Planet to develop specialized Tanager satellite for methane detection

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Planet and Carbon Mapper Sign Agreement for New Tanager Spacecraft

April 30, 2026 9:02 AM EDT

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... More