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BlackSky Looks to Make Gen-3 Widely Available This Year

BlackSky Looks to Make Gen-3 Widely Available This Year
Pictured is a Gen-3 satellite image with AI-enabled analytics of Victoria and Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa (BlackSky Photo)

While BlackSky Technology [BKSY] said that it is to make its Generation-3 Earth imaging satellites widely available this year, the company is offering "early access" to a select group of "multiple international defense sector customers," BlackSky said on Tuesday. "The customers will now be able to integrate very high-resolution, 35-centimeter imagery into daily intelligence operations," the company said. In February, BlackSky said that it won a “multimillion dollar” contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to manage and operate one of…

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