# BlackSky > Official BlackSky business agent. BlackSky is a space-based intelligence company that owns and operates a low Earth orbit satellite constellation and sells… ## Ask it a question BlackSky answers for itself at https://api.hailera.com/mcp/blacksky. A client that speaks MCP can connect to that address; the tool is ask_blacksky and the protocol is 2026-07-28. Where this file and the agent disagree, the agent is current. ## About BlackSky The BlackSky company page states that "BlackSky was founded to dramatically accelerate Earth observation from space for real-time monitoring." It sets out three stated advantages: BlackSky is fast, so customers get immediate insights; focused, meaning "BlackSky software and hardware are developed together for one integrated purpose"; and flexible, enabling "total control, simply" for organizations whose needs change in real time. No founding year, headcount or years-in-business figure is published on that page. The technology page describes the constellation and manufacturing. It states that "BlackSky owns and operates an advanced high-resolution constellation flying at mid-inclination in low Earth orbit, optimized for time-diverse monitoring of change around the world," and refers to "the launch of our Gen-2 constellation in 2021 and Gen-3 constellation in 2025." The same page says the company is "on track to operating the world's largest very high-resolution constellation by the end of 2026" — a forward-looking statement published by BlackSky, not a present fact. No number of satellites in orbit and no resolution figure are published. On manufacturing, the site says "BlackSky designs and manufactures satellites at our state-of-the-art facility in Tukwila, Washington," with a vertically integrated production model intended to enable "rapid, responsive development at disruptive speed and cost." The company section also links to Leadership, Careers, News and Partners pages. Nothing on the company page gives prices, rates or fees, and none of the questions a buyer would ask about cost, contract terms or availability are answered there; the page's only action is "Schedule a conversation." Source: https://blacksky.com/company/ ## What BlackSky does BlackSky offers real-time, AI-enhanced tactical ISR designed for defense, intelligence, and global security needs. The BlackSky Spectra platform enables dynamic monitoring through near real-time data collection and analysis, providing critical insights at the point of decision-making. Services include the capture of up to 15 diverse images per day, quick tasking, and urgent delivery of imagery. Subscriptions are available in two versions: BlackSky ON-DEMAND and BlackSky ASSURED, each designed to meet varying levels of tasking needs. Pricing information is not publicly disclosed; interested parties are encouraged to initiate a conversation through BlackSky's contact form for quotes or cost estimates. Source: https://blacksky.com ## Where BlackSky works The BlackSky contact us page lists three office locations under the heading "Visit BlackSky." BlackSky, Herndon is located at 2411 Dulles Corner Park, Suite 300, Herndon, VA 20171. BlackSky, Seattle North is located at 1000 Dexter Ave N, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98109. BlackSky, Seattle South is located at 12501 E Marginal Wy S, Suite 100, Tukwila, WA 98168. The technology page separately identifies Tukwila, Washington as the site of the company's satellite production facility. Those three addresses are the only locations published on the site; no other offices, areas served or regional contacts are listed. The site does not publish a phone number, an email address, or opening hours for any of these offices. There is no walk-in information and no statement that any location is open to visitors without an appointment. The published way to make contact is the form at blacksky.com/start-a-conversation, reached from buttons labelled "Schedule a conversation" and "Talk to sales" throughout the site. That page says: "Use the form below to schedule a demo today, or to ask questions about any of our products. We will follow up as soon as possible with the information you need." No response time is committed to beyond that wording, and there is no online booking calendar for a specific appointment slot. Existing customers log in to the BlackSky Spectra platform at tasking.blacksky.com, linked from the site as "Customer login." Investor material sits on a separate site at ir.blacksky.com. Lists Mission, Herndon, Roanoke, Janesville, Rapid City, Seattle, and Tukwila as a location. Names Virginia and Washington as a service area. Areas beyond these are not published. Source: https://blacksky.com/company/contact-us/ ## Prices BlackSky sells imagery and analytics as subscriptions. The offerings page asks visitors to "Choose the subscription that matches your mission cadence." BlackSky ON-DEMAND is described as "Flexible, global tasking when agility and reach matter most," designed for organizations with many areas of interest across large regions or the entire globe. The page states On-Demand customers receive "Answers fast, with image delivery in under 90 minutes," AI-driven analytics with automated object detection, "Global monitoring, with hourly revisit over some areas," imagery archive access, and the Spectra platform. Named use cases are border monitoring, strategic facility monitoring and disaster response. BlackSky ASSURED offers "Uncontested tasking capacity for persistent monitoring over your areas of responsibility." The page says Assured customers receive uncontested tasking access over their area of interest, time-diverse high-frequency monitoring, "Low-latency delivery, as little as 90 minutes after collection," AI-driven automated object detection, and Spectra as a self-service intelligence hub. Named use cases are tactical ISR, military asset monitoring and force protection. All subscriptions include Spectra access with an interface for tasking new and archived collections, transparent tasking feasibility, secure API tasking and delivery, and AI-enabled object detection analytics. No price, pricing tier, rate card or fee is published for either subscription, and the site gives no minimum order or cost estimate. The stated route is to contact the company: "Whether you need persistent daily coverage or agile task-based access, our mission strategy team is ready to help you find the right solution. Contact us today." The delivery times quoted above are the site's descriptions of the service, not a guarantee for any particular order. Source: https://blacksky.com/offerings/ ## Imagery products and AI analytics available in BlackSky Spectra The BlackSky technology page details the imagery products available for satellite tasking. Daytime imagery provides critical insights at "critical locations on Earth, repeatedly and promptly." Stereo imagery, offered as "stereo pairs or sets," is used for rapid 3D product creation. Burst imagery captures sequences in a "single satellite pass" for motion analysis. Nighttime imagery reveals "activity after dark at important locations." Area imagery covers "large areas like airports or ports." The analytics segment offers automatic detection and classification models, enabling analysts to concentrate on critical analysis. Notably, services include object detection and comparative analysis, utilizing historical data and third-party sources through BlackSky Spectra. Source: https://blacksky.com ## Mission Solutions: the published pathway to a sovereign ISR capability BlackSky Mission Solutions is aimed at governments that want their own space-based intelligence architecture. The page describes it as a way to "Rapidly establish, operate and evolve your own space-based intelligence architecture securely and autonomously with proven Gen-3 satellites, software and services," and calls it "a phased pathway from access to autonomy" rather than "a traditional procurement cycle." The published baseline path has seven numbered steps. 01 Mission definition: requirements, constellation design and a deployment roadmap are defined in alignment with national security objectives. 02 Early ISR access: the customer uses BlackSky's operational constellation to train teams, validate use cases and embed intelligence data into existing workflows. 03 Sovereign ground segment: deployment of "a secure, on-premise mission system for full control of tasking, processing and dissemination." 04 Training and capability development. 05 Satellite deployment: launch of the customer's sovereign satellites "on an accelerated schedule, fully managed from integration through to orbit." 06 Commissioning and handover to the customer's operational control. 07 Lifecycle evolution: continuous upgrades, software enhancements and constellation scaling. on-premise infrastructure, secure data architecture with mission data remaining under national authority, operational independence, and scalable constellation design. The page publishes no price, cost, fees or programme budget, no timeline in months or years for any phase, and no list of customers. The site says only that the model enables "governments to operationalize ISR within weeks" at the access stage. Anyone needing a schedule, a cost estimate or contract terms is directed to "Start the conversation" through the contact form. Source: https://blacksky.com/mission-solutions/ ## What BlackSky has not published yet These are things people ask BlackSky that its published information does not yet cover. - prices - availability - contract terms - resolution or revisit guarantees - delivery timelines for a specific order - government customers or contract awards - classification levels or export/ITAR eligibility - financial performance or share price Ask anyway — the agent will say plainly that it is not published rather than guess. ## Where this comes from https://blacksky.com