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NASA taps BlackSky for rapid revisit satellite imaging data

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BlackSkyย (NYSE:ย BKSY) secured a five-year, sole-source blanket purchase agreement by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide high revisit satellite imaging data in support of the agencyโ€™s existing Earth observation research to advance predictive capabilities.

โ€œThis award reflects yet another valuable point of alignment between government demand and BlackSkyโ€™s commercially available real-time, global intelligence products,โ€ said Brian E. Oโ€™Toole, CEO of BlackSky. โ€œHelping NASA-backed researchers broaden their understanding around critical changes in the Earthโ€™s ecosystems, oceanography, geographic and polar sciences is vitally important.โ€

โ€œOur constellation delivers, dawn-to-dusk imaging that facilitates automatic pattern-of-life monitoring and anomaly detection. Fusing that data with our Spectra AI platform enables compelling and actionable scientific observations about our planet,โ€ he added.

As part of NASAโ€™s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program (CSDAP), research teams worldwide will have access to high spectral and spatial resolutions with increased temporal frequency and other novel capabilities.