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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!
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
Press Releases
BlackSky Announces Next Generation Dual Payload Satellite Architecture to Deliver High Resolution and Nighttime Imaging Capabilities
U.S. Army and Defense Innovation Unit to leverage new satellite design for Tactical GEOINT program HERNDON, Va. – September 24, 2020 – BlackSky, a leading provider of global monitoring services, geospatial intelligence and satellite imagery, announced today the next...
New BlackSky Satellites Deliver First Images Within 58 Hours of Launch
Images Immediately Provide Customers Actionable Insights HERNDON, Va. – August 17, 2020 – BlackSky, a leading provider of global monitoring services, geospatial intelligence and satellite imagery, announced it has completed initial system checkouts and has begun...
BlackSky Awarded Monitoring Contract From U.S. Air Force to Track Global COVID-19 Impact on Military Readiness
U.S. Air Force to utilize BlackSky’s artificial intelligence and machine learning analytics platform to maintain force readiness and secure the supply chain BlackSky’s Spectra platform will leverage state-of-the-art image exploitation techniques to automatically...
Spaceflight Industries, Inc. Completes Sale of Rideshare Business
Capital from transaction to accelerate global monitoring business, BlackSky Global LLC HERNDON, VA – Spaceflight Industries, Inc. today announced the finalization of the sale of its satellite rideshare business, Spaceflight, Inc., to Mitsui & Co., Ltd., in...
BlackSky Launches Spectra On-Demand Secure Bundle for Intelligence Analysts
For the first time, BlackSky offers remote access for intelligence analysts due to COVID-19 pandemic HERNDON, VA – BlackSky, a leading provider of geospatial intelligence, global monitoring services and satellite imaging, announced today its new Spectra On-Demand...
