5 February 2025 – SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and Planet Labs PBC announce a collaboration to build a satellite constellation using Planet’s next-generation electro optical satellite Pelican. SKY Perfect JSAT, which has primarily focused on its business using its own geostationary orbit satellites, will invest approximately $230 million to build and own low Earth orbit satellite constellation, thereby fully entering the Earth observation satellite business through JSAT Beyond Innovation LLC, a soon-to-be established entity through SKY Perfect JSAT’s 100% U.S. subsidiary, JSAT International Inc. Read more