BlackSky

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.

BlackSky is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Earth Observation, Satellite Imagery, Remote Sensing, Geospatial Intelligence, and Space.

BlackSky’s developer surface includes YouTube channel, engineering blog, and 18 more developer resources.

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7.2/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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Earth ObservationSatellite ImageryRemote SensingGeospatial IntelligenceSpaceISRIntelligence Surveillance ReconnaissanceTaskingAI AnalyticsObject DetectionDefenseMonitoringSpectraGen-3NYSE BKSY

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Composite quality — 7.2/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.4 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

TaskingPortal

TaskingPortal

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube

YouTube

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Contact

Contact

Company 10

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Newsroom

Newsroom

InvestorRelations

Careers

Newsletter

Partner

Partner

Twitter

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

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Other 6

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Technology

Offerings

Product

Product

Spectra

Company

Source (apis.yml)

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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.'
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  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
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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
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modified: '2026-05-24'
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apis: []
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- type: Website
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- type: Technology
  url: https://blacksky.com/technology/
- type: Offerings
  url: https://blacksky.com/offerings/
- type: Product
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- type: Product
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- 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