We are pleased to showcase the first images from SkySat-2. These images of Bangor, Maine and Port-au-Prince, Haiti were taken within 48 hours of launch and are not yet calibrated or tuned.  

In the last two days, we have progressed through initial commissioning activities.  SkySat-2 system tuning and calibration is expected to continue for several months.  SkySat-1 and SkySat-2 operations are conducted from our 24/7 mission operations center in Mountain View, CA. 

With the SkySat-1 and SkySat-2 constellation we are excited to continue pushing the envelope for increasingly timely high-resolution imagery, HD video, and analytics.

We are incredibly proud of our team that has worked tirelessly to turn a concept of a satellite design on a napkin, to a clean room with two satellites, to the early stages of a constellation in orbit. Each person has played an important role in getting us to this point and the team's signatures are engraved on the inside panel of SkySat-2, now zipping around the Earth at 7 kilometers / second. 

Onwards!

SkySat-2 image of Port-au-Prince on July 10, 2014
SkySat-2 image of Bangor, Maine on July 10, 2014


We are happy to announce the launch of SkySat-2 this morning aboard a Soyuz-2/Fregat rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. We made contact with the satellite on the first pass.

Below is an image taken by SkySat-1 of SkySat-2's launch pad on July 7, 2014 and a photo taken by Roscosmos of the Soyuz-2/Fregat rocket on July 8, 2014. 

Onwards and upwards!