# BlackSky

> BlackSky builds and operates Earth-observation satellites and combines their imagery with its Spectra tasking and analytics software. Governments and commercial customers subscribe to repeated monitoring of critical locations, reserve regional imaging capacity or commission sovereign satellite and ground systems.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Herndon, United States
- **Founders:** Jason Andrews (Co-founder of the legacy business; former CEO), Marian Joh (Co-founder of the legacy business)
- **Products:** BlackSky Spectra, On-Demand, Assured, Gen-3 constellation, Mission Solutions
- **Notable:** Pathfinder-1 launched in 2016., Began NYSE trading as BKSY on September 10, 2021., Acquired full ownership of LeoStella in November 2024.

## Products & services

- **BlackSky Spectra** — Web-based tasking and analytics platform with archive access, API integration and automated object detection.
- **On-Demand** — Subscription access for flexible satellite tasking across changing areas of interest.
- **Assured** — Subscription offering contract-backed collection capacity and priority over defined areas.
- **Gen-3 constellation** — Satellites with best visible ground sample distance of 35 cm and short-wave infrared capability. The published 60-minute revisit specification assumes sixteen satellites.
- **Mission Solutions** — Sovereign satellite, ground infrastructure, training and operational handover programs.
- **Non-Earth imaging** — Space-object imagery supplied through partners including HEO.
- **Advanced technology programs** — Customer-funded research and development, including next-generation payloads and AI capabilities.

## Achievements

- Pathfinder-1 launched in 2016.
- Began NYSE trading as BKSY on September 10, 2021.
- Acquired full ownership of LeoStella in November 2024.
- First Gen-3 deployment in 2025; fifth Gen-3 delivered first-light imagery within twenty hours of launch in September 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — October 22: expanded seven-figure international defense contract; customer subscription doubled in less than six months.
- **2026-10** — October 19: scheduled Q3 2026 results for November 5, 2026; those results were not yet published as of this profile.
- **2026-10** — October 15: HEO annual extension adds Gen-3 access for non-Earth imaging.
- **2026-09** — September 30: announced SkyFi Satellite Intelligence integration for Robinhood Agent Apps.
- **2026-09** — September 14: announced first-light imagery from the fifth Gen-3 spacecraft.

## Links

- Website: https://blacksky.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blackskyinc/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/BlackSky_Inc
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@blacksky_inc
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlackSky-1433266406997673/

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Last updated: 2026-10-25