Planet Labs PBC Releases First Ground Testing Results for NASA CSP Program
03 November 2023 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL), a leading provider of daily data and
insights about Earth, today announced the successful completion of
a significant technical milestone for its planned
satellite-to-satellite communications links under the NASA
Communications Services Project (CSP).
Planet was selected as a subcontractor by SES Space &
Defense and Telesat Government Solutions in late 2022 to
demonstrate real-time space-to-space connectivity solutions from
Lower Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to other in-space communication
satellites operated by SES and Telesat.
Planet and SES Space & Defense conducted the first ground
demonstration in late August from a flight-like user terminal
housed in Mountain View, CA, and SES’ NSS-9 GEO satellite. Planet
used in-house designed flight representative radios, custom spread
spectrum waveforms, omni, and directional antennas for this
demonstration.
The successful demonstration validates the radio and antenna
design, link margin, data rates, and latency, serving as a first
step in technology maturation toward offering a real-time
connectivity solution with Planet’s LEO satellites. This capability
seeks to provide an enhanced offering for Planet customers whose
mission benefits from highly responsive last-minute tasking
capabilities. Planet’s RTcomms is persistent, ubiquitous,
near-real, low data rate intersatellite link using global GEO
C-band beams. RTcomms’ time highly spread waveform allows operation
well within the normal off-axis and spectral power density
requirements for geostationary communications systems. The antenna
pattern’s orbital altitude, low power density, and directional
nature ensure no discernable interference with ground systems. The
waveform is robust to interference from other C-band satellites,
enabling reliable operation over any world.
“This ground demonstration campaign is a major step forward in
Planet’s plans to continue providing the most timely insights
possible to our customers,” said Kiruthika Devaraj, VP of Avionics
and Spacecraft at Planet.
About Planet
Planet is a leading provider of global, daily satellite imagery
and geospatial solutions. Planet is driven by a mission to image
the world every day, and make change visible, accessible and
actionable. Founded in 2010 by three NASA scientists, Planet
designs, builds, and operates the largest Earth observation fleet
of imaging satellites. Planet provides mission-critical data,
advanced insights, and software solutions to over 880 customers,
comprising the world’s leading agriculture, forestry, intelligence,
education and finance companies and government agencies, enabling
users to simply and effectively derive unique value from satellite
imagery. Planet is a public benefit corporation trading on the New
York Stock Exchange as PL. To learn more visit www.planet.com and
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Planet Press Claire Bentley Dale
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