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Kiruthika Devaraj

Curious Planeteer working to make the Earth's changes visible, accessible and actionable.

Planet’s modular, extensible smallsat platform enables new missions including Pelican and Tanager

Tech

In November 2023, Planet launched Pelican-1, the first technology demonstration small satellite of our next-generation, high-resolution Pelican constellation that is expected to be deployed over the next few years. The primary mission of Pelican-1 is to validate the hardware and software aspects of Planet’s small satellite bus platform, which we call the […]

B14: The Cubesat with One of the World’s Fastest Satellite Radios

Tech

Agile aerospace supports rapid prototyping, continuous iteration, and adaptation of the latest commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) technology—and our Build 14 Dove (B14) is agile aerospace at its finest. What’s under the hood? We’ve had more than a few inquiries and want to share some of the latest updates. Planet’s Build 14 Dove includes the […]