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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Brian O’Toole, CEO of BlackSky, views the addition of the fifth and sixth satellites as an important step in BlackSky’s strategy to provide customers with data that materially impacts their mission and business objectives.
BlackSky’s fifth and sixth satellites launched in August 2020.
BlackSky’s fifth and sixth satellites operate at an inclination of 53 degrees, enabling additional revisits with heightened performance in Europe and Asia.
BlackSky’s fifth and sixth global satellites completed commissioning and entered commercial operations as of 2020-10-05.
BlackSky’s fifth and sixth satellites launched in August 2020.
BlackSky's Gen-3 satellites can host multiple sensors including short-wave infrared (SWIR).
The contract for the TACGEO program was awarded to BlackSky in January 2020 after a competitive bid process.
BlackSky's Gen-3 satellites are capable of producing images with 50-centimeter resolution.
BlackSky’s Gen-3 satellites provide enhanced spectral diversity and improved resolution to support imaging in nighttime, low-light, and challenging weather conditions.
BlackSky’s Gen-3 satellites are capable of producing images with 50-centimeter resolution.
BlackSky’s Gen-3 satellites are capable of hosting multiple sensors including short-wave infrared (SWIR).
BlackSky received the TACGEO contract in January 2020 after a competitive bid process.
BlackSky unveiled its next generation Gen-3 satellite architecture to expand its high-revisit commercial satellite constellation.
BlackSky plans to deploy 16 of the current Gen-2 satellites and to replace them with Gen-3 when the Gen-2 satellites begin to age out.
Two BlackSky satellites hitched a ride to orbit on 2020-08-07 on a Falcon 9 rocket that was deploying SpaceX’s latest batch of Starlink satellites.
NGA signed an agreement with BlackSky as part of a broker platform program to obtain access to a larger group of partner companies.
BlackSky’s Spectra platform and imaging constellation are designed to decrease the time from data collection to decision.
Over the next two years, BlackSky will launch 18 satellites to complete a 24-satellite constellation but has not decided how many of those will be 50-centimeter capable.
BlackSky views the National Reconnaissance Office as a key target customer and was one of several vendors that received NRO study contracts in 2019.
An image taken by BlackSky on 2020-08-09 over Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium demonstrates the one-meter-resolution capability of BlackSky’s current fleet.