BlackSky GLOBAL

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The BlackSky constellation is a series of small 55 kg Earth observation microsatellites about 0.84 m across that produce 1,000 images of the Earth's surface every day in 1-m resolution. As of 2024, a total of 14/20 satellites are currently active in LEO. A full constellation of 60 satellites are planned in the near future

BlackSky Global
(2016-Present)
Mission Start End
BlackSky-0 (Pathfinder-1) 2016-Sept-26(Active)
BlackSky-1 (Global-1) 2018-Nov-292024-Feb-24
BlackSky-2 (Global-2) 2018-Dec-3(Active)
BlackSky-3 (Global-3) 2019-Jun-292023-May-15
BlackSky-4 (Global-4) 2019-Aug-19(Active)
BlackSky-5 (Global-7) 2020-Aug-72023-Oct-23
BlackSky-6 (Global-8) 2024-Apr-1
BlackSky-7 (Global-9) 2021-Mar-22(Active)
BlackSky-8 (Global-10) 2021-May-15
Destroyed in a launch failure alongside BlackSky-9
BlackSky-9 (Global-11) 2021-May-15
Destroyed in a launch failure alongside BlackSky-8
BlackSky-10 (Global-14) 2021-Nov-18(Active)
BlackSky-11 (Global-15) (Active)
BlackSky-12 (Global-12) 2021-Dec-2(Active)
BlackSky-13 (Global-13) (Active)
BlackSky-14 (Global-16) 2021-Dec-9(Active)
BlackSky-15 (Global-17) (Active)
BlackSky-16 (Global-18) 2022-Apr-2(Active)
BlackSky-17 (Global-20) (Active)
BlackSky-18 (Global-19) 2023-Mar-24(Active)
BlackSky-19 (Global-5) (Active)

The BlackSky satellite constellation marked in green (as of 2024-Sept-16)

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