Rocket Lab has agreed to help BlackSky launch geospatial intelligence satellites to space across multiple missions in 2021. The launch vehicle provider said Thursday its Electron launch vehicle will send eight of BlackSky's 286-pound satellites to low Earth orbit across four flight missions.

Uyen Dinh, a former Department of Homeland Security official, has joined geospatial intelligence company BlackSky to serve as vice president for government relations and strategy. Dinh will contribute over 20 years of experience in national security, cybersecurity and geospatial intelligence to BlackSky's government engagements, the company said Tuesday.

Spaceflight Industries' BlackSky subsidiary has completed preliminary design review activities for its proposed next-generation satellite for a U.S. Army program focused on tactical geospatial intelligence.

Two Earth observation satellites operated by Spaceflight Industries' BlackSky subsidiary began to capture images within 58 hours of launch via a SpaceX rideshare mission.

Spaceflight Industries' BlackSky subsidiary has received a contract to support the U.S. Air Force's efforts to monitor COVID-19 activity at military bases through the company's proprietary geospatial intelligence technologies.

Intelsat has invested in Spaceflight Industries' BlackSky subsidiary as part of a transaction aimed at integrating Earth observation services and global satellite communications infrastructure.

Spaceflight Industries‘ BlackSky division has partnered with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to develop a cloud-based geospatial intelligence broker platform for the Air Force Research Laboratory under a previously awarded $16.4 million contract. The GEOINT Broker Development Platform will utilize an agile development approach that works to enable users to continuously provide input to build …

Spaceflight Industries‘ BlackSky division has received a two-year, $16.4 million contract to build a cloud-based geospatial intelligence broker platform for the Air Force Research Laboratory. BlackSky will develop the platform to help government users collect and analyze GEOINT data from multiple data sources worldwide, Spaceflight said Tuesday. “Easy access and streamlined …

Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Stacey Dixon, deputy director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award, the most coveted and prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon). This is her second consecutive Wash100 Award win. Visit Wash100.com to cast a vote for Stacey Dixon. 

Clinton Crosier, director of aerospace and satellite solutions at Amazon Web Services, said AWS is providing ground stations to help companies and government clients process and analyze satellite-derived data and transmit information in minutes, SpaceNews reported Tuesday.

HySpecIQ has received a contract from the National Reconnaissance Office to perform studies that will help inform the development of satellite systems by 2023.

Rocket Lab has launched its Electron rocket carrying a maritime surveillance cube satellite built by space technology firm UnseenLabs as well as other payloads as part of the “˜Look Ma, No Hands' mission.

Rocket Lab aims to deploy another four satellites to orbit as part of its eighth Electron rideshare launch mission scheduled for next month. The mission, dubbed Look Ma, No Hands, will carry a cubesat to be the starting point of a maritime surveillance constellation for UnseenLabs as well as three rideshare payloads for Spaceflight, consisting of BlackSky's Global-4 Earth-imaging satellite and two research satellites for the U.S. Air Force, Rocket Lab said Monday. 

Rocket Lab's Electron rocket took off Saturday from a launch complex in New Zealand to bring seven satellites to orbit for space mission management and rideshare provider Spaceflight.

The National Reconnaissance Office plans to begin in 2020 a new procurement process to buy commercial satellite imagery from several companies, SpaceNews reported Thursday.