Planet Labs Plans AIS Receiver Demonstrations With Flock Constellation

Planet Labs wants to use some of its Flock earth imaging constellation satellites to demonstrate automatic identification system (AIS) receiver capabilities, it said in an FCC International Bureau application Monday. It wants to equip up to three of its earth exploration satellite service satellites with a software-defined radio receiver and antenna wire tuned to receive AIS signals, with AIS data to be transmitted to Planet Earth stations.