Planet and Carbon Mapper Sign Agreement for New Tanager Spacecraft

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about change on Earth, today announced its plans to design a specialized version of the Tanager spacecraft. Together with Carbon Mapper, and with support from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Planet plans to architect this cutting-edge spacecraft as a specialized iteration of Tanager, designed to solely target shortwave infrared (SWIR) light, and to capture five times the area coverage.