black eye: BlackSky wins $50M in financing from Intelsat for Earth-watching constellation

https://www.geekwire.com/2019/blacksky-wins-50m-financing-intelsat-earth-watching-constellation/

The BlackSky constellation of 1 m resolution earth observation microsatellites will be deployed by BlackSky Global. The satellites feature the SpaceView-24 imaging system built by Harris Corp.'s Exelis with an aperture of 24 cm It has a ground resolution of 0.9 - 1.1 m from an orbital height of 500 km. They have a onboard propulsion for a 3 year orbital life. The satellites are built by Spaceflight Services based on their SCOUT bus.

https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/blacksky-pathfinder.htm

https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/b/blacksky-constellation