BlackSky

aid: blacksky
name: BlackSky
description: 'BlackSky Technology (NYSE: BKSY) is a Herndon, Virginia headquartered real-time space-based intelligence company
  that operates a high-revisit Earth observation constellation and delivers AI-enhanced tactical ISR (intelligence, surveillance,
  and reconnaissance) imagery and analytics to defense, intelligence, and global security customers. BlackSky''s flagship
  product is the Spectra platform — a cloud-based intelligence hub that provides on-demand satellite tasking, sub-90-minute
  imagery delivery, automated AI-driven object detection and change monitoring, archived imagery access, and a secure tasking
  and delivery API. The company operates Gen-2 satellites at 83 cm resolution and a newer Gen-3 constellation delivering 35
  cm class very-high-resolution imagery with infrared sensors, inter-satellite links, and on-board AI processing, manufactured
  at BlackSky''s facility in Tukwila, Washington. Commercial offerings include BlackSky ON-DEMAND (flexible global tasking)
  and BlackSky ASSURED (dedicated, contracted persistent monitoring capacity). BlackSky''s Spectra tasking and imagery API
  is integrated into partner platforms including Esri ArcGIS, UP42, and the STAT (Satellite Tasking API) community spec, however
  the API is access-controlled for vetted defense, intelligence, and enterprise customers and is not exposed as a public self-service
  developer portal — there is no public Spectra developer documentation site, OpenAPI specification, or open SDKs at the time
  of this entry. The customer revenue model is subscription-based Spectra ON-DEMAND and ASSURED contracts, Mission Solutions
  custom engagements, and through marketplace partners.'
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: false
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - none
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Producing
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/blacksky.png
tags:
- Earth Observation
- Satellite Imagery
- Remote Sensing
- Geospatial Intelligence
- Space
- ISR
- Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance
- Tasking
- AI Analytics
- Object Detection
- Defense
- Monitoring
- Spectra
- Gen-3
- NYSE BKSY
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/blacksky/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-24'
modified: '2026-05-24'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/blacksky-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://blacksky.com
- type: Technology
  url: https://blacksky.com/technology/
- type: Offerings
  url: https://blacksky.com/offerings/
- type: Product
  url: https://blacksky.com/offerings/blacksky-on-demand/
- type: Product
  url: https://blacksky.com/offerings/blacksky-assured/
- type: Spectra
  url: https://blacksky.com/technology/
- type: TaskingPortal
  url: https://tasking.blacksky.com
- type: Company
  url: https://blacksky.com/company/
- type: Newsroom
  url: https://blacksky.com/news/
- type: InvestorRelations
  url: https://ir.blacksky.com/
- type: Careers
  url: https://blacksky.com/company/careers/
- type: Contact
  url: https://blacksky.com/company/contact-us/
- type: Newsletter
  url: https://info.blacksky.com/subscribe
- type: Partner
  url: https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/blacksky-imagery-tasking
- type: Partner
  url: https://docs.up42.com/data/blacksky
- type: Twitter
  url: https://twitter.com/blackskyinc
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blackskyinc
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/@BlackSkyInc
- type: Blog
  url: https://blacksky.com/news/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com