BlackSky
High-revisit space intelligence combining 35-centimeter Gen-3 imagery with Spectra AI
The product
BlackSky designs, manufactures, and operates high-revisit electro-optical satellites and the Spectra software platform. It sells on-demand and priority imagery, AI-generated monitoring and analytics, non-Earth imaging, and sovereign mission solutions that can include customer-owned satellites, ground systems, software, and operations.
The thesis
BlackSky provides U.S.-built, rapidly taskable geospatial intelligence for defense and allied customers, while its sovereign-satellite offering gives nations a faster path to controlled space-based intelligence capacity.
How it runs
Vertically integrated satellite manufacturing, constellation operations, ground infrastructure, software, analytics, and mission engineering. Customers buy shared-constellation subscriptions or customized sovereign satellite and ground-system programs.
How it earns
Annual and multi-year On-Demand or Assured subscriptions for imagery and AI analytics; firm-fixed-price or cost-plus mission-solution contracts; and cost-plus, time-and-materials, or firm-fixed-price advanced-technology programs.
Why it wins
Fast tasking and delivery from an automated end-to-end stack, Gen-3 35-centimeter imagery, premium priority capacity, and the ability to move satellites from in-house production through deployment and operations for sovereign customers.
Evidence ledger
- SEC filing · 2026-09-12
BlackSky's Q2 2026 Form 10-Q describes its subscription, mission-solutions, and advanced-program revenue models, customer mix, Herndon address, and $378.1 million backlog.
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1753539/000175353926000124/bksy-20260630.htm - SEC-filed company press release · 2026-09-12
BlackSky reported Q2 2026 revenue of $33 million, up 50% year over year, driven by Gen-3 demand and international growth.
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1753539/000175353926000118/exhibit991-blackskyq22026e.htm - company press release · 2026-09-12
A 2026 international contract combined a Gen-3 satellite sale with recurring on-orbit operations and Assured imagery and analytics subscriptions.
https://ir.blacksky.com/news-events/press-releases/news-details/2026/BlackSky-Signs-New-Eight-Figure-International-Contract-for-Accelerated-Delivery-of-Gen-3-Sovereign-Space-Based-Intelligence-Solution/default.aspx - first-party · 2026-09-22
BlackSky said its fifth Gen-3 satellite collected and processed first-light imagery less than 20 hours after launch and that more Gen-3 satellites are planned by year-end 2026.
https://blacksky.com/press-releases/blackskys-fifth-gen-3-attains-first-light-in-hours-expanding-constellation-capacity-and-decision-making-speed-for-customers/ - authoritative-media · 2026-09-22
GBP Aerospace & Defence independently reports that BlackSky's fifth Gen-3 satellite captured and processed its first imagery less than 20 hours after launch, adding 35-centimeter imaging capacity for defense and intelligence users.
https://gbp.com.sg/stories/blackskys-fifth-gen-3-satellite-delivers-first-images-within-20-hours-of-launch/ - government · 2026-09-22
BlackSky's SEC-filed annual shareholder letter says the company remains on track to expand the Gen-3 constellation throughout 2026, with additional satellites in production.
https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1753539/000175353926000113/a202510k_wrapperfinal.pdf
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