{"id":119508,"date":"2025-09-05T00:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T00:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/119508\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T00:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T00:18:09","slug":"planet-labs-pbc-pl-launches-two-additional-pelican-satellites-into-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/119508\/","title":{"rendered":"Planet Labs PBC (PL) Launches Two Additional Pelican Satellites Into Orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/PL\" data-ylk=\"slk:PL;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PL<\/a>) is among the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidermonkey.com\/blog\/11-best-performing-defense-stocks-to-buy-now-1601743\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:11 Best Performing Defense Stocks to Buy Now;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">11 Best Performing Defense Stocks to Buy Now<\/a>. On August 26, the company announced that it had launched two additional Pelican satellites into orbit.<\/p>\n<p>    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"Planet Labs PBC (PL) Launches Two Additional Pelican Satellites Into Orbit\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"538\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-1gfnohs loader\"\/> Planet Labs PBC (PL) Launches Two Additional Pelican Satellites Into Orbit      <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">The high-resolution, AI-enabled Pelican-3 and Pelican-4 satellites were launched from California on SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket. Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) said it had begun the commissioning process after successfully making contact with the satellites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">The latest additions of the satellites build on Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL)\u2019s fleet of next-generation tasking satellites. The Pelican-3 and Pelican-4 can offer up to 40 cm class resolution imagery across six multispectral bands optimized for cross-sensor analysis. These are also equipped with NVIDIA\u2019s Jetson AI platforms, enabling swift on-orbit computing and insights delivery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) provides global daily satellite imagery and geospatial solutions. The stock has had impressive returns in 2025, gaining over 80% year-to-date as of August 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">While we acknowledge the potential of PL as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you&#8217;re looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidermonkey.com\/blog\/three-megatrends-one-overlooked-stock-massive-upside-1548959\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:best short-term AI stock;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> best short-term AI stock<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidermonkey.com\/blog\/13-best-sp-500-stocks-to-buy-according-to-wall-street-analysts-1594705\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:13 Best S&amp;P 500 Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street Analysts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">13 Best S&amp;P 500 Stocks to Buy According to Wall Street Analysts<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidermonkey.com\/blog\/12-best-australian-stocks-to-buy-right-now-1591366\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:12 Best Australian Stocks to Buy Right Now;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">12 Best Australian Stocks to Buy Right Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Disclosure: None.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL) is among the 11 Best Performing Defense Stocks to Buy Now. On August 26,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119509,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[64,63,84444,84443,84442,128,285],"class_list":{"0":"post-119508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-commissioning-process","11":"tag-pelican","12":"tag-planet-labs-pbc","13":"tag-science","14":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}