BlackSky is a leading provider of real-time geospatial intelligence, operating its own constellation of Earth observation satellites in low Earth orbit. The company delivers on-demand, high-frequency imagery, monitoring, and analytics of critical locations and events using its AI-powered Spectra platform. BlackSky serves government organizations and commercial enterprises, providing them with timely insights and data for strategic decision-making.
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BlackSky reported total revenue of $65,400,000 for the full year 2022, up 92% from 2021.
BlackSky reported total revenue of $19,400,000 for the fourth quarter of 2022, up 69% from the fourth quarter of 2021.
Spaceflight and LeoStella provide services and expertise that enable end-to-end support for BlackSky’s constellation, including design, manufacturing, integration, mission management, and logistics.
LeoStella has manufactured the last 16 satellites in BlackSky’s constellation.
Spaceflight and LeoStella provide services and expertise that enable end-to-end support for BlackSky’s constellation.
LeoStella manufactured the last 16 satellites in BlackSky’s constellation.
LeoStella manufactured the last 16 satellites in BlackSky’s constellation, providing more than 29 years of on-orbit heritage and delivering 99% mission availability.
BlackSky satellites have been launched on five previous Electron missions since 2021 and two Electron missions prior to 2021, bringing the total number of BlackSky satellites deployed by Electron to nine.
The Beat Goes On mission will deliver BlackSky’s high-resolution Gen-2 satellites to low Earth orbit.
LeoStella, a U.S.-based satellite maker, manufactured the two BlackSky spacecraft and co-engineered them with BlackSky.
Space firms that went public through SPAC deals include Astra, Virgin Orbit, Rocket Lab, BlackSky, Spire, AST SpaceMobile, Satellogic, Planet, Terran Orbital, Virgin Galactic, Redwire, and Momentus.
Commercial electro-optical imagery providers such as BlackSky and Planet supplied unclassified imagery to news media and other users during the Ukraine war.
Spaceflight Inc. helped extend customer constellations including Kleos, Astrocast, and BlackSky in 2022.
The U.S. government operates electro-optical imaging satellites and also buys imagery from commercial providers Maxar, BlackSky, Planet, and Satellogic.
BlackSky’s Spectra AI platform provides multi-source analytics and satellite imagery collection that offer high-revisit, dawn-to-dusk imaging and analytics integrated into GEOINT workflows.
The ceiling value of the five-year Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity contract between BlackSky Technology Inc. and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency for economic indicator monitoring was increased from $30,000,000 to $60,000,000.
BlackSky won a combined total of $14,000,000 of orders within the first year of the five-year National Geospatial Intelligence Agency contract.
In 2021 the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency selected BAE Systems, Ball Aerospace, BlackSky, Continental Mapping Consultants, and Royce Geospatial Consultants as vendors for the Economic Indicator Monitoring program.
BlackSky has won the majority of Economic Indicator Monitoring awards and has received $13,800,000 in orders to date under the program.
BlackSky’s operating expenses were $28,500,000 in the third quarter of 2022, which included $2,900,000 of non-cash stock-based compensation expense.