Home

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. See more on the marketplace or download sample data.

A BlackSky image of New York (USA)

Geographic coverage and restrictions

The geographic coverage is global.

Data products

Data productTypeSpectral bands combination
CustomTaskingBundle: 1 panchromatic and 3 multispectral bands (RGB)
BlackSky MonoCatalogBundle: 1 panchromatic and 3 multispectral bands (RGB)
BlackSky StereoCatalogBundle: 1 panchromatic and 3 multispectral bands (RGB)

Specifications

General

SpecificationDescription
ProviderBlackSky
Collection typeTasking
Catalog
Product typeOptical
System typeSatellite

Data

SpecificationDescription
Resolution83 cm–1.30 m
Bit depth per pixel16-bit
Delivery formatA ZIP file containing the following files:
  • Data (GeoTIFF, NITF)
  • Metadata (JSON, TXT)
  • Masks (GeoTIFF)
  • Thumbnails (PNG)
MasksA 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 modeTasking:
  • Mono
  • Stereo (2-frame)
  • Stereo (burst)
  • Stereo (area coverage)
Catalog:
  • Mono
  • Stereo (2-frame)
Incidence angleUp to 30°
Tasking priorityStandard
High
OrbitMid-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 bandsPanchromatic: 450–700 nm
Multispectral:
  1. 590–700 nm (red)
  2. 520–590 nm (green)
  3. 450–520 nm (blue)

Geographic reference

SpecificationDescription
Coordinate reference systemGeorectified: Geographic-WGS84
Orthorectified: UTM-WGS84
Positional accuracy< 20 m CE90 absolute

Conditions

SpecificationDescription
LimitationsInput: POI
Cloud coverage: 30–100%
Output: scene sized from 26 km2 to 33 km2
Minimum chargeAs per 1 scene
SpecificationDescription
LimitationsInput: AOI 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

API integration

Data productTypeName and IDCollection name
CustomTaskingName: blacksky-tasking
ID: 613ad1f5-4148-4460-a316-1a97e46058f9		blacksky-tasking
BlackSky MonoCatalogName: blacksky-mono
ID: 319b55e0-e58f-42ff-9eaa-9767e09e0565		blacksky-mono
BlackSky StereoCatalogName: blacksky-stereo
ID: e4780d1d-e75e-44a9-ace3-6526f183800a		blacksky-stereo