BlackSky GLOBAL
Author(s): DaveBowman2001 gironde
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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) |
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|---|---|---|
| Mission | Start | End |
| BlackSky-0 (Pathfinder-1) | 2016-Sept-26 | (Active) |
| BlackSky-1 (Global-1) | 2018-Nov-29 | 2024-Feb-24 |
| BlackSky-2 (Global-2) | 2018-Dec-3 | (Active) |
| BlackSky-3 (Global-3) | 2019-Jun-29 | 2023-May-15 |
| BlackSky-4 (Global-4) | 2019-Aug-19 | (Active) |
| BlackSky-5 (Global-7) | 2020-Aug-7 | 2023-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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