BlackSky
| Constellation area |
Earth Observation, Optical, Hyperspectral |
| Constellation info |
Color imagery at a resolution of 1 meter. With 16 satellites can provide hourly revisit times for most major cities. 50-cm resolution in the future.
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| Constellation status |
Launches ongoing |
| Launched satellites |
20 |
| Planned satellites |
16 |
| Form factor |
Microsat |
| Manufacturer |
LeoStella, In-house |
| First launch |
2016 |
| Launch cadence |
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| Schedule tracking |
Years behind
"The first three commercially operational satellites are scheduled for launch in 2017, with the complete 60-satellite constellation on orbit by 2020." |
| Notes |
- Intelsat asks bankruptcy court to clear roadblock for Spaceflight launch business sale, 2022-05-29.
- NRO signs agreements with commercial providers of hyperspectral imagery. The companies selected are BlackSky, HyperSat, Orbital Sidekick, Pixxel, Planet and Xplore.
- BlackSky is incorporating the Inmarsat and Addvalue inter-satellite data relay system, IDRS, in its next-generation satellite design. Addvalue has designed a new Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite antenna system that allows full communications coverage when satellites are not in view of a ground station. The IDRS terminal uses Inmarsat’s satellite network and gives LEO satellites always-on communications for mission tasking and data monitoring. The terminal also supports telemetry and command communications, troubleshooting and restoring operations.
- BlackSky Announces $29.5 Million Private Placement Financing, 2023-03-07.
- BlackSky’s New Satellites Complete Commissioning, Enter Revenue-Generating Operations Within 18 Hours, 2023-03-28.
- BlackSky Secures More Than $30 Million Contract for High-Frequency Imagery Services with International Defense Sector Customer, 2023-06-12.
- BlackSky reported net income of $675,000 for the Q3 2023, improving from a net loss of $13.1 million reported for the same period a year ago. The company brought in $21.3 million in third-quarter revenue, up 26% from a year prior. The “primary driver for the positive net income” was the company’s accounting practices related to “warrant liability exposure.” Excluding that impact, BlackSky would have reported a third-quarter net loss of about $16.3 million. BlackSky tightened its 2023 revenue outlook to a range of between $84 million and $90 million, a reduction on the top end from its previously stated guidance of as much as $96 million. It had $51.5 million in cash and equivalents on hand at the end of the third quarter, with a contract order backlog of $252 million, CNBC, 2023-11-08.
- BlackSky inks $50 million deal to supply imagery services and satellites to Indonesia, SpaceNews, 2024-02-08. BlackSky will work with Thales Alenia Space to establish the building blocks of a sovereign Earth imaging satellite network tailored to Indonesia’s national security needs. BlackSky expects to deliver two third-generation electro-optical imaging satellites to the Indonesian MoD in about two years, O’Toole said. Thales Alenia Space will develop the synthetic aperture radar satellites.
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| Entity name |
BlackSky |
| Previous names |
Previously Andrews Space |
| Oneliner |
High-quality earth observation satellite imagery in near real-time with rapid revisit capability.
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| Funding |
$253.5M |
| Public |
Traded |
| Nation |
US |
| Created |
2013 |
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Last modified: 2024-06-04
