NASA Selects BlackSky for Time-Diverse, Rapid-Revisit Satellite Imagery to Support Earth and Applied Science Research

BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) was selected by NASA to provide time-diverse, high-revisit satellite imaging data in support of the agency’s existing Earth observation research under the Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program (CSDAP). The multi-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract carries a maximum value of $476 million and a performance period through November 2028 for selected contractors.

“Adding BlackSky’s space-based intelligence products to NASA’s research data repository provides yet another valuable proof point of government demand for real-time, dawn-to-dusk monitoring capabilities,” said Brian E. O’Toole, BlackSky CEO.

The BlackSky Spectra tasking and data fusion platform takes imagery and AI-enabled analytics data from the company’s high-revisit constellation to facilitate automatic pattern-of-life monitoring and anomaly detection at massive scale. Under the CSDAP BlackSky will provide Earth observation data that supports NASA’s Earth science research and application activities that help improve life on the planet.

“With increased temporal frequency NASA-backed researchers worldwide will be able to broaden their understanding, explore predictive capabilities and develop actionable scientific observations around the most critical changes in the Earth’s ecosystems, oceanography, geography and polar systems,” said O’Toole.