{"id":50516,"date":"2024-09-19T18:41:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T10:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/blacksky-signs-7-figure-deal-with-heo-to-collect-imagery-of-objects-in-space\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T18:41:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T10:41:05","slug":"blacksky-signs-7-figure-deal-with-heo-to-collect-imagery-of-objects-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/blacksky-signs-7-figure-deal-with-heo-to-collect-imagery-of-objects-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"BlackSky Signs 7-Figure Deal With HEO to Collect Imagery of Objects in Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><b>BlackSky <\/b>was awarded a seven-figure contract by <strong>HEO<\/strong>, an Australian startup specializing in non-Earth imaging (NEI) and analytics. BlackSky will provide imagery of objects in space for space domain awareness, versus images of Earth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>BlackSky announced the contract on Thursday. The company said this deal lets BlackSky leverage unused capacity on its satellites in situations like passing over the ocean or traveling across the dark side of Earth.<\/p>\n<p>HEO will incorporate BlackSky\u2019s constellation into the company\u2019s non-Earth imaging sensor network, which provides images of objects in space. HEO\u2019s software will be able to task BlackSky\u2019s satellites to meet customer requests.&nbsp;BlackSky said the contract is now moving into its second phase after an initial proof of concept and is now focused on automating tasking-to-delivery process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeveraging the power of real-time dynamic monitoring in the space domain unlocks additional value from BlackSky\u2019s high-resolution constellation,\u201d said Brian O\u2019Toole, BlackSky CEO. \u201cSpace situational awareness is critically important for our customers as the space domain continues to become a highly contested operational environment.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>HEO is based in Australia with offices in the U.S. and U.K. Last year the company raised a $12 million AUD funding round led by Australian VC Airtree Ventures. The company operates its own sensors in space and has partnerships with companies including Axelspace, Satellogic, and Sidus Space. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BlackSky was awarded a seven-figure contract by HEO, an Australian startup specializing in non-Earth imaging (NEI) and analytics. BlackSky will provide imagery of objects in space for space domain awareness, versus images of Earth.&nbsp; BlackSky announced the contract on Thursday. The company said this deal lets BlackSky leverage unused capacity on its satellites in situations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}