BlackSky Global [Spaceflight Services]
The BlackSky constellation of 1 m resolution earth observation microsatellites will be deployed by BlackSky Global.
The satellites feature the SpaceView-24 imaging system built by Harris Corp.'s Exelis with an aperture of 24 cm It has a ground resolution of 0.9 - 1.1 m from an orbital height of 500 km. They have a onboard propulsion for a 3 year orbital life. The satellites are built by Spaceflight Services based on their SCOUT bus.
The operational Block 2 satellites feature some improvements over the Block 1 Pathfinder satellites. They have increased solar arrays and can image in in four bands and panchromatic mode. Each can produce 1000 images per day, both in stills or video mode.
The first four satellites named BlackSky 1 to 4 followed in 2018 and 2019 on four seperate launches, a PSLV, a Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) and two Electron KS rockets, to form the backbone of the operational constellation.
A full constellation of 60 satellites is planned for 2019 that will be replaced every three years. The first six satellites have been funded by September 2015. In September 2017 it was announced, that a joint venture with Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio will operate a constellation of 60 fast-revisit, high-resolution Earth-observation satellites. The satellites are built by LeoStella LLC, a joint venture between Spaceflight Industries and Thales Alenia Space, which established a new smallsat manufacturing facility in the United States. LeoStella is under contract to deliver 20 satellites to establish and maintain an initial constellation of 16 satellites.
Note: As long as the individual serial numbers are not published, the satellites are designated on this website with placeholder designations like "x1". When the proper designations are known, the placeholders will be replaced.
Nation: | USA |
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Type / Application: | Earth Observation |
Operator: | BlackSky Global |
Contractors: | Spaceflight Services (prime); Exelis (Imager) (#1-4); LeoStella LLC (#5-24) |
Equipment: | SpaceView-24 imager |
Configuration: | SCOUT bus |
Propulsion: | ? |
Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
Lifetime: | 3 years |
Mass: | 56 kg |
Orbit: | 478 km × 499 km, 97.48° (#1); 577 km × 591 km, 97.77° (#2); 450 km × 461 km, 45.01° (#3) |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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BlackSky 1 (BlackSky Global 1) | 2018-096M | 29.11.2018 | Sr FLP | PSLV-CA | with HySIS, Flock-3r 1, ..., 16, Lemur-2 84, ..., 87, CICERO 8, Hiber 1, HSAT 1, CASE, Centauri 2, FACSAT 1, InnoSat 2, Reaktor Hello World, 3Cat 1 | |
BlackSky 2 (BlackSky Global 2) | 2018-099BG | 03.12.2018 | Va SLC-4E | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with SkySat 14, 15, Eu:CROPIS, STPSat 5, FalconSat 6, NEXTSat 1, KazSTSAT, eXCITe, SeeMe, ICEYE X2, ESEO, Hawk A, B, C, Capella 1, AISTECHSAT 2, CSIM-FD, Hiber 2, ITASAT 1, Landmapper-BC 4, ORS 7A, 7B, Al-Farabi 2, Astrocast 0.1, Audacy 0, BRIO, Centauri 1, Eaglet 1, Enoch, Flock-3s 1, 2, 3, K2SAT, KazSciSat 1, MinXSS 2, Orbital Reflector, RAAF M1, SeaHawk 1, SNUSAT 2, THEA, VESTA, PW-Sat 2, SNUGLITE, VisionCube, RANGE A, B, Elysium-Star 2, ExseedSat 1, Fox 1C, Irvine 02, JY1-Sat, KNACKSAT, MOVE 2, SpaceBEE 5, 6, 7, Suomi-100, WeissSat 1, Sirion Pathfinder 2, OrbWeaver 1, 2, SPAWAR-CAL O, OR, R | |
BlackSky 3 (BlackSky Global 3) | 2019-037C | 29.06.2019 | OnS LC-1A | Electron KS | with Painani 1, Prometheus 2.7, Prometheus 2.9, ACRUX 1, SpaceBEE 8, 9 | |
BlackSky 4 (BlackSky Global 4) | 2019-054E | 19.08.2019 | OnS LC-1A | Electron KS | with BRO 1, Pearl White 1, Pearl White 2 | |
BlackSky 5 (BlackSky Global 7) | 2020-055BP | 07.08.2020 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with Starlink v1.0 L9-1, ..., L9-57, BlackSky 6 | |
BlackSky 6 (BlackSky Global 8) | 2020-055BQ | 07.08.2020 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with Starlink v1.0 L9-1, ..., L9-57, BlackSky 5 | |
BlackSky 7 (BlackSky Global 9) | 2021-023G | 22.03.2021 | OnS LC-1A | Electron Photon-LEO | with Centauri 3, Myriota 7, RAAF-M2 A, RAAF-M2 B, Gunsmoke-J 3, Veery Hatchling, Pathstone | |
BlackSky 8 (BlackSky Global 10) | 2021-F02 | 15.05.2021 | OnS LC-1A | Electron KS (R) | with BlackSky 9 / failed | |
BlackSky 9 (BlackSky Global 11) | 2021-F02 | 15.05.2021 | OnS LC-1A | Electron KS (R) | with BlackSky 8 / failed | |
BlackSky 10 (BlackSky Global 14) | 2021-106A | 18.11.2021 | OnS LC-1A | Electron KS (R) | with BlackSky 11 | |
BlackSky 11 (BlackSky Global 15) | 2021-106B | 18.11.2021 | OnS LC-1A | Electron KS (R) | with BlackSky 10 | |
BlackSky 12 (BlackSky Global 12) | 2021-115BA | 02.12.2021 | CC SLC-40 | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with Starlink v1.5 G4-3-1, ..., G4-3-48, BlackSky 13 | |
BlackSky 13 (BlackSky Global 13) | 2021-115BB | 02.12.2021 | CC SLC-40 | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with Starlink v1.5 G4-3-1, ..., G4-3-48, BlackSky 12 | |
BlackSky 14 (BlackSky Global 16) | 2021-120B | 09.12.2021 | OnS LC-1A | Electron KS | with BlackSky 15 | |
BlackSky 15 (BlackSky Global 17) | 2021-120A | 09.12.2021 | OnS LC-1A | Electron KS | with BlackSky 14 | |
BlackSky 16 (BlackSky Global 18) | 2022-034B | 02.04.2022 | OnS LC-1A | Electron KS | with BlackSky 17 | |
BlackSky 17 (BlackSky Global 20) | 2022-034C | 02.04.2022 | OnS LC-1A | Electron KS | with BlackSky 16 | |
BlackSky 18 (BlackSky Global 19) | 2023-041B | 24.03.2023 | OnS LC-1B | Electron KS (R) | with BlackSky 19 | |
BlackSky 19 (BlackSky Global 5) | 2023-041C | 24.03.2023 | OnS LC-1B | Electron KS (R) | with BlackSky 18 | |
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