Knowing is more important than seeing.
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BlackSky is a global monitoring company. Born from the understanding that we’re experiencing multiple revolutions in how we understand and engage with our world, BlackSky has committed to staying at the edge of what’s possible when it comes to smallsat imagery, data, and intelligence. From the mainstreaming of space to low-cost COTS satellite assembly, the revolutions we’re experiencing have opened the doors to bringing ML/AI geospatial analytics and cloud computing to a scalable, self-service platform at a fraction of the infrastructure needed in the past.
The BlackSky Advantage
- Rapid Multi-Day Revisit: locations are imaged multiple times throughout the day.
- Smartphone Friendly: simple subscription model requiring no IT infrastructure or setup time, much of which can be driven by your smartphone.
- Integrated Sources: observations from space, air, environmental sensors, asset tracking sensors, & Industrial IoT.
- Narrative Sources: hyperlocal news, industry publications, & financial reports.
- Actionable Insights: asset monitoring, pattern-of-life, and situational awareness analytic products
- Cutting Edge: our Spectra platform is powered by Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing.
- BlackSky On-Demand Secure Bundle: allows you to securely access the BlackSky Spectra platform from offsite locations.
Our vision as an organization is to live in a world in which knowledge-empowered people can achieve results to overcome global challenges. BlackSky’s service enables us to do this better.
Executive Director, UNITAR
Our History
2015
Public unveiling of the BlackSky constellation and business plan
2015
Closed $21M Series B investment to fund additional BlackSky spacecraft
2015
Purchased first SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for dedicated rideshare mission
2016
Awarded first GSA Schedule contract for satellite launch services
2016
Closed $25M Series B.1 investment, acquired OpenWhere
2016
Successful launch of first BlackSky Pathfinder satellite
2016
Release of BlackSky Global Intelligence Platform
2017
BlackSky awarded geospatial services contract in partnership with NGA
2017
Spaceflight signs contract with NASA to launch U-class payloads
2018
$150M investment from Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio, others
2018
LeoStella formed to manufacture smallsats at scale
2018
BlackSky completes and launches first commercial EO satellites, Global I, and Global II
2019
Start of commercial operations
2019
Global III and Global IV satellites go into orbit
2019
$50 million in funding secured from Intelsat
2020
Spaceflight Industries Signs Definitive Agreement to Sell Spaceflight Rideshare to Japan’s Mitsui & Co., Ltd and Yamasa Co., Ltd.
Technology Partners
BlackSky has partnered with some of the most visionary and pioneering partners in space and commercial imagery and technology. Through these strong partnerships, BlackSky has seen tremendous growth in both reach and capability with exciting new ventures ahead.
