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Q&A with the CEO: Brian E. O’Toole Talks Transformation, Opportunity and Partnership
How is BlackSky transforming satellites, ISR and decision-making capabilities? I think it starts with a fundamental question: What’s important to the customer? They want to be the first to know about things going on in their area of interest, which means they need...
Global 4 Deployment
Global-4, our fourth commercial satellite was sent up Monday on Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle at 6:12AM Pacific time. This launch completes our first inclined plane, and enables the introduction of our high revisit offering coming later this year . Thank you to Spaceflight, Rocket Lab, and our other partners for a successful mission!
Global-3 launch readiness underway
We are happy to report that our Global-3 launch readiness campaign is in full swing! The satellite has arrived safely at the Rocket Lab facility in New Zealand and the launch processing campaign is nearing completion. Everything is on schedule and we’ve handed over the satellite to the Spaceflight team to start integration with … Continued
The Proposed Temporal Imagery Interpretability Rating Scale
Developing a new interpretability scale to adapt to the evolution of satellite imaging This blog post was written by Dr. Peter Wegner, chief strategy officer at Spaceflight Industries, and originally published in SatNews. You can find the original article here. As a geospatial intelligence company, BlackSky provides analytics products and services to customers worldwide. Our … Continued
We’re Headed to GEOINT 2019!
The BlackSky team is headed to San Antonio, Texas for the annual GEOINT Symposium. It’s been an exciting year so far for BlackSky, as we released the first images from our satellites Globals 1 and 2, and announced the beginning of commercial operations. But we’re just getting started – there is much more in store. … Continued
Press Releases
BlackSky secures $50M in funding from Intelsat
Creates First Industry Relationship to Pair Earth Observation with Global Communications Infrastructure Herndon, VA – November 12, 2019 — BlackSky, a leading provider of geospatial intelligence, satellite imaging and global monitoring services, announced it has...
Spaceflight’s First Rideshare Mission Aboard a Rocket Lab Electron Readies for Launch
As the sole customer, Spaceflight commissioned and coordinated launch of seven spacecraft Spaceflight’s mission patch for RL-1, its inaugural launch with Rocket Lab Seattle – June 12, 2019 — Spaceflight, the leading satellite rideshare and mission...
BlackSky Awarded NRO Contract for Commercial Imagery to Support U.S. Government Mission Needs
Herndon, VA – June 3, 2019 — BlackSky, a leading provider of geospatial intelligence, satellite imaging, and global monitoring services, announced it has been awarded a Study Contract through the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to provide commercial...
BlackSky Begins Commercial Operations, Signs Agreement with HawkEye 360 to Include Radio Frequency Data in its Geospatial Platform
San Antonio – June 3, 2019 — At the USGIF-sponsored GEOINT Symposium in San Antonio, Texas today, BlackSky, a leading provider of geospatial intelligence, satellite imaging, and global monitoring services, announced it has signed an agreement with HawkEye...
BlackSky Completes Critical On-Orbit Milestones with Global-1 and -2 Satellites as it Readies for Start of Commercial Operations
Colorado Springs, Colo. – April 9, 2019 — Today, at the 35th Space Symposium held in Colorado Springs, Colo., BlackSky, a leading provider of geospatial intelligence, satellite imaging, and global monitoring services, announced it has successfully achieved...