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by BlackSky | Oct 27, 2016 | Blog, BlackSky Blog
It’s been over three weeks since we launched Pathfinder-1, and by all accounts the mission has been a great success. The satellite and ground station operations have been rock solid, meeting our every expectation (more here on that.) In addition, we have moved into...
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by BlackSky | Oct 12, 2016 | Blog, BlackSky Blog
It’s hard to believe it’s been two weeks since we launched our first satellite, BlackSky’s Pathfinder-1. We’ve been working 24/7 through early operations with our demonstration spacecraft and wanted to share a brief recap of our first weeks of spacecraft operations....
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by BlackSky | Sep 27, 2016 | Blog, BlackSky Blog
We are pleased to report a successful launch of Pathfinder-1 and the subsequent first communication! Watch the video below to see our ops team receive the first signal, and then the first data. https://www.blacksky.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1stDecode_1.mp4 ...
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by BlackSky | Sep 26, 2016 | Blog, BlackSky Blog
We’re launching in a few minutes…if you want to follow along, here’s the live stream.
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by BlackSky | Sep 23, 2016 | Blog, BlackSky Blog
There are many steps involved in getting a spacecraft ready for launch. But when we launch from India from the PSLV, there is one extra step: the coconut ceremony. Breaking a coconut has much significance in the Hindu religion. It usually marks an auspicious occasion...
