all. Such statements, which are not of historical\nfact, involve estimates, assumptions, judgments and uncertainties. There are a\nnumber of factors that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ\nmaterially from those addressed in the forward-looking statements, including\nrisks related to the macroeconomic environment. Such factors are detailed in\nPlanet’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our\nmost recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.\nPlanet does not undertake an obligation to update its forward-looking\nstatements to reflect future events, except as required by applicable law.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260831223640/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260831223640/en/)\n\nPlanet Press \n\nEmily Lewis Benz\n\npress@planet.com \n(mailto:press@planet.com) \n\n\nPlanet Investor Relations \n\nCleo Palmer-Poroner\n\nir@planet.com (mailto:ir@planet.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-08-31T20:02:00.145921116Z","server_sent_at_ms":1788206520145},"received_at":"2026-08-31T20:02:00.204Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260831223640/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"120399","press_release_id":"131488","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Aerospace & Defense","sector":"Industrials"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"operations_update","narrative":"Planet shipped Tanager-2 and 18 SuperDoves from the Flock 4J group to Vandenberg Space Force Base for the upcoming SpaceX Transporter-18 rideshare mission.\n\nThe Tanager-2 satellite is designed to double Planet's hyperspectral capacity and halve revisit times for methane detection as part of the Carbon Mapper project, while the SuperDoves will reinforce the daily PlanetScope monitoring mission.\n\nThis shipment marks the company's third launch of the year, reflecting continued progress in expanding its constellation capabilities.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Planet expands hyperspectral fleet with Tanager-2 shipment ahead of Transporter-18 launch."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"spectral_bands":426,"superdoves_shipped":18,"spectral_resolution_nm":"5nm","spatial_resolution_meters":30,"additional_tanager_planned":3}},"quotedText":"“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.","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Will Marshall","role":"Co-Founder and CEO"},{"name":"Riley Duren","role":"CEO, Carbon Mapper"}],"products":["Tanager-2","SuperDove","Flock 4J","PlanetScope","Transporter-18"],"companies":[{"name":"Planet Labs PBC","ticker":"PL"},{"name":"SpaceX","relationship":"launch provider"},{"name":"Carbon Mapper","relationship":"partner"},{"name":"Vandenberg Space Force Base","relationship":"location"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"materialImpact":{"score":2,"reasoning":"Operational milestone involving the shipment of satellites to expand hyperspectral and daily monitoring capabilities; part of routine fleet expansion."},"tickerRelevance":{"others":[],"primary":"PL"},"globalImportance":25,"audienceRelevance":30,"eventTypeSecondary":[],"importanceComponents":{"tickerTier":"mid-cap","eventGravity":"operational-milestone","sectorWeight":"space-technology"}},"event_type":"operations_update","event_type_secondary":null,"sentiment":"bullish","material_impact_score":2,"narrative":"Planet shipped Tanager-2 and 18 SuperDoves from the Flock 4J group to Vandenberg Space Force Base for the upcoming SpaceX Transporter-18 rideshare mission.\n\nThe Tanager-2 satellite is designed to double Planet's hyperspectral capacity and halve revisit times for methane detection as part of the Carbon Mapper project, while the SuperDoves will reinforce the daily PlanetScope monitoring mission.\n\nThis shipment marks the company's third launch of the year, reflecting continued progress in expanding its constellation capabilities.","key_figures":{"customDimensions":{"spectral_bands":426,"superdoves_shipped":18,"spectral_resolution_nm":"5nm","spatial_resolution_meters":30,"additional_tanager_planned":3}},"named_entities":{"people":[{"name":"Will Marshall","role":"Co-Founder and CEO"},{"name":"Riley Duren","role":"CEO, Carbon Mapper"}],"products":["Tanager-2","SuperDove","Flock 4J","PlanetScope","Transporter-18"],"companies":[{"name":"Planet Labs PBC","ticker":"PL"},{"name":"SpaceX","relationship":"launch provider"},{"name":"Carbon Mapper","relationship":"partner"},{"name":"Vandenberg Space Force Base","relationship":"location"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"model_name":"glm-4.7","prompt_hash":"sha256:727b4b9429a443af","schema_hash":"sha256:05005c02d9cffac9","created_at":"2026-08-31T20:10:54.608Z","global_importance":25,"audience_relevance":30,"importance_components":{"tickerTier":"mid-cap","eventGravity":"operational-milestone","sectorWeight":"space-technology"}},"durationMs":107780,"modelName":"glm-4.7"}}