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BlackSky Satellites Deliver First Images Within 58 Hours of Launch
Customers See the Power of AI Driven Analytics Instantly Our fifth and sixth satellites launched into orbit on August 7 and began delivering imagery 58 hours after launch, which is unprecedented. Those satellites in conjunction with the advanced analytics offered by...
The Road to Launch: Team Reflections on What our 5th and 6th Smallsat Launch Means to Us
If you’ve been part of our Road to Launch campaign, then you’ve already been introduced to some of the amazing team members that make up the BlackSky family. With the incredible launch of our 5th and 6th smallsats now behind us we can take a breath, dish out a few...
Agile Space Paying Dividends During Pandemic
This June, BlackSky will launch two more satellites in the midst of an unprecedented worldwide pandemic. Despite the complexities of space and a major public-health crisis, BlackSky’s innovations in smallsat design, launch, operations, and service delivery at scale...
Black Lives Matter: A Message From BlackSky CEO Brian O’Toole
As a people-first company we categorically condemn racism and discrimination. We are at a moment that goes beyond empathy. This moment requires that we acknowledge and deeply understand the realities that exist for every individual and their communities. We must...
BlackSky Recognized as 2020 Innovators’ Showcase Honoree
For the second year in a row, BlackSky has been selected to pitch newly developed Spectra AI capabilities at the Intelligence and National Security Alliance’s (INSA) Innovators’ Showcase. Each spring, the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) and the...
News
Speed, agility, quick innovation will form long-term model for EO industry: Brian O’Toole
NGA’s primary commercial imagery delivery system now includes small satellites
BlackSky: A data-analytics platform that just happens to own a satellite manufacturer
SpaceX Launches Starlink and BlackSky Satellites
BlackSky Mentioned in GeekWire Coverage of Beirut Explosion
Press Releases
BlackSky’s Newest Satellites Have Completed Commissioning and Entered Into Commercial Operations
HERNDON, Va. – October 5, 2020 – BlackSky, a leading provider of global monitoring services, geospatial intelligence and satellite imagery, announced its fifth and sixth global satellites have completed commissioning and are in commercial operations. The addition of...
BlackSky Announces Next Generation Dual Payload Satellite Architecture to Deliver High Resolution and Nighttime Imaging Capabilities
U.S. Army and Defense Innovation Unit to leverage new satellite design for Tactical GEOINT program HERNDON, Va. – September 24, 2020 – BlackSky, a leading provider of global monitoring services, geospatial intelligence and satellite imagery, announced today the next...
New BlackSky Satellites Deliver First Images Within 58 Hours of Launch
Images Immediately Provide Customers Actionable Insights HERNDON, Va. – August 17, 2020 – BlackSky, a leading provider of global monitoring services, geospatial intelligence and satellite imagery, announced it has completed initial system checkouts and has begun...
BlackSky Awarded Monitoring Contract From U.S. Air Force to Track Global COVID-19 Impact on Military Readiness
U.S. Air Force to utilize BlackSky’s artificial intelligence and machine learning analytics platform to maintain force readiness and secure the supply chain BlackSky’s Spectra platform will leverage state-of-the-art image exploitation techniques to automatically...
Spaceflight Industries, Inc. Completes Sale of Rideshare Business
Capital from transaction to accelerate global monitoring business, BlackSky Global LLC HERNDON, VA – Spaceflight Industries, Inc. today announced the finalization of the sale of its satellite rideshare business, Spaceflight, Inc., to Mitsui & Co., Ltd., in...