BlackSky Technology Bags $1.7M NASA Contract

August 25, 2022 3:26 PM | 1 min read |

BlackSky Technology Inc BKSY has received its first call order for $1.7 million from NASA to evaluate the accessibility, accuracy, quality, and utility of the Company's imaging data services for the Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program.
"New discoveries in Earth science can be accelerated with innovative research methods and real-time dynamic data sets that keep up with the increasingly rapid pace and scale of change on our planet," stated Dr. Patrick O'Neil, BlackSky's chief innovation officer.
The call order was issued under a five-year Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program, a sole-source blanket purchase agreement announced in November 2021.
Price Action: BKSY shares are trading higher by 1.15% at $2.20 on the last check Thursday.