Tag: BlackSky Global
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BlackSky revs up satellite operations and teams up with HawkEye 360 and NRO
An artist’s conception shows BlackSky’s Global satellites in orbit. (BlackSky Illustration) Seattle-based BlackSky is ramping up commercial operations of its satellite-based geospatial intelligence platform, thanks to newly announced deals with the National Reconnaissance Office and HawkEye 360, a company that has its own radio-sensing satellites in orbit. Both deals were announced today in conjunction with…
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BlackSky shares time-lapse satellite views
BlackSky’s Earth-imaging satellites provided this view of Melbourne’s waterfront and central business district. Ships can be seen plying the waters of the Yarra River. (BlackSky Photo) Seattle-based BlackSky says the first two Earth-imaging satellites in its Global constellation are up and running, with the ability to capture 1-meter-resolution views of the same spot on the…
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Seattle-area Earth observation satellite factory LeoStella is open for business
LeoStella technicians work on the first of 20 satellites to be produced by the Tukwila, Wash.-based startup. (GeekWire Photo) When you hear the words “satellite factory,” LeoStella‘s operations in a nondescript office park south of Seattle probably isn’t the image that comes to mind. But that’s exactly what it is. By the middle of summer, the…
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Seattle rideshare space company wins a shout-out for disrupting launch industry
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket sends 64 satellites into space from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base in December 2018 to kick off Spaceflight’s SSO-A satellite rideshare mission. (SpaceX Photo) Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries has taken the spotlight in a research note from Morgan Stanley for disrupting the process of putting satellites in space — in a good way.…
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Images start to stream in from new crop of satellites after two launch extravaganzas
A satellite image of Beijing, captured by one of Planet’s SkySat spacecraft, shows the Chinese capital’s futuristic high-speed rail station toward the left edge of the frame. (Planet Photo) More than 100 payloads have been put into orbit over the past couple of weeks, including 64 satellites riding a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and 31…
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Spaceflight’s 64-satellite extravaganza inches closer to SpaceX launch
A twice-flown SpaceX Falcon booster is readied for its third mission, set for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Scorch marks give the first-stage booster a “sooty” appearance. (SpaceX Photo via Twitter) Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries is closing in on what’s shaping up as a grand convergence in commercial space. Spaceflight, which handles launch logistics…
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On-board camera replay of PSLV’s deployment of 31 smallsats
Video Playerhttps://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/videos/c_43_final.mp4.mp4 Media error: Format(s) not supported or source(s) not found Download File: https://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/videos/c_43_final.mp4.mp4?_=100:0000:0000:00Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. Video credit: ISRO India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle released 31 satellites into two different orbits Thursday, and on-board cameras captured dazzling views of the smallsats flying away from the rocket’s upper stage high…
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Indian rocket launches 31 satellites
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off with 31 satellites. Credit: ISRO India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off Thursday and deployed in orbit a hyperspectral Earth-imaging satellite designed to assess vegetation, soil conditions and pollution in rich detail, then maneuvered to a lower altitude to release 30 more smallsats, including reinforcements for Planet and…
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Live coverage: PSLV launches cluster of international satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with the HysIS hyperspectral Earth observation satellite and 30 smallsats. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. ISRO’s live video stream begins at approximately 0400 GMT (11 p.m. EST) and will be available on this page.
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India’s PSLV rocket launches BlackSky’s Global-1 satellite (plus 30 other satellites)
India’s PSLV rocket lifts off to send 31 satellites into orbit. (ISRO Video) The first Earth observation satellite for Seattle-based BlackSky’s Global constellation has been sent into orbit aboard an Indian rocket. Global-1 was just one of 30 secondary payloads for the PSLV-C43 mission, launched at 9:57 a.m. local time Thursday (8:27 p.m. PT Wednesday)…