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BlackSky

High resolution 83 cm optical satellite imagery, acquired worldwide with a revisit rate of 7 times a day. The collection contains data from 2019 to the present.

Overview

BlackSky’s constellation consists of satellites launched into mid-inclination and sun-synchronous orbits that provide a high revisit rate, responsive last-minute tasking, and timely collect-to-data-delivery latency time frames.

A BlackSky image of New York (USA)

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Data products

Data productSpectral bands combinationOrder link
Custom

Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 3 multispectral bands (RGB)

API name and ID: blacksky-tasking | 613ad1f5-4148-4460-a316-1a97e46058f9
Data productSpectral bands combinationOrder link
BlackSky Mono

Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 3 multispectral bands (RGB)

API name and ID: blacksky-mono | 319b55e0-e58f-42ff-9eaa-9767e09e0565
BlackSky Stereo

Bundle: 1 panchromatic and 3 multispectral bands (RGB)

API name and ID: blacksky-stereo | e4780d1d-e75e-44a9-ace3-6526f183800a

Specifications

General

Specification Description
Provider BlackSky
Collection type

Tasking from 17,500 credits per scene

Catalog from 9,000 credits per scene
Product type Optical
System type Satellite

Data

SpecificationDescription
Resolution83 cm
Bit depth per pixel16-bit
Delivery format

A ZIP file containing the following files:

  • Data (GeoTIFF, NITF)
  • Metadata (JSON, TXT)
  • Masks (GeoTIFF)
  • Thumbnails (PNG)
Masks

A GeoTIFF file containing the following masks:

  • Cloud
  • Environmental
  • Quality
  • Transparency
  • Water
NoData value0

Processing levels

The data is delivered in all indicated processing levels as scaled DN imagery.

System

SpecificationDescription
Acquisition mode

Tasking:

  • Mono
  • Stereo (2-frame)
  • Stereo (burst)
  • Stereo (area coverage)

Catalog:

  • Mono
  • Stereo (2-frame)
Incidence angleUp to 30°
Tasking priority

Standard

High
Orbit

Mid-inclination, from 42° to 53°, at 400–460 km

Sun-synchronous, at 449–701 km
Number of satellites14
Revisit rate7 times a day

Band data

SpecificationDescription
Spectral bands

Panchromatic: 450–700 nm

Multispectral:

  1. 590–700 nm (red)
  2. 520–590 nm (green)
  3. 450–520 nm (blue)

Geographic reference

SpecificationDescription
Coordinate reference system

Georectified: Geographic-WGS84

Orthorectified: UTM-WGS84
Positional accuracy< 20 m CE90 absolute

Conditions

SpecificationDescription
Limitations

Input: POI

Cloud coverage: 30–100%

Output: Scene sized from 26 km2 to 33 km2
Minimum chargeAs per 1 scene
SpecificationDescription
Limitations

Input: AOI up to 1,000 km2, with up to 300 vertices

Availability:

  • Mono: From 2019
  • Stereo (2-frame): From 2022

Output: Scenes sized from 26 km2 to 33 km2
Minimum chargeAs per 1 scene

Geographic coverage

The geographic coverage is global.

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