BlackSky

12/23/2020

Was it too cloudy at your house to see the recent “Christmas Star” aka the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn? Thankfully BlackSky was able to get you a slightly closer view of this rare event from one of our satellites. Happy Holidays!
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08/14/2020

In case you missed any of the facts and quotes that we shared during our Road to Launch campaign, here’s a blog post with all of those great quotes PLUS some additional content we didn't have a chance to share. Congrats again to everyone who made last week’s launch a success!

The Road to Launch: Team Reflections on What our 5th and 6th Smallsat Launch Means to Us - Global Monitoring | Geospatial Intelligence | Low Earth Orbit | Smallsat | Earth Imaging

08/07/2020

It takes about 3 minutes after launch to pass the Kármán Line, the boundary to space around 62 miles above us. That requires 1.7 million pounds of heart-pounding thrust coming from the nine Stage 1 engines that are pushing 1+ million pounds of engineering through the atmosphere. It’s one thing to understand it. It’s another thing to actually do it. Congrats to all our amazing partners at SpaceX, Spaceflight Inc, and LeoStella. Also, congratulations to all the incredible BlackSky team members whose efforts are taking global monitoring to the next level.

08/06/2020

SpaceX is targeting Friday, August 7 at 1:12 a.m. EDT for the launch of its tenth Starlink mission which includes 2 BlackSky satellites. It’ll be a late one for you East Coasters but grab an energy drink and stay up late to watch the live webcast at the link below about 10 minutes before launch time:

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.

08/04/2020

Want to talk global monitoring, market growth, national security, and even UFOs? Tune in to The Space Show podcast with BlackSky CTO Scott Herman and you'll have plenty to consider when it comes to geospatial.
https://www.thespaceshow.com/show/31-jul-2020/broadcast-3550-scott-herman

07/23/2020

BlackSky's Patrick O'Neil gave the keynote today at the 2020 Virtual Sensor Show & Congress. We couldn't be more proud of Patrick and his contribution to BlackSky in the areas of machine learning & AI. Kudos Patrick!

07/10/2020

SpaceX is targeting Saturday, July 11 at 10:54 a.m. EDT for the launch of its tenth Starlink mission which includes 2 BlackSky satellites. Make sure your coffee’s hot and tune in to our social channels for the live launch webcast around 10:40 a.m. EDT.

07/07/2020

Tomorrow. Are you ready?

06/29/2020

We’re reminded again of a simple axiom that lurks just beneath the surface of all the planning, science, timing, and engineering of our launch… Space is hard. While our launch is postponed our excitement isn’t, so standby as we share our new launch date with you as soon as we have it.

06/26/2020

From SpaceX: Standing down from today’s Starlink mission; team needed additional time for pre-launch checkouts, but Falcon 9 and the satellites are healthy. Will announce new target launch date once confirmed on the Range.

We'll let you know when we learn more.

06/25/2020

SpaceX is targeting tomorrow, June 26th, at 4:18pm EDT for their launch of 57 Starlink satellites and 2 BlackSky spacecraft. Stay tuned to BlackSky’s social channels for launch updates.

06/24/2020

Space is a team sport! Here are just a few of the people making our launch happen standing at Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), a very historic pad where the Saturn V launched the Apollo program. It was also used for the first and final Shuttle launches and was where the Saturn V rocket sent up SkyLab, America’s first space station. The amazing group pictured here represents countless other members of BlackSky, LeoStella, and SpaceFlight that have been working around the clock to make this launch happen. To all those who have contributed to and supported this launch… THANK YOU. Let’s Rock!

From left to right: Lucas Laffitte (LeoStella), Amanda Tran (LeoStella), Jeff Roberts (SpaceFlight), Z Megyery (BlackSky), Clayton Doyle (LeoStella), Alex Lewandowski (SpaceFlight).