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...
Knowing is More Important Than Seeing
“Insights delivered by AI/ML are bringing us closer to a global transparency of natural and human activity.” If you’re thinking of BlackSky, odds are you’re thinking of our global monitoring mission through our pioneering constellation of smallsats. That makes sense....
Supporting the Intelligence Mission with Spectra On-Demand Secure Bundle: Q&A with Scott Herman, Chief Technology Officer
BlackSky has announced its new Spectra On-Demand Secure Bundle to support remote work options for intelligence analysts. The new Spectra solution allows analysts to securely share unclassified information and includes the ability to review multi-source data feeds,...
Brian O’Toole, CEO of BlackSky and President of Spaceflight Industries, discusses the details of the pending sale of the Spaceflight launch division.
On Tuesday, Feb. 11, Spaceflight Industries, the parent company to both BlackSky and Spaceflight, announced the definitive agreement to sell Spaceflight, its rideshare launch services division, to Japan’s Mitsui & Co. Ltd., in partnership with Yamasa Co., Ltd....
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!