Jason Andrews

BlackSky Grows Global Reseller Program with Addition of Ursa Space

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021

BlackSky Holdings, Inc. (BlackSky), a leading technology platform providing real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring, today announced that Ursa Space Systems (Ursa Space) is the latest addition to its network of global resellers.

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  • BlackSky Holdings, Inc. (BlackSky), a leading technology platform providing real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring, today announced that Ursa Space Systems (Ursa Space) is the latest addition to its network of global resellers.
  • With this new agreement, Ursa Space will sell BlackSkys imagery and analytics to government and commercial customers around the globe.
  • Through this agreement with Ursa Space, BlackSky is able to grow its reach and support customers in key industry verticals.
  • BlackSkys global reseller program is expanding rapidly and on target to include 24 resellers by the end of the year.

BlackSky Welcomes New Vice President of International Business Development

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Thursday, July 15, 2021

BlackSky Holdings, Inc. (BlackSky), a leading technology platform providing real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring, today announced that it has hired Andy Stephenson to oversee the companys global sales team as its Vice President of International Business Development.

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  • BlackSky Holdings, Inc. (BlackSky), a leading technology platform providing real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring, today announced that it has hired Andy Stephenson to oversee the companys global sales team as its Vice President of International Business Development.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210715005268/en/
    BlackSky Vice President of International Business Development, Andy Stephenson.
  • Im thrilled to lead BlackSkys business development efforts and extend the companys sales team abroad, said Andy Stephenson, vice president of international business development at BlackSky.
  • Mr. Stephenson joins BlackSky after serving as vice president of international sales and customer success at Preligens , a company that develops artificial intelligence solutions for defense and intelligence customers.

BlackSky Reports Strong First Half Performance

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Tuesday, June 8, 2021

In addition, BlackSky continues strong execution of its business plan and is providing an update on key year to date operational highlights.

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  • In addition, BlackSky continues strong execution of its business plan and is providing an update on key year to date operational highlights.
  • The Company announced that during the first half of the year it has commenced several initiatives to accelerate its go-to-market plan.
  • BlackSky is encouraged from recent events that the Request for Proposal (RFP) process is ramping back up and moving forward.
  • Neither Osprey nor BlackSky gives any assurance that either Osprey or BlackSky, or the combined company, will achieve its expectations.

Spaceflight Inc. Readies the Next of Four Dedicated Electron Launches for BlackSky

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

b"Global launch services provider Spaceflight Inc. recently secured four dedicated Rocket Lab launches on behalf of its customer, BlackSky, a leading provider of real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring services.

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  • b"Global launch services provider Spaceflight Inc. recently secured four dedicated Rocket Lab launches on behalf of its customer, BlackSky, a leading provider of real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring services.
  • Spaceflight will provide the integration and launch services for eight BlackSky smallsats across four dedicated Electron missions throughout 2021.
  • The agreement also includes options for an additional two dedicated missions on Electron in Q4 2021.\nThis press release features multimedia.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210504005234/en/\nSpaceflight Inc. Readies the Next of Four Dedicated Electron Launches for BlackSky (Graphic: Business Wire)\nThe first of these four dedicated missions is scheduled to launch in May 2021 from Rocket Lab\xe2\x80\x99s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.

BlackSky Accelerates Constellation Deployment with Five Rocket Lab Launches

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Thursday, March 25, 2021

These deployments with Rocket Lab are intended to advance our delivery of real-time geospatial intelligence solutions to our government and commercial customers worldwide, said Brian E. OToole, CEO of BlackSky.

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  • These deployments with Rocket Lab are intended to advance our delivery of real-time geospatial intelligence solutions to our government and commercial customers worldwide, said Brian E. OToole, CEO of BlackSky.
  • Were proud to be working with Rocket Lab to achieve this launch cadence and advance our constellation network configuration, which is the foundation of our high-revisit imaging performance.
  • Collectively, BlackSky, Spaceflight and Rocket Lab are demonstrating how established expertise, shared understanding of systems, and innovative technologies work together to help accelerate speed to space.
  • Flying on dedicated Electron launches provides BlackSky with certainty around launch schedule, control over tailored orbits, and confidence and reliability at a critical time in its constellation and business development, said Peter Beck, CEO of Rocket Lab.

BlackSky’s Newest Satellite Delivers First Insights Within 24 Hours

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Thursday, March 25, 2021

BlackSky , a leading provider of real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring services, today announced that its latest Gen-2 satellite, BlackSky 7, delivered first insights within 24 hours of launch.

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  • BlackSky , a leading provider of real-time geospatial intelligence and global monitoring services, today announced that its latest Gen-2 satellite, BlackSky 7, delivered first insights within 24 hours of launch.
  • Within that time frame, the BlackSky operations team conducted satellite checkout and the satellite collected its first images.
  • BlackSkys ability to scale its sensor and analytic infrastructure allows the company to deliver first-to-know insights for customers.
  • BlackSkys Gen-2 satellite was designed and manufactured by LeoStella , BlackSkys smallsat development and manufacturing partner.

Spaceflight Inc. Celebrates 10 Years of Business and the Successful Launch of More than 300 Satellites

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

(Graphic: Business Wire)

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    This is a monumental milestone for our company, said Curt Blake, CEO and president of Spaceflight.
  • We founded the company to serve the growing need for frequent and affordable launch options for the burgeoning smallsat industry.
  • In January 2021, Spaceflight completed the successful launch of Sherpa-FX which carried 15 spacecraft on the record-setting SpaceX Transporter-1 mission.
  • As the premier global launch services provider, Spaceflight is revolutionizing the business of space transportation through its comprehensive suite of launch services and Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles.

BlackSky’s Newest Satellites Have Completed Commissioning and Entered Into Commercial Operations

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Monday, October 5, 2020

BlackSky , a leading provider of global monitoring services, geospatial intelligence and satellite imagery, announced its fifth and sixth global satellites have completed commissioning and are in commercial operations.

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  • BlackSky , a leading provider of global monitoring services, geospatial intelligence and satellite imagery, announced its fifth and sixth global satellites have completed commissioning and are in commercial operations.
  • The satellites have been delivering customer collections since that time while concurrently completing the commissioning process.
  • BlackSkys fifth and sixth satellites are already delivering enhanced image performance and growing revisits for BlackSky customers.
  • By flying at lower altitudes than other satellites in BlackSkys constellation, these latest two satellites can produce images with resolution up to 80 cm a 20 percent improvement over the existing satellites in the constellation.

BlackSky Announces Next Generation Dual Payload Satellite Architecture to Deliver High Resolution and Nighttime Imaging Capabilities

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Thursday, September 24, 2020

BlackSky , a leading provider of global monitoring services, geospatial intelligence and satellite imagery, announced today the next phase of expansion of its high-revisit commercial satellite constellation with the unveiling of its next generation, Gen-3, satellite architecture.

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  • BlackSky , a leading provider of global monitoring services, geospatial intelligence and satellite imagery, announced today the next phase of expansion of its high-revisit commercial satellite constellation with the unveiling of its next generation, Gen-3, satellite architecture.
  • The commercial constellation expansion features Gen-3 satellites capable of producing images with 50-centimeter resolution and of hosting multiple sensors including short-wave infrared (SWIR).
  • The TACGEO program is a science and technology program to demonstrate the tactical utility of a single satellite of Gen-3s capabilities.
  • It demonstrates our ability to leverage a next generation space and analytics architecture to deliver new insights at a pace and economics unprecedented in the industry.

New BlackSky Satellites Deliver First Images Within 58 Hours of Launch

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Monday, August 17, 2020

BlackSky , a leading provider of global monitoring services, geospatial intelligence and satellite imagery, announced it has completed initial system checkouts and has begun delivering imagery from its fifth and sixth satellites 58 hours after launch.

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  • BlackSky , a leading provider of global monitoring services, geospatial intelligence and satellite imagery, announced it has completed initial system checkouts and has begun delivering imagery from its fifth and sixth satellites 58 hours after launch.
  • By analyzing these images, BlackSky is able to extract critical economic and financial indicators to offer a near-real-time view of commercial activity in Port Elizabeth.
  • The addition of these satellites to the BlackSky constellation increases opportunities for intraday observation of customer targets and reduces decision-making timelines.
  • BlackSky now has six satellites on orbit and plans to launch six additional satellites by the end of Q1 2021, advancing its dawn-to-dusk global monitoring capability.