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IC Vet Susan Gordon Named to BlackSky’s Board of Directors; Brian O’Toole Quoted

Susan Gordon, former principal deputy director of national intelligence and two-time Wash100 Award winner, has been appointed to BlackSky’s board of directors. Gordon’s intelligence career spans over four decades and includes serving in the nation’s highest-ranking intelligence officer position as key adviser to the President and the National Security Council. “Sue is a visionary leader, and we […] More

by Summer Myatt October 5, 2021, 11:49 am
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5 Contractors to Provide NGA With GEOINT Analytic Services; David Gauthier Quoted

Five companies will compete for delivery orders under a five-year, $29 million contract to provide the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency with analytic services aimed at addressing economic-related geospatial intelligence challenges. BAE Systems, Ball Aerospace, BlackSky Holdings, Continental Mapping Consultants and Royce Geospatial Consultants will deliver capabilities that leverage artificial intelligence, machine-learning and nontraditional GEOINT sources, NGA […] More

by Carol Collins September 30, 2021, 11:56 am
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BlackSky Receives NGA Contract for GEOINT-Enabled Monitoring of Global Economic Activity
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BlackSky Receives NRO Contract Modification for Real-Time Satellite Imagery; Brian O’Toole Quoted

The National Reconnaissance Office has awarded a contract modification to BlackSky Holdings for access to real-time satellite imagery that provides defense and intelligence communities with information on pattern-of-life anomalies. The satellites of BlackSky, capable of providing intraday revisit capabilities, will generate on-demand images intended to support homeland defense, national security and disaster and emergency response […] More

by Carol Collins August 18, 2021, 11:40 am
in News, Space

BlackSky, Palantir Joint Project Provides Geointelligence for Strategic Decision-Making; Brian O’Toole Quoted

BlackSky Holdings and Palantir Technologies have completed a joint project aimed at integrating high-resolution imagery with deep analytics to provide real-time geointelligence and demonstrate the impact of global monitoring from space. The pilot program combined BlackSky’s commercial satellite imagery and analytics and Palantir Foundry to demonstrate the capability to deploy worldwide intelligence that can potentially […] More

by Carol Collins August 16, 2021, 11:29 am
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BlackSky to Open Office Space in New Mexico; Brian O’Toole Quoted

BlackSky Holdings aims to expand its business footprint in the Southwest region by opening a new office at a facility built by a space-focused organization in New Mexico. The geospatial intelligence technology provider said Thursday it collaborated with NewSpace New Mexico, a nonprofit committed to supporting the development of the state as a space innovation […] More

by Carol Collins July 9, 2021, 12:05 pm
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Rocket Lab Eyes Electron Rocket Reusability for BlackSky Satellite Mission; Peter Beck Quoted

Rocket Lab plans to launch a mission to retrieve its Electron launch vehicle before it executes a splashdown landing in a move to demonstrate rocket reusability. Rocket Lab said Thursday the upcoming “Running Out of Toes” mission will serve as the 20th launch for Electron and is scheduled to take place in May from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers April 12, 2021, 3:23 am
in News, Space, Technology

Rocket Lab to Launch More BlackSky Satellites This Year

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.

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by Nichols Martin March 29, 2021, 7:06 am
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Clinton Crosier: Companies, Agencies Use AWS Ground Stations, Cloud to Analyze Data From Satellites
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DHS Vet Uyen Dinh Joins BlackSky as Gov’t Relations, Strategy VP

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.

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by Nichols Martin December 2, 2020, 5:19 am
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BlackSky Concludes Initial Design Review of ‘Gen-3’ Satellite for Army Tactical GEOINT Effort

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.

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by Brenda Marie Rivers September 25, 2020, 4:24 am
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BlackSky Satellites Transmit Initial Images; Brian O'Toole Quoted

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

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by Matthew Nelson August 18, 2020, 12:41 pm