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BlackSky Expands Its Dynamic Monitoring Capabilities With Airbus Reseller Partnership

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BlackSky Technology Inc. (BKSY) has entered a reseller agreement with Airbus, expanding its satellite imagery offerings. This strategic partnership enables BlackSky to provide all-weather, high-resolution imagery to meet customer demands globally, enhancing their dynamic monitoring platform. The agreement grants BlackSky rights to 23 Airbus tasking and archive products, including Pléiades Neo and SAR imagery. The collaboration aims to optimize operational monitoring for various applications. BlackSky continues to be a key player in real-time geospatial intelligence.

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  • Partnership with Airbus enhances product offerings.
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Addition of the Airbus constellation, including all-weather, day and night imagery, expands product offerings to meet customers’ global 24/7 needs

HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) and Airbus (EPA: AIR) have signed a reseller agreement enabling BlackSky to expand its dynamic monitoring platform’s all-weather, day and night, and very high-resolution satellite imagery offerings for BlackSky customers.

“The combination of BlackSky’s dynamic, real-time multi-source Spectra AI monitoring platform with multiple types of very high-resolution electro-optical and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images gives customers great flexibility for tasking requests when monitoring fast-moving, day and night operations and sites around the globe,” said Brian E. O’Toole, BlackSky CEO.

“I warmly welcome our partners at BlackSky and look forward to the strategic contributions our partnership will make as we support customers’ needs for high-revisit, high-resolution on-demand imagery, to address a wide variety of missions,” said François Lombard, Head of Intelligence business at Airbus Defence and Space.

As part of the agreement, BlackSky has reseller rights to 23 different Airbus tasking and archive imagery products including very high-resolution optical imagery from Pléiades Neo (30 cm) and Pléiades (50cm); OneAtlas Basemap products; and SAR imagery and digital elevation models from WorldDEM Neo and WorldDEM.

About BlackSky

BlackSky is a leading provider of real-time geospatial intelligence. BlackSky delivers on-demand, high frequency imagery, monitoring and analytics of the most critical and strategic locations, economic assets, and events on Earth.

BlackSky designs, owns and operates one of the industry’s leading low earth orbit small satellite constellations, optimized to capture imagery cost-efficiently where and when our customers need it. BlackSky's Spectra AI software platform processes data from BlackSky's constellation and from other third-party sensors to develop the critical insights and analytics that our customers require.

BlackSky is relied upon by U.S. and international government agencies, commercial businesses, and organizations around the world. BlackSky is headquartered in Herndon, VA, and is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange as BKSY. To learn more, visit www.blacksky.com and follow us on Twitter.

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Certain statements in this press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to BlackSky. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections, and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this document. If any of these risks materialize or underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect our expectations, plans, or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this communication. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause their assessments to change. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date, and we do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. Additional risks and uncertainties are identified and discussed in BlackSky’s disclosure materials filed from time to time with the SEC which are available at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov or on BlackSky’s Investor Relations website at https://ir.blacksky.com.

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FAQ

What is the significance of the reseller agreement between BlackSky and Airbus?

The agreement allows BlackSky to expand its satellite imagery offerings, providing customers with enhanced all-weather, high-resolution imagery.

How many Airbus products can BlackSky resell?

BlackSky has reseller rights to 23 different Airbus imagery products.

What are some of the Airbus imagery products included in the deal?

The agreement includes Pléiades Neo optical imagery and WorldDEM SAR imagery.

When was the partnership between BlackSky and Airbus announced?

The partnership was announced in a press release dated August 3, 2022.

What stock symbol does BlackSky operate under?

BlackSky is publicly traded under the stock symbol BKSY on the NYSE.

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