Organization and Business |
12 Months Ended |
|---|---|
Dec. 31, 2023 | |
| Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] | |
| Organization and Business |
1. Organization and Business
BlackSky Technology Inc. (“BlackSky” or the “Company”), headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, is a space-based intelligence company that delivers real-time imagery, analytics and high-frequency monitoring. The Company owns and operates an advanced purpose-built commercial, real-time intelligence system that combines the power of the BlackSky Spectra tasking and analytics software platform and the Company's proprietary high-resolution low earth orbit (“LEO”) small satellite constellation. The constellation is optimized to cost-efficiently capture imagery at high revisit rates where and when customers need it. The BlackSky Spectra software platform processes millions of observations a day by integrating data from the Company's proprietary satellite constellation and from other third-party sensors such as synthetic aperture radar and radio frequency satellites, millions of GPS-enabled terrestrial data sources and Internet of Things (“IoT”) connected devices. Blacksky Spectra applies advanced, proprietary artificial intelligence ("AI") and machine learning (“ML”) techniques to process, analyze, and transform these raw feeds into actionable intelligence via alerts, information, and insights. Customers can access Blacksky Spectra's data and analytics through easy-to-use web services or through platform application programming interfaces.
BlackSky has two primary operating subsidiaries, BlackSky Global LLC and BlackSky Geospatial Solutions, Inc. The Company also owns fifty percent of LeoStella LLC (“LeoStella”), its joint venture with Thales Alenia Space US Investment LLC (“Thales”). LeoStella is a vertically-integrated small satellite design and manufacturer based in Tukwila, Washington, from which the Company procures satellites to operate its business. The Company accounts for LeoStella as an equity method investment.
The Company's equity issuances during the year ended December 31, 2023 included a private placement and an at-the-market (“ATM”) offering. In March 2023, the Company completed the private placement of 16.4 million shares of the Company’s Class A common stock and an equal number of corresponding warrants, for a purchase price of $1.79 per share and associated warrant. The Company received $29.4 million in gross proceeds from the private placement. The Company also sold 3.5 million common shares in its ATM offering, at an average purchase price per share of $1.45, resulting in gross proceeds of $5.0 million. The transaction costs for these equity issuances consisted of legal fees, accounting fees, placement agent fees, and other third-party costs directly related to the equity issuances. During the year ended December 31, 2023, $1.8 million of transaction costs that had been incurred were recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital in the consolidated statements of changes in stockholders’ equity and consolidated balance sheets, and as a reduction to the proceeds from the transaction in the consolidated statements of cash flows.
On May 9, 2023, BlackSky and its subsidiaries entered into the Second Amendment (the “Amendment”) to its Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement with Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA (“Intelsat”) and Seahawk SPV Investment LLC (“Seahawk”), dated October 31, 2019 and previously amended on September 9, 2021. The Amendment amended the secured loan facility to, among other things, extend the maturity date of the loan, roll the cash interest payment due on May 1, 2023 into the outstanding principal to be paid on the maturity date, and increase the interest rate. See Note 13 for more information regarding the Amendment.
|