Blacksky Pathfinder-1

Blacksky Pathfinder-1 is an earth imaging satellite of Spaceflight Industries.[3] The satellite is equipped with payloads from Harris Corporation designed to image an area approximately 4.4 km x 6.6 km at 1-meter resolution.[4]

Blacksky Pathfinder-1
Mission typeEarth Imaging
OperatorBlackSky Global[1]
COSPAR ID2016-059E
SATCAT no.41787
Websitewww.blacksky.com
Start of mission
Launch date23:42:00, September 26, 2016 (EDT) (2016-09-26T23:42:00EDT)[2]
ContractorIndian Space Research Organisation
 

This is first in a series of 60 satellites planned to deploy the BlackSky constellation that will provide near real-time images in about 90 minutes to produce images that are more current and wide-ranging to increase global transparency.[4]

The satellite was launched on 26 September 2016 by ISRO using the PSLV-C35 rocket.[5]

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