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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...
Press Releases
BlackSky Secures Investment from Palantir and Enters into Multi-Year Strategic Partnership Following Successful Pilot Project
Collaboration to Expand Delivery of High-Resolution Imagery and Deep Analytics HERNDON, Va. – August 31, 2021 – BlackSky Holdings, Inc. (“BlackSky”), a leading technology platform providing real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring, announced today that...
BlackSky Enhances Executive Leadership Team
HERNDON, Va. – Aug. 18, 2021 – BlackSky Holdings, Inc. (“BlackSky”), a leading technology platform providing real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring, today announced three additions to its executive team as it begins its next phase of growth and...
NRO Expands BlackSky Commercial Imagery for Security, Defense and Intelligence
BlackSky Awarded Contract Modification to Provide Geospatial Imagery HERNDON, Va. – August 17, 2021 – BlackSky Holdings, Inc. (“BlackSky”), a leading technology platform providing real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring, today announced that it has...
BlackSky and Palantir Collaboration Aids Government Agencies in Predicting Events
HERNDON, Va. – August 16, 2021 – BlackSky Holdings, Inc. (“BlackSky”), a leading global geospatial intelligence company, announced the completion of a joint pilot project with Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR) that integrated BlackSky’s commercial satellite...
Osprey Technology Acquisiton Corp. Announces Registration Statement Effectiveness
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Osprey Technology Acquisition Corp. (“Osprey”) (NYSE: SFTW), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, today announced that Osprey’s registration statement on Form S-4 relating to the previously announced merger (the “Business...
