Tag: BlackSky Global
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With Spaceflight’s help, LeoStella moves ahead with Seattle-area satellite factory
LeoStella’s satellite manufacturing facility will be in a business park in Tukwila. (Sabey Photo) TUKWILA, Wash. — Today it’s an empty office building in a business park south of Seattle, not far from a Mexican restaurant and an organic nursery. But within just a few months, the place will be turning out two to three satellites per…
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BlackSky teams up with ATLAS Space Operations for satellite communications
News Brief: Michigan-based ATLAS Space Operations says it will provide telemetry, commanding and data support for the Earth-observing satellite constellation that’s due to be put into low Earth orbit for Seattle-based BlackSky. In a news release, ATLAS says it will offer support via new ground station sites in Guam and Japan to maximize the constellation’s…
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Spaceflight strikes deal with Rocket Lab for three satellite launch extravaganzas
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket lifts off from its New Zealand launch pad in January. (Rocket Lab Photo via Spaceflight) Seattle-based Spaceflight has partnered with Rocket Lab for three launches over the next year, including one of the first launches for BlackSky’s Earth observation constellation. All three launches will send an assortment of small satellites into low…
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Deep Space Industries will equip BlackSky satellites with water-spraying thrusters
Deep Space Industries’ Comet propulsion system uses water vapor as propellant. (DSI Illustration) California-based Deep Space Industries says it has signed a contract to provide water-spraying thrusters for the BlackSky Earth observation satellites that are due to be built in Seattle. The contract covers an initial block of 20 Comet water-based satellite propulsion systems. The…
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BlackSky shows off first next-generation Global satellite for Earth observation
An artist’s conception shows BlackSky’s Global satellites in orbit. (BlackSky Illustration) Spaceflight Industries’ BlackSky geospatial intelligence service is taking the wraps off its first operational satellite, Global-1, which will blaze the trail for what’s expected to be a 60-satellite Earth observation constellation. The Seattle-based venture plans to have four of the Global satellites launched within…
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Spaceflight Industries issues $150 million investment offer amid high-flying plans
An artist’s conception shows Black Sky’s imaging satellites in orbit. (Black Sky Illustration) Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries is seeking as much as $150 million in new investment as it gets ready for a key rocket launch and a dramatic expansion of its satellite presence. The outlines of the offering are described in documents filed today with…
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Spaceflight Industries teams with Europe’s Thales Alenia and Telespazio for satellites
An artist’s conception shows BlackSky’s satellite constellation in low Earth orbit. (Spaceflight Industries Illustration) Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries has forged a partnership with a French-Italian venture known as the Space Alliance, formed by Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio, to accelerate plans for a 60-satellite constellation of Earth-observing satellites. The partnership involves a minority investment in Spaceflight…
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Spaceflight’s BlackSky wins $16.4M Air Force contract for geospatial data platform
BlackSky’s online imaging platform can link a satellite view of the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo to real-time social media streams about the area to provide greater context. (Spaceflight Industries Graphic) BlackSky, a division of Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries, has been awarded a two-year, $16.4 million cost-plus prime contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory to…
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Spaceflight Industries unveils BlackSky Spectra for multispectral satellite imaging
An image from BlackSky Spectra displays visible-light imagery, synthetic aperture radar readings and infrared data over Panama City and the Miraflores Locks. The imagery comes from Airbus Pléiades, Airbus TerraSAR-X and USGS Landsat. (Spaceflight Industries Photo) Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries lifted the curtain on another satellite imaging service today: BlackSky Spectra, a Web-based platform that knits…
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Syrian crisis puts Spaceflight Industries’ BlackSky satellite data platform to the test
BlackSky’s online imaging platform can link a satellite view of the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo to real-time social media streams about the area to provide greater context. (Spaceflight Industries Graphic) Seattle-based Spaceflight Industries is giving early adopters a preview of its online BlackSky satellite imagery platform, which blends overhead views of sites around the world with…