At your command. BlackSky On-Demand.
Rapid space-based intelligence to support your mission

Eliminate intelligence delays with On-Demand
Defense and intelligence agencies in today’s global environment need timely and reliable geospatial intelligence. With legacy solutions, intelligence leaders can spend days waiting for urgently needed satellite imagery and analytics, and their teams struggle with slow, old-fashioned workflows or unreliable operational environments.
To address the need for rapid intelligence with flexible control that enables you to gather intelligence anywhere in the world, BlackSky offers the On-Demand subscription. On-Demand puts space-based intelligence in your hands, empowering you to stay on top of change.
How On-Demand supports defense and intelligence organizations

Gain intelligence fast with industry-leading delivery timelines
Rapidly create a common operating picture with BlackSky satellite imagery and analytics.
- Answers delivered in minutes — 90 minutes typical delivery time
- 10 hours order to delivery from BlackSky’s new Gen-3 capability (in 2025 with four satellites on orbit)
- Automated, AI-driven analytics are performed without delay
Take control of intelligence with flexible constellation tasking
Speed up your geospatial intelligence workflows to support a faster intelligence cycle.
- Easy-to-use web app and API
- Instant, weather-informed feasibility reports
- Priority levels and analytics available with every task


Monitor and understand important places, anywhere on Earth
Pinpoint change, patterns and anomalies at critical points of interest.
- Collect imagery at any hour of the day or night
- Observe the world’s most strategic and active places, from 59°N to 59°S
- Gain historical understanding with archive imaery
On-Demand: Flexible, worldwide satellite tasking over emerging or evolving places of interest
For organizations with many areas of interest across large regions or the entire globe, On-Demand offers real-time imagery when and where you need it. Flexible priority tasking levels, historical archive imagery and partner data help you monitor critical locations anywhere on Earth as change unfolds.
On-Demand customers receive:
- Frequent tasking opportunities, as often as hourly
- Capture-to-delivery in under 90 minutes
- 35 cm GSD imagery
- Analytics available with any order
- Access to over two million archive images and counting
- Access to partner constellation data
- Downlink through BlackSky’s global ground network
Global defense organizations trust BlackSky
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India
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Indonesia
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U.S. Department of Defense
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NASA
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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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U.S. Space Force
Harness the power of a superpower
Want to learn more about On-Demand from BlackSky?
Learn how an intergovernmental organization protected their forces during a dangerous eight-day journey with BlackSky On-Demand. Download the free case study now.
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