Thank you very much for visiting Gunter's Space Page. I hope that this site is useful and informative for you.
If you appreciate the information provided on this site, please consider supporting my work by making a simple and secure donation via PayPal. Please help to run the website and keep everything free of charge. Thank you very much.
Pelican 1, ..., x
Pelican [Planet]
Pelican is planned commercial Earth observation satellite constellation by Planet Labs to succeed the SkySat constellation.
The satellites have a ground resolution of 30 cm and are designed for a high revisit rate.
When operational, Pelican will be Planet’s next-generation satellite constellation to replenish and upgrade the 19 SkySats in orbit.
| Nation: | USA |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Earth Observation |
| Operator: | Planet Labs |
| Contractors: | Planet Labs |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | |
| Propulsion: | Hall-effect thrusters |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | |
| Orbit: | 500 km SSO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelican 1 (Pelican 3001) | 2023-174AS | 11.11.2023 | Va SLC-4E | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with ICEYE X31, X32, X34, X35, Umbra-SAR 07, 08, Pelican 1, FalconSat 10, SPIP, Aether 1, 2, ION-SCV 013, EPICHyper 3, Intuition 1, Crypto3, Lemur-2 181, OSW Cazorla, Ymir 1, PiCo-IoT 1, ..., 9, Unicorn 2J, 2K, HADES D, ROM 3, SpaceANT-D, Tartan Artibeus 2, Impulse 1, Time We’ll Tell, SpaceVan 001, EXO 0, GHGSat C9, C10, C11, Observer 1A, ProtoMéthée, MANTIS, BRO 10, 11, Connecta T3.1, T3.2, GENMAT 1, NinjaSat, OrbAstro PC1, OrbAstro TR1, PEARL 1C, 1H, Platero, Platform 5, Tiger 5, 6, Vindlér 1, ..., 4, Ella 1, Aman 1 (R), Barry 1, Flock-4q 1, ..., 36, Heron Mk.2, IRIS C2, KAFASAT, Lemur-2 179, 180, OMNI-LER1, Outpost Mission 2, JinjuSat 1, Djibouti 1A, Picacho, Veronika, Hello Test 1, 2 | |
| Pelican ... | - | 202x | with ? | |||
| Pelican ... | - | 202x | with ? |
References:
Further Cosmogia / Planet Labs missions:
|
Further SkySat missions:
|
