Satellogic announced its Merlin constellation as an addition to its existing fleet, designed to enable daily global remapping at one-meter spatial resolution. The system removes traditional trade-offs between coverage and resolution by providing a continuous intelligence infrastructure with ten spectral bands and AI-powered onboard processing.

The first Merlin satellite is scheduled for launch in October 2026, with the full constellation expected to achieve operational capability in the first half of 2027. This timeline positions Satellogic to offer uninterrupted planetary monitoring within a year of the initial deployment.

Merlin will expand Aleph Observer's current monitoring capacity from hundreds or thousands of sites to millions of locations simultaneously. Organizations will subscribe to persistent monitoring coverage rather than purchasing individual scenes, enabling continuous tracking of assets such as military bases, ports, and infrastructure networks.

Built for defense-grade reliability and speed, Merlin supports real-time alerting and follow-up high-resolution observations via inter-satellite communications. The constellation also addresses commercial needs in environmental monitoring, agriculture management, infrastructure oversight, and energy network surveillance under a subscription-based model.