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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001753539-22-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKSY"
cik: "0001753539"
company_name: "BlackSky Technology Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T07:16:01.452923+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BlackSky awarded up to $1.021B NRO contract; base $85.5M for imagery services

## Summary
- Multi-year firm fixed-price contract with NRO; base subscription $85.5M, total options up to $1.021B over 10 years.
- Contract includes imagery collection, direct downlink to government terminals; subject to federal appropriations.
- Award validates BlackSky's high-revisit constellation strategy and expands partnership with NRO.
- Performance period: 5-year base starting Q2 2022 plus five 1-year options through 2032.
- CEO Brian O'Toole: 'pivotal moment in expansion of commercial space and U.S. Government partnership.'

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001753539-22-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKSY
- cik: 0001753539
- company_name: BlackSky Technology Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1753539/000175353922000039/0001753539-22-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1753539/000175353922000039/bksy-20220525.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001753539-22-000039.txt

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