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BlackSky’s persistent global monitoring services combine state-of-the-art artificial intelligence, cloud computing, multi-sensor data fusion, activity analysis, and autonomous satellite tasking to rapidly deliver essential alerts to those who need to know. Whether your world is precise or chaotic, dynamic, or static, BlackSky delivers answers.

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Our History
2022
BlackSky Strategic Advisory Group founded.
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2021
2021, What a Great Year!
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2021
BlackSky ends the year with 12 satellites, including launching 6 satellites in 30 days with 3 missions, 2 launch providers on 2 continents. And all satellites become commercially operational in 48 hours after each launch.
2021
BlackSky announced it entered into a business merger agreement with Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp. The newly combined company is listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “BKSY.”
2020
Spaceflight Industries signs definitive agreement to sell Spaceflight Rideshare to Japan’s Mitsui & Co., Ltd and Yamasa Co., Ltd.
2019
$50 million in funding secured from Intelsat
2019
Global III and Global IV satellites go into orbit
2019
Start of commercial operations
2018
BlackSky completes and launches first commercial EO satellites, Global I, and Global II
2018
LeoStella formed to manufacture smallsats at scale
2018
$150M investment from Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio, others
2017
Spaceflight signs contract with NASA to launch U-class payloads
2017
BlackSky awarded geospatial services contract in partnership with NGA
2016
BlackSky establishes contact with its first satellite.
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2016
Release of BlackSky Global Intelligence Platform
2016
Successful launch of first BlackSky Pathfinder satellite
2016
Closed $25M Series B.1 investment, acquired OpenWhere
2016
Awarded first GSA Schedule contract for satellite launch services
2015
Purchased first SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for dedicated rideshare mission
2015
Closed $21M Series B investment to fund additional BlackSky spacecraft
2015
Public unveiling of the BlackSky constellation and business plan