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BlackSky Technology Inc.

For the period ended Mar 31, 2026. Filed May 7, 2026.

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Mar 31, 2026 · Filed May 7, 2026

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Previous report: 10-Q

Period ended 2025-09-30; filed 2025-11-06.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Current report: 10-Q

Period ended 2026-03-31; filed 2026-05-07.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

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Current report

BlackSky designs, builds, owns and operates the industry’s most advanced, purpose-built commercial, real-time intelligence system that combines the power of the BlackSky Spectra® tasking and analytics software platform with our high resolution, low earth orbit ("LEO") small satellite (“smallsat” or “smallsats”) constellation. Our Gen-3 satellites (“Gen-3”) include significantly enhanced capabilities, including 35-centimeter electro-optical imaging resolution and 1-meter short-wave infrared imaging technology for expanded imaging capabilities in low-light or at night. The Gen-3 constellation also features improved data communications capabilities that significantly increase the end-to-end delivery speed of intelligence products. BlackSky Spectra is a first-of-its-kind commercial tasking, analytics and multi-intelligence data-fusion software platform that helps customers monitor activities from space. The BlackSky constellation is the primary on-orbit data source and communications architecture that delivers space-based information to BlackSky Spectra. BlackSky’s satellites fly in unconventional, inclined orbits, and with built-in automated systems. Our constellation can deliver time-diverse, dawn-to-dusk, rapid revisit imagery, and analytics— with no humans in the loop. BlackSky Spectra provides end users the ability to augment proprietary data collected from our constellations with input from third-party sensors.

Current report

Customers experience the value of BlackSky’s space-based intelligence and AI capabilities through subscription-based On-Demand and Assured product offerings. Our Mission Solutions offering allows customers the ability to acquire, own, and operate their own customized Gen-3 satellite(s) and space-to-ground system(s). These solutions leverage our industry-leading, end-to-end satellite to ground infrastructure hardware and software technology stack. BlackSky Mission Solutions give nations the flexibility of owning space assets while having scalable access to additional capacity through BlackSky’s proprietary constellation. BlackSky also offers advanced technology program services that allow customers to conduct advanced R&D using aspects of BlackSky’s space-to-ground system that further enhance the capabilities that we can offer certain customers, or that further integrates BlackSky’s intelligence products into customer secure operational workflows. Our product and service offerings are designed to provide synergy to our customers. For example, when our Mission Solutions offerings are acquired in conjunction with our subscription data services, customers enjoy the benefits of speed, scale and reliability without having to own and operate a large constellation. Collectively, our offerings create a unified value proposition that supports national security, supply chain resilience, economic intelligence, and other critical decision-making requirements for customers worldwide.

Current report

•Space-Based Intelligence and AI Services Revenue: We offer high-revisit, high-resolution, satellite imaging products including dawn-to-dusk, 35 cm resolution electro-optical and nighttime imagery. Through our BlackSky Spectra software platform, customers can directly task our constellation to collect and deliver imagery over specific locations, sites, and regions that are critical to their operations. Customers also have access to multi-frame area 2x1 to capture areas larger than the single frame scene size, like large airports or large ports, burst to analyze motion with five frames collected in a single satellite pass, and stereo pairs (two frames) or sets (fives frames) to build and update 3D products on short timelines. All imagery products are included in our On-Demand and Assured subscription plans. BlackSky also offers non-Earth imagery services for monitoring orbiting spacecraft and other objects of interest.

Current report

We generally structure our customer agreements as annual or multi-year subscription contracts. We offer pricing tiers that enable the customer to manage collection priorities. These options provide customers with flexibility to utilize our space-based intelligence and AI services in a manner that best suits their business needs. For example, during critical events, customers may pay a premium to prioritize their monitoring and collection requirements, while at other times, customers can select lower priority collections to allow for more economical use of their overall subscription.

Current report

•Advanced Technology Programs Revenue: We provide advanced technology solutions that enhance customer adoption and operational integration of our technology. These services include support for customer-specific software feature development, systems testing, and training, as well as the integration of our imagery and analytics products into a customer’s existing processes and workflows. These services can also include the development and expansion of our current sensor capabilities. Through these services, we help customers tailor, expand and optimize their use of our platforms and mission capabilities.

Current report

Effective January 1, 2025, we reclassified our captions on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss to better align with our increasing portfolio of mission solutions product offerings and advanced technology program service offerings. Revenue and costs that were previously classified as imagery & software analytical services are now classified as space-based intelligence & AI services. Professional & engineering services are now either classified as mission solutions if they are related to our product offerings or advanced technology programs if they are related to our service offerings. As a result, for the three months ended March 31, 2025, the amounts presented have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation for three months ended March 31, 2026.

Current report

Space-based intelligence & AI services revenue was relatively flat for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025.

Current report

Mission solutions revenue decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, primarily reflecting one-time work in process costs recognized in the first quarter of 2025 on a customized Earth observation satellite for a then-new customer, which did not recur in 2026. The decrease was partially offset by revenue recognized on certain long-term contracts that are in various stages of completion.

Current report

Advanced technology programs revenue decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025, largely due to the timing of completion of design and implementation services performed in 2025. These decreases were partially offset by revenue for providing advanced research and development services for an existing customer to develop next-generation space-based intelligence capabilities.

Current report

Space-based intelligence & AI services costs, excluding depreciation and amortization, increased for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025, driven by increased capacity demand from recent global events, which also caused an increase in direct labor fulfillment costs on new and existing long-term contracts.

Current report

Advanced technology programs costs, excluding depreciation and amortization, decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025, primarily due to a decrease in direct labor fulfillment costs caused by the timing of completion of design and implementation services performed in 2025. These decreases were partially offset by costs to provide advanced research and development services to an existing customer to develop next-generation space-based intelligence capabilities.

Current report

Selling, general, and administrative expenses increased during the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025, primarily related to an increase in stock-based compensation expense resulting from an increase in the average stock price at the time of the grant of new stock awards in 2026. In addition, selling and marketing expenses increased related to the cost of international sales consultants as we continue to invest in international sales initiatives. These increases were partially offset by decreases in professional fees as a result of one-time transaction costs and accounting fees incurred during 2025 that were associated with finalizing the BlackSky Satellite Systems acquisition that closed in late 2024.

Current report

Depreciation expense from satellites increased for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025 related to the launch of our Gen-3 satellites throughout 2025 and during the first quarter of 2026. This was partially offset by a decrease in depreciation expense related to Gen-2 satellites becoming fully depreciated in 2025.

Current report

Interest expense increased during the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to the same period in 2025 because our outstanding debt increased from $116.5 million as of March 31, 2025 to $209.2 million as of March 31, 2026. In July 2025, we lowered the average interest rate of our outstanding debt when we repaid $100.2 million of loans from related parties in their entirety, which had a stated interest rate of 12% upon repayment, and issued $185.0 million of Convertible Senior Notes with a stated interest rate of 8.25%.

Current report

We entered into vendor financing agreements for $57.6 million to fund the costs of multiple satellite launches. Our November 2023 agreement provides for a $27.0 million borrowing commitment and payments accrue interest at 12.6% per annum while our November 2025 agreement is for a $30.6 million borrowing commitment and payments accrue interest at 9.50% per annum. A portion of the vendor financing agreements can be drawn down equally per satellite launch and will be repaid quarterly on a pro-rata basis across a three-year period after each successful launch milestone. Interest begins to accrue on each launch date. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we incurred $3.0 million of additional debt related to the satellite launch vendor financing agreements. As of March 31, 2026, we have $28.9 million of additional vendor financing available to us for future launches. For additional information regarding the Convertible Senior Notes and vendor financing agreements, see Note 11 – “Debt and Other Financing” included in Part I, Item 1, “Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements” of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Current report

We had $24.2 million and $28.6 million of current contract assets as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. We expect to continue billing for and receiving payments on our contract assets over the next 12 months as interim milestones on a few major customer contracts are met. The timing of customer billing and payment varies from contract to contract and we may continue to generate additional contract assets in 2026 and beyond as we enter into new contracts.

Current report

For the three months ended March 31, 2026, net cash used in operating activities was $2.4 million, which is a decrease as compared to the same period in 2025. The decrease in net cash used in operating activities was largely related to a change in working capital in the first quarter of 2025 when we received a cash payment for capacity for future purchase orders and recorded it as deferred revenue in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in cash collected from interim milestone billings on a few major customer contracts during the three months ended March 31, 2026.

Current report

The increase in net cash provided by financing activities were partially offset by increased withholding tax payments on vesting of restricted stock units as a result of an increase in our stock price between the comparative periods and $1.7 million of debt repayments to our satellite launch vendor financing debt arrangement.

Current report

We generate revenue from the sale of space-based intelligence & AI services, mission solutions, and advanced technology programs.
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Previous report

We own and operate one of the industry's leading high-performance low earth orbit (“LEO”) small satellite constellations. Our constellation is optimized to cost-efficiently capture imagery at high revisit rates where and when our customers need it. Because of its orbital configuration, our constellation is able to image certain locations on average in under 90 minutes, from dawn-to-dusk, providing our customers with insights and situational awareness over specific locations of interest throughout the day. The constellation is optimized for agility and capacity and delivers high revisit imaging and analytic products without a dependency on an individual satellite. This approach enables us to strategically deploy capacity to meet customer needs and tailor the capability over time to meet market demand. We believe that our focus on critical strategic and economic infrastructure and our proprietary artificial intelligence (“AI”)-enabled tasking methodology differentiates us from many of our competitors, who are primarily dedicated to mapping the entirety of the Earth on a routine basis. Our differentiated approach to space enables us to deliver highly targeted and valuable intelligence with a smaller constellation fleet that has the added benefit of greater operating and capital efficiencies.

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BlackSky’s constellation provides unique value with the ability to collect imagery and analytics from dawn-to-dusk at a higher cadence and at lower cost than traditional providers. U.S. and allied militaries rely on our services for high-revisit monitoring of airfields, vehicle depots, troop movements, and other high-value locations to detect changes in pattern-of-life. BlackSky can distinguish landscape features such as roads and buildings, and gauge commercial activities and patterns in ship or aircraft movements, progress at construction sites, and changes in production by estimating the number of cars in a parking lot.

Previous report

Our proprietary constellation can produce high and very-high resolution electro-optical imagery and short-wave infrared imagery for expanded imaging capabilities in low-light or nighttime. The constellation also has advanced data communications capabilities that significantly increase the end-to-end delivery speed of intelligence products. We believe these advanced features improve our analytics and increase the value we can deliver to our customers.

Previous report

Our BlackSky Spectra software platform can, among other things, process millions of observations a day from our proprietary satellite constellation and from multiple external data sources including imaging, radar and radio frequency satellites, environmental sensors, asset tracking sensors, Internet-of-Things connected devices, internet- enabled narrative sources, and a variety of geotemporal data feeds. BlackSky Spectra employs advanced, proprietary AI and machine learning (“ML”) techniques to process, analyze, and transform these data feeds into alerts, information, and insights that our customers receive, all fully automated. Customers can access BlackSky Spectra's data and analytics through easy-to-use web services or through platform APIs. The combination of our high-revisit, small satellite constellation, our BlackSky Spectra platform, and low constellation cost is transforming the market for real-time, space-based imagery and analytics.

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Our operating strategy is to continue to enhance the capabilities of our satellite constellation, to increase the data processed by our BlackSky Spectra platform, and to expand our analytics offerings in order to increase the value we deliver to our customers. Our two strategic assets—our satellite constellation and our BlackSky Spectra platform—are mutually reinforcing: as we capture more information about the world’s most important strategic and economic assets and locations, our proprietary database expands and increases its utility, enabling us to better detect, understand, and predict changes that matter most to our customers. As such, we believe that our business will benefit from a natural and powerful “flywheel” effect: the more data we collect and analyze, the more valuable the insights we can deliver to our customers.

Previous report

Our current customer base and end market mix are weighted towards U.S. and international defense and intelligence customers and markets. We believe there are significant opportunities to expand our imagery and software analytical services, as well as our professional and engineering service offerings, to a broad set of customers both domestically and internationally. In addition, our services and products can benefit customers in a variety of commercial markets including, but not limited to, energy and utilities, insurance, commodities, mining, manufacturing, logistics, supply chain management, agriculture, environmental monitoring, disaster and risk management, engineering and construction, and retail and consumer behavior.

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We generate revenue by selling subscription-based On-Demand and Assured product and service offerings that support national security, supply chain intelligence, crisis management, critical infrastructure monitoring, economic intelligence, and others. These offerings include a variety of pricing options accessible via our subscription plan through our BlackSky Spectra software platform, plus professional and engineering services provided to customers on a project-by-project basis. We offer a range of pricing tiers that enable the customer to manage collection priorities. During critical events, the customer can pay a premium to prioritize their monitoring and collection requirements, while selecting lower priority collections at other times for more economical utilization. Variable and fixed price plans allow our customers to choose what matters most to them—platform licensing-levels, priority for imagery tasking, and whether to apply analytics or monitoring capabilities overtop the imaging service.

Previous report

In November 2024, we acquired the remaining 50% of common units of BlackSky Satellite Systems LLC, fka LeoStella LLC, ("BlackSky Satellite Systems" or “LeoStella”) and it is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackSky. The acquisition allows us to improve control over the Gen-3 satellite supply chain and production operations. This vertical integration enables us to control our satellites through the entire design, manufacturing, and operation process and optimize performance per unit cost. BlackSky Satellite System's financial results have been included in our operating results for the periods following the acquisition date.

Previous report

In July 2025, we issued $185.0 million principal amount of Convertible Notes due August 1, 2033 (the “Convertible Notes”) in a private offering. In addition, we repaid all principal and accrued interest from the loans from related parties and the commercial bank line. See "—Liquidity" and Note 10 - "Debt and Other Financing" for further detail.

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◦Imagery: We offer our customers high-revisit, on-demand high resolution electro optical satellite imaging services. Through our BlackSky Spectra software platform, customers can directly task our proprietary satellite constellation to collect and deliver imagery over specific locations, sites, and regions that are critical to their operations. We offer customers several service level options that include annual plans for access to capacity subscriptions for on-demand tasking or multi-year assured access programs, where customers can secure priority access and imaging capacity at a premium over a region of interest on a take or pay basis.

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We expect continued revenue growth in our offerings year over year as a result of increases in our sales orders with new customers and incremental sales orders driven by stronger customer demand with existing customers.

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We expect continued meaningful contribution from our professional and engineering services revenue, which we expect will be primarily from contracts with existing U.S. and international defense and intelligence customers with whom we have contracted to perform development work prior to the implementation of their subscription service contracts.

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Imagery and software analytical services revenue decreased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to the same periods in 2024, primarily from a reduction of imagery services from an existing customer's renewal partially offset by new short-term imagery and analytics subscription orders and renewals from other existing customers.

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Professional and engineering services revenue increased for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024, primarily due to a new contract for the delivery of one Earth observation satellite.

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Imagery & software analytical service costs, excluding depreciation and amortization, increased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, due to an increase in third-party imagery fulfillment costs.

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Professional & engineering service costs, excluding depreciation and amortization, decreased for the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the same period in 2024, primarily due to the substantial completion of a long-term professional services contract during the third quarter of 2025.

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Selling, general, and administrative expenses increased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the same periods in 2024. Salaries and benefit costs increased primarily due to workforce acquired in our acquisition in the fourth quarter of 2024. Information technology and other administrative expenses increased primarily due to costs associated with production operations from our acquisition in late 2024 as well as initiatives to optimize corporate business and operational systems during 2025. Professional fees increased as a result of transaction costs incurred during 2025 that were associated with finalizing the acquisition that closed in late 2024. Stock-based compensation increased as a result of the issuance of stock awards since September 30, 2024. We expect for selling, general, and administrative expenses to continue to trend higher through the remainder of 2025 as compared to what was incurred in 2024 due to the integration of BlackSky Satellite Systems into our operations.

Previous report

Depreciation expense from satellites decreased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the same periods in 2024 as a number of Gen-2 satellites became fully depreciated. These decreases were partially offset by increases related to depreciation expense for our Gen-3 satellites launched in the first half of 2025. We expect to incur additional depreciation expense when each Gen-3 satellite is launched and placed into service.

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Outstanding derivative liabilities are re-measured to fair value at each reporting date. The gains or losses recognized in the applicable period are non-cash fair value adjustments. In July 2025, 611 thousand of our March 2023 Private Placement Warrants were exercised and the exercised warrants were re-measured to fair value on their exercise dates. These re-measurements of derivative liabilities generated gains during the three months ended September 30, 2025 and the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 versus a loss during the nine months ended September 30, 2025.

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The loss on debt extinguishment incurred during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 was due to the early repayment of the related party debt and commercial bank line in July 2025.

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Interest expense increased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, as a result of more debt outstanding despite a decrease in the interest rates during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to the same periods in 2024. Our outstanding debt increased due to the Convertible Notes issued in July 2025 and the financing of launch invoices during the past twelve months.

Previous report

Satellite System's financial results are fully consolidated in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Holders may convert their Convertible Notes at their option at any time prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date. Upon conversion, we will pay or deliver, as the case may be shares of our Class A common stock, cash, or a combination of cash and shares of our Class A common stock, at our election. The conversion rate of the notes will initially be 27.1909 shares of BlackSky’s Class A common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $36.78 per share of Class A common stock). We may not redeem the Convertible Notes prior to August 4, 2028. We may redeem for cash all or any portion of the Convertible Notes, at our option, on or after August 4, 2028 and prior to the 26th scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, if (1) the last reported sale price of our Class A common stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which we provide notice of redemption and (2) certain liquidity conditions are satisfied, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date.

Previous report

We also have a vendor financing agreement for multiple satellite launches providing for $27.0 million, of which a portion will be drawn down equally per satellite launch and will be repaid quarterly on a pro-rata basis across a three-year period after each successful launch milestone. Payments will accrue interest at 12.6% per annum, beginning on each launch date. As of September 30, 2025, we have financed $18.8 million out of our $27.0 million vendor financing agreement, and we estimate we will repay approximately $5.8 million of short-term debt related to the agreement in the next 12 months. We may prepay at any time until the maturity date without premium or penalty.

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We have current contract assets of $36.0 million and we anticipate receiving this amount in payments over the next 12 months as interim milestones on a few major customer contracts are met and expected to be billed, further enhancing our liquidity.

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For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, net cash used in operating activities was $19.0 million, which is an increase compared to the same period in 2024. The increase reflected in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 includes the operating loss, adjusted for depreciation, amortization, stock-based compensation expense, gain (loss) on derivatives, and other non-cash items inclusive of our BlackSky Satellite Systems operations. As noted above, in November 2024, we acquired the remaining 50% of the common units of BlackSky Satellite Systems, fka LeoStella, and it is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackSky. Prior to the acquisition, the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows included the income on equity method investment as a non-cash adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities. Subsequent to the acquisition, BlackSky Satellite System's financial results are fully consolidated in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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In addition, included in net cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 is $29.1 million of paid in kind interest associated with our related party notes that we repaid utilizing the proceeds from our Convertible Notes issued in July 2025. See "Financing activities" below for further detail on the remainder of the cash inflows and outflows related to our debt transactions during the nine months ended September 30, 2025. We also incurred increased cash interest expense during nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the same period in 2024 as a result of more debt outstanding during the period. The increases in net cash used in operating activities were partially offset by a cash receipt for capacity for future purchase orders that is recorded as a contract liability as of September 30, 2025 in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

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The most significant impacts on the change in net cash provided by financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was the receipt of $185.0 million in proceeds from the issuance of our Convertible Notes in July 2025 which was partially offset by debt repayments of $110.3 million and $7.3 million of debt issuance costs. The debt repayments included $81.2 million of principal and accrued interest as well as paid in kind interest of $29.1 million, which is included in net cash used in operating activities.

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We generate revenue from the sale of imagery, data, software, and analytics, as well as professional and engineering services.

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Upon acquisition of a company, we determine if the transaction is a business combination, which is accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting. Under the acquisition method, once control is obtained of a business, the assets acquired, and liabilities assumed, are recorded at fair value.

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BlackSky is a space-based intelligence company that delivers real-time imagery, analytics and high-frequency monitoring of the world’s most critical and strategic locations, economic assets, and events. BlackSky is trusted by many of the most demanding U.S. and international government agencies and commercial businesses around the world. We are defining a new category of space-based intelligence products and services with real-time imagery and automated analytics, delivered through an easy-to-use interface coupled with our high-revisit and low latency satellite constellation, which are designed to help customers see, understand and anticipate change for a decisive strategic advantage.

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Founded in 2014, BlackSky is a space technology company that delivers real-time imagery, analytics and high-frequency monitoring of the world’s most critical and strategic locations, economic assets, and events. By taking a software-first technology approach, we are delivering real time space-based intelligence at disruptive speed, scale and economics. BlackSky is trusted by many of the most demanding U.S. and international government agencies and commercial businesses around the world. We are defining a new category of space-based intelligence products and services centered upon real-time imagery and automated analytics, delivered through an easy-to-use interface that operates seamlessly with our high-revisit and low latency satellite constellation. Our first-of-its-kind, purpose-built, secure artificial intelligence ("AI")-enabled space-to-ground architecture helps customers see, understand and anticipate change for a decisive strategic advantage. BlackSky can provide dynamic hourly monitoring over many of the most strategic locations on Earth up to 15 times per day from dawn to dusk.

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Our revenue is generated by selling imagery and software analytics services through our BlackSky Spectra platform and by providing professional and engineering services to strategic customers on a project basis.

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Our revenue is generated by selling space-based intelligence & AI services through our BlackSky Spectra software platform and by providing mission solutions and advanced technology programs to strategic customers on a project basis.

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◦Data, Software, and Analytics: Our analytics services are also offered on a subscription basis and provide customers with access to our site monitoring, event monitoring and global data services. We leverage our proprietary AI and ML algorithms to analyze data coming from both our proprietary sensor network and third-party space sources in real-time to provide data, insights, and analytics for our customers. We provide services related to object, change and anomaly detection, site monitoring, and enhanced analytics through which we can detect key pattern of life changes in critical locations. These critical locations can include strategic locations and infrastructure such as ports, airports, and construction sites; retail activity; commodities stockpiles; and other sites that contain critical commodities and supply chain inventory.

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Our AI-generated analytics are also offered on a subscription basis and provide customers with automated access to our site monitoring, event monitoring, and global data services. Our object change and anomaly detection, site monitoring, and enhanced analytics services can detect key pattern-of-life changes in critical locations. These critical locations include infrastructure, such as maritime ports, airfields, and construction sites; retail activity; commodities stockpiles; and other sites that contain critical commodities and supply chain inventory. Our AI-enabled analytics provide for the automated detection and classification of more than 30 objects of tactical interest.

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•Professional and Engineering Services Revenue—We develop and deliver advanced satellites and payload systems for specific strategic customers that desire to leverage our capabilities in mission systems engineering and operations, ground station operations, software, analytics and systems development. These systems are sold to government customers under fixed price contracts and are often sold with operating and imagery service subscriptions. We retain rights to intellectual property for developed technology of certain systems.

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•Mission Solutions Revenue: We develop and deliver customized advanced satellites and payload systems for specific strategic customers that desire to leverage our capabilities in mission systems engineering and operations, ground station operations, software, analytics and systems development. By integrating our Gen-3 satellites, secure ground infrastructure, launch support, operations software, and training, this offering delivers rapid access to actionable intelligence, enhances mission continuity in secure or air-gapped environments, and supports national self-reliance in defense decision-making. Mission solutions empower customers to retain ownership and custody of satellites, tasking, and data while operating within their own borders and security frameworks. With proven, military-grade technology, globally distributed manufacturing, high-availability on-orbit performance, and transfer-of-knowledge programs that develop local workforce expertise, we enable partners to confidently build, operate, and evolve customized sovereign space architectures that strengthen national security and modern deterrence. These systems are sold to government customers under fixed price contracts and are often sold with operating and imagery service subscriptions. We retain rights to intellectual property for developed technology of certain systems. We also provide software systems engineering development services to support the integration of high volume and mass quantities of data in their operating platforms.

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Professional and engineering services revenue decreased for the three months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024, primarily from the substantial completion of a long-term professional services contract. Professional and engineering services revenue contains estimates that can result in the recognition of revenue in a current period for performance obligations which were satisfied or partially satisfied in a prior period. For the impacts of changes in estimates on our contracts, see Note 2—“Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of the notes to the consolidated financial statements contained within this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Mission solutions and advanced technology programs revenue contain estimates that may result in the recognition of revenue in a current period for performance obligations that were satisfied or partially satisfied in a prior period. For the impacts of changes in estimates on our contracts, see Note 2—“Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of the notes to the consolidated financial statements contained within this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Our costs and expenses are incurred from the following categories:

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Our costs and expenses, which includes stock-based compensation expense for those employees who support each category, are incurred from the following categories:

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•Imagery and software analytical services costs primarily include third-party data and imagery, ground station service payments, internal labor to support the ground stations and space operations, and compute/storage costs to facilitate our expanding AI/ML functionality. Costs are expensed as incurred except for incremental costs to obtain a contract, which are primarily sales commissions on contracts greater than one year and are capitalized and amortized to selling, general, and administrative expenses on a systematic basis consistent with the transfer of goods and services and directly identifiable costs to fulfill a contract. Expense related to stock-based payments is classified in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss based upon the classification of each employee's cash compensation. We recognize stock-based compensation expense for those employees whose work supports the imagery and software analytical services costs we provide to customers, under imagery and software analytical service costs, excluding depreciation and amortization.

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•Space-Based Intelligence & AI Services Costs: primarily include third-party data and imagery, ground station service payments, internal labor to support our ground stations and space operations, and compute/storage costs to facilitate our expanding AI/machine learnings ("ML") functionality. Costs are expensed as they are incurred except for incremental costs to obtain a contract, which are primarily sales commissions on contracts greater than one year, and are capitalized and amortized to selling, general, and administrative expenses on a systematic basis consistent with the transfer of goods and services and directly identifiable costs to fulfill a contract. Expense related to stock-based payments is classified in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss based upon the classification of each employee's cash compensation.

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•Professional and engineering service costs primarily include the cost of internal labor for design and engineering in support of long-term development contracts for customer satellites and payload systems as well as subcontract direct materials and external labor costs to build and test specific components, such as the communications system, payload demands, and sensor integration. In addition, we recognize internal labor costs and external subcontract labor costs for our customer-centric software service solutions. We also recognize stock-based compensation expense for those employees who provide professional and engineering services support to customers, under professional and engineering service costs, excluding depreciation and amortization.

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•Mission Solutions Costs: primarily include the cost of direct materials to build and test specific, customized satellite and payload systems components, such as the communications system, payload demands, and sensor integration, as well as internal labor for design and engineering. These costs are incurred in support of long-term development contracts.

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•Selling, general, and administrative expense consists of salaries and benefit costs, development costs, professional fees, and other expenses which include other personnel-related costs, stock-based compensation expenses for those employees who generally support our business and operations, and occupancy costs.

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•Selling, General, and Administrative Expense: consists of salaries, taxes, and benefit costs, product development costs, professional fees, and other expenses which include other personnel-related costs, stock-based compensation expense for those employees who generally support our business and operations, and occupancy costs.

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•Research and development expense consists of employees’ salaries, taxes, and benefits costs incurred while researching next generation space and ground architectures in support of our long-term strategy. With our acquisition of BlackSky Satellite Systems in November 2024, research and development expense also includes our investments in satellite design and functionality. Additionally, we employ and classify third-party vendors who help fulfill our strategic projects as research and development expense. We intend to continue to invest appropriate resources in research and development efforts, as we believe that investment is critical to maintaining our competitive position.

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•Research and Development Expense: consists of employees’ salaries, taxes, and benefits costs incurred while researching next generation space and ground architectures in support of our long-term strategy, which includes investments in satellite design and functionality. Additionally, we employ and classify third-party vendors who help fulfill our strategic projects as research and development expense. We intend to continue to invest appropriate resources in research and development efforts, as we believe that investment is critical to maintaining our competitive position.

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•Depreciation expense is related to property and equipment, which mainly consist of operational satellites. Amortization expense is related to intangible assets, which mainly consist of customer relationships.

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•Depreciation Expense: is related to property and equipment, which mainly consist of operational satellites and capitalized internal-use software. Amortization expense is related to intangible assets, which mainly consist of customer relationships. We expect to incur additional depreciation expense when each Gen-3 satellite is launched and placed into service.

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Results of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 and 2024

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Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025

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The following table provides the components of results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024:

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The following table provides the components of results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:

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Professional & engineering service costs, excluding depreciation and amortization, increased for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the same period in 2024, primarily due to a one-time impact of incurred work in process costs under a satellite procurement contract that began in the first quarter of 2025. This increase was partially offset by fewer direct material costs incurred on a professional services contract, related to the program's maturity year-over-year.

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Mission solutions costs, excluding depreciation and amortization, decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025, primarily due to the impact of incurred work in process costs under a satellite procurement contract that began in 2025.

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The following is our forecast for total RSU expense as of September 30, 2025, which, in addition to the amounts recognized in selling, general, and administrative expenses, includes the portion that will be capitalized or classified in imagery and software analytical service costs and professional and engineering service costs:

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The following is our forecast for total restricted stock units ("RSUs") non-cash stock-based compensation expense as of March 31, 2026, which excludes certain executive RSUs that were forfeited after March 31, 2026 but before the filing date. In addition to the amounts recognized in selling, general, and administrative expenses, this includes the portion that will be capitalized or classified in space-based intelligence & AI services, mission solutions, or advanced technology programs costs:

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Research and development expense decreased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, as compared to the same periods in 2024 due to the completion of development projects in 2024. We expect for research and development costs to increase as we explore new projects in future periods.

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Research and development expense decreased for the three months ended March 31, 2026, as compared to the same period in 2025, due to the completion of certain development projects in early 2025.

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Depreciation expense from all other property and equipment increased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the same periods in 2024, primarily driven by the depreciation of increasing asset balances for internal-use software as we continue to invest in our BlackSky Spectra software platform, features for our Gen-3 constellation, and internal infrastructure.

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Depreciation expense from all other property and equipment increased for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025. This increase was primarily driven by the depreciation of increasing asset balances for internal-use software as we continue to invest in our BlackSky Spectra software platform, features for our Gen-3 constellation, and internal infrastructure.

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Amortization expense increased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the same periods in 2024 as a result of intangible assets acquired by the Company in the fourth quarter of 2024.

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Amortization expense increased for the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025 due to the change in the estimated useful life of an intangible asset during the fourth quarter of 2025.

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Fluctuations in our equity warrants and other equity instruments that we classify as derivative liabilities in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets and measure at fair value are significantly driven by our common stock price. Fluctuations to these instruments are inversely related to changes in our common stock price, the volatility of the markets, and the duration of the equity warrants.

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Our common stock price significantly drives fluctuations in our equity warrants and other equity instruments that we classify as derivative liabilities in our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets and measure at fair value. Fluctuations to these instruments are inversely related to changes in our common stock price, the volatility of the markets, and the duration of the equity warrants. These re-measurements of derivative liabilities generated a loss for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and a gain for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

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Interest income increased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 as a result of higher short-term investment balances during the period as compared to the same periods in 2024.

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Interest income increased during the three months ended March 31, 2026 as a result of higher short-term investment balances during the period as compared to the same period in 2025.

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Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income or loss attributable to us before interest income, interest expense, income tax expense or benefit, depreciation and amortization, as well as significant non-cash and/or non-recurring expenses as our management believes these items are not useful in evaluating our core operating performance. These items include, but are not limited to, stock-based compensation expense; unrealized (gain) loss on certain warrants/shares classified as derivative liabilities; loss on debt extinguishment, non-recurring transaction costs; litigation, settlements, and related costs; severance; and impairment and asset disposals. We have presented Adjusted EBITDA because it is a key measure used by our management and board of directors to understand and evaluate our operating performance, generate future operating plans and make strategic decisions regarding the allocation of capital. In particular, we believe that the exclusion of certain items in calculating Adjusted EBITDA can produce a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our business. Accordingly, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information in understanding and evaluating our operating results. In addition, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides additional information for investors to use in evaluating our ongoing operating results and trends. This non-GAAP measure provides investors with incremental information for the evaluation of our performance after isolation of certain items deemed unrelated to our core business operations.

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Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income or loss attributable to us before interest income, interest expense, income tax expense or benefit, depreciation and amortization, as well as significant non-cash and/or non-recurring expenses as our management believes these items are not useful in evaluating our core operating performance. These items include, but are not limited to, stock-based compensation expense; unrealized gain or loss on certain warrants/shares classified as derivative liabilities; loss on debt extinguishment; non-recurring transaction costs; litigation, settlements, and related costs; severance; and impairment, obsolescence, and asset disposals. We have presented Adjusted EBITDA because it is a key measure used by our management and board of directors to understand and evaluate our operating performance, generate future operating plans and make strategic decisions regarding the allocation of capital. In particular, we believe that the exclusion of certain items in calculating Adjusted EBITDA can produce a useful measure for period-to-period comparisons of our business. Accordingly, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information in understanding and evaluating our operating results. In addition, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides additional information for investors to use in evaluating our ongoing operating results and trends. This non-GAAP measure provides investors with incremental information for the evaluation of our performance after isolation of certain items deemed unrelated to our core business operations.

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The table below reconciles our net loss to Adjusted EBITDA for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024. As noted above, in November 2024, we acquired the remaining 50% of the common units of BlackSky Satellite Systems, fka LeoStella, and it is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackSky. Prior to the acquisition, our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included our proportionate share of BlackSky Satellite System's, fka LeoStella's, earnings or losses, which was included as an adjusting item for equity method investments in the table below; we did not record any percentage of BlackSky Satellite System's, fka LeoStella's, estimated net loss during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 since our investment in LeoStella was $0 as of December 31, 2023. Subsequent to the acquisition in the fourth quarter of 2024, BlackSky

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The table below reconciles our net loss to Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:

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As of September 30, 2025, our existing sources of liquidity included cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments. Our cash and cash equivalents excluding restricted cash totaled $28.8 million and $13.1 million as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, and our short-term investments totaled $117.7 million and $39.4 million as of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively. We have incurred year to date losses and generated negative cash flows from operations since our inception in September 2014. As of September 30, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of $725.6 million.

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As of March 31, 2026, our existing sources of liquidity included cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments. Our cash and cash equivalents excluding restricted cash totaled $39.4 million and $42.4 million as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively, and our short-term investments totaled $76.1 million and $82.0 million as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. We have incurred year to date losses and generated negative cash flows from operations since our inception in September 2014. As of March 31, 2026, we had an accumulated deficit of $756.1 million.

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Our short-term liquidity as of September 30, 2025 was $147.6 million. We expect cash and cash equivalents and cash generated from operating activities to be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditure needs for the foreseeable future. Our future long-term capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our Gen-3 satellite production needs, launch costs and insurance costs, as well as our growth rate, customer demand for capacity, the timing and extent of spending to support solution development efforts, the expansion of sales and marketing activities, the ongoing investments in technology infrastructure, the introduction of new and enhanced solutions, and the continuing market acceptance of our solutions.

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Our short-term liquidity as of March 31, 2026 was $117.5 million. We expect cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, and cash generated from operating activities to be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditure needs for the foreseeable future. Our future long-term capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our Gen-3 satellite and mission solutions production needs, launch and insurance costs, our growth rate, customer demand for capacity, the timing and extent of spending to support solution development efforts, our ongoing investments in technology infrastructure, and the continuing market acceptance of our products and services.

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In July 2025, we issued $185.0 million principal amount of Convertible Notes in a private offering. The Convertible Notes will mature on August 1, 2033 unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased. The

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In July 2025, we issued $185.0 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes in a private offering. The Convertible Senior Notes will mature on August 1, 2033 unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased. The Convertible Senior Notes will bear interest at a rate of 8.25% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning on February 1, 2026.

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2025, we issued and sold shares as a part of the Company's at-the-market (“ATM”) offering. We have the ability to offer and sell from time to time up to $75.0 million of newly issued shares in open trading windows at market prices through a designated broker dealer pursuant to an ATM offering program, of which we sold $42.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2025.

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During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we issued and sold shares of our Class A common stock under our ATM sales agreement, resulting in gross proceeds of $15.0 million. We have the ability to offer and sell up to $100.0 million of shares of our Class A common stock in open trading windows at market prices through a designated broker dealer pursuant to an ATM offering program.

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As of September 30, 2025, our current assets were $201.0 million, consisting primarily of short-term investments, contract assets, and cash and cash equivalents.

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As of March 31, 2026, our current assets were $185.3 million, consisting primarily of short-term investments, cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, and contract assets.

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As of September 30, 2025, our current liabilities were $51.7 million, consisting primarily of contract liabilities, other current liabilities, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities. Accordingly, we have sufficient cash and working capital to fund our short-term liquidity requirements.

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As of March 31, 2026, our current liabilities were $53.6 million, consisting primarily of contract liabilities, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and other current liabilities, which includes a $7.5 million liability expected to be offset by an insurance recovery of $7.4 million. Accordingly, we have sufficient cash and working capital to fund our short-term liquidity requirements.

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We anticipate that our most significant long-term liquidity and capital needs will relate to continued funding of operations, satellite development capital expenditures, launch capital expenditures, and ongoing investments to optimize our BlackSky Spectra software platform and corporate business and operational systems that will enable us to continue to scale the business efficiently and securely. These ongoing investments in our operational systems include a multi-year enterprise minimum commitment that is aligned with efforts to improve our operational infrastructure.

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We anticipate that our most significant long-term liquidity and capital needs will relate to continued funding of operations, including procurement of materials for our missions solutions programs, satellite development capital expenditures, launch capital expenditures, and ongoing investments to optimize our BlackSky Spectra software platform and corporate business and operational systems that will enable us to continue to scale the business efficiently and securely. These ongoing investments in our operational systems include a multi-year minimum commitment for compute/storage costs to facilitate our expanding AI/ML functionality.

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Upcoming satellite development capital expenditures will include plans to expand our current high frequency monitoring constellation with multispectral, large-area collection satellites. These new satellites will be designed to support country scale digital mapping, navigation, maritime and 3D digital twin applications. We can manage the timing for a large part of our capital expenditures, including the design, build, and launch of our new satellites currently under development, to provide us with additional flexibility to optimize our long-term liquidity requirements. Macroeconomic conditions and credit markets could also impact the availability and/or the cost of potential future debt or equity financing.

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Upcoming satellite development capital expenditures include plans to expand our current high frequency monitoring constellation with multispectral, large-area collection satellites. We expect that these new satellites will be designed to support country scale digital mapping, navigation, maritime, and 3D digital twin applications. We can manage the timing for a large part of our capital expenditures, including the design, build, and launch of our new satellites currently under development, to provide us with additional flexibility to optimize our long-term liquidity requirements. Macroeconomic conditions and credit markets could also impact the availability and/or the cost of potential future debt or equity financing.

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The following table provides a summary of cash flow data for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024. Our short-term liquidity at September 30, 2025 was $147.6 million. Short-term investments of $117.7 million are not classified as cash, cash equivalents, or restricted cash.

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The following table provides a summary of cash flow data for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025. Our short-term liquidity at March 31, 2026 was $117.5 million. Short-term investments of $76.1 million are not classified as cash, cash equivalents, or restricted cash.

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The change in net cash used in investing activities was primarily due to increased purchases of short-term investments in government securities of $120.5 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to $13.5 million of purchases during the nine months ended September 30, 2024.

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The change in net cash used in investing activities was primarily due to increased net proceeds from short-term investments in government securities of $6.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to $15.3 million of net purchases during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

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We continue to have significant cash outflows for satellite procurement and launch related services and incur labor costs for internally developed capitalized software as we add innovative new services and tools to our BlackSky Spectra software platform and our corporate business and operational systems. The total amount paid for capital expenditures decreased during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2024. The decrease resulted from payments to BlackSky Satellite Systems, fka LeoStella, as a third party in 2024 as compared to the internal operation costs once the company was included in consolidated results in 2025 following the acquisition in the fourth quarter of 2024. We expect for cash outflows for satellite production to increase as we continue to build out our Gen-3 constellation.

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We continue to have significant cash outflows for satellite procurement and launch-related services. We also incur labor costs for internally developed capitalized software as we add innovative new services and tools to our BlackSky Spectra software platform and our corporate business and operational systems. The total amount paid for capital expenditures increased during the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025 primarily due to an increase in cash paid to procure direct materials and build our Gen-3 satellites, as well as for cash paid for launch insurance. We expect cash outflows for satellite production to increase as we continue to build out our satellite constellation.

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Additionally, we received $40.8 million in proceeds from our equity issuances, net of equity issuance costs, in the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared to $47.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Our equity issuances during the nine months ended September 30, 2025 consisted of the sale of 3.7 million shares under our ATM offering program which resulted in $42.5 million in gross proceeds, as compared to the sale of 0.5 million shares in the nine months ended September 30, 2024, which resulted in $4.8 million in gross proceeds. Our equity issuances during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 also included a public offering of 11.5 million shares of common stock resulting in $46.0 million in gross proceeds. We also received $10.8 million of proceeds from warrant exercises during the nine months ended September 30, 2025.

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We received $14.3 million in net cash proceeds from our equity issuances during the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to $5.1 million in net proceeds during the three months ended March 31, 2025. Our equity issuances during the three months ended March 31, 2026 consisted of the sale of 0.6 million shares of our Class A common stock under the 2025 ATM Agreement, which resulted in $15.0 million in gross proceeds. In comparison, for the three months ended March 31, 2025, we sold 0.6 million shares of our Class A common stock under our 2022 ATM Agreement, which resulted in $5.4 million in gross proceeds. The increase in gross proceeds was the result of an increase in our average stock price during three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the same period in 2025.

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We evidence approval of the contract with the customer with dual signatures or approved purchase orders that detail the rights of each party and define payment terms. We have never had significant collection issues on contracts with new or recurring domestic and international government customers and we consider this historical trend when assessing the collectability risk for contracts with bespoke effective terms. We also consider the probability of the customer's funding the total contract value as a component of the collectability risk.

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We evidence approval of the contract with the customer with dual signatures or approved purchase orders that detail the rights of each party and define payment terms. We have never had significant collection issues on contracts with new or recurring domestic and international government customers and we consider this historical trend when assessing the collectability risk for contracts with bespoke effective terms. We also consider the probability of the customer funding the total contract value as a component of the collectability risk.

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We execute contracts for a single promise or multiple promises. Specifically, our firm-fixed price contracts may include multiple promises which may be accounted for as separate performance obligations if they are capable of being distinct within the context of the contract. Significant judgment is required in determining performance obligations, including if some of the customized services are highly-interrelated, and these decisions could change the amount of revenue and profit or loss recorded in each period.

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We execute contracts for a single promise or multiple promises. Specifically, our firm-fixed price contracts may include multiple promises which may be accounted for as separate performance obligations if they are capable of being distinct within the context of the contract. Significant judgment is required in determining performance obligations and these decisions could change the amount of revenue and profit or loss recorded in each period.

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We classify revenue as imagery and software analytical services, and professional and engineering services in our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss based on the predominant attributes of the performance obligations.

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We classify revenue as space-based intelligence & AI services, mission solutions, and advanced technology programs in our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss based on the predominant attributes of the performance obligations.

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Each customer contract sets forth the transaction price for the products and services purchased under the arrangement. We estimate any variable consideration, and whether the transaction price is constrained, upon execution of each contract. Variable consideration is estimated as the most likely amount that is dependent upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of a future event. We continually review, and may reassess, the transaction price based on forecasted service level provisions within a limited amount of our customer purchase orders, costs incurred to date and historical experience. As a result, we may update our estimated constraints on revenue, which are generally on a prospective basis. For contracts with multiple performance obligations, we evaluate whether the stated selling prices for the products or services represent their standalone selling prices. When it is necessary to allocate the transaction price to multiple performance obligations, management uses the volume adjusted list price for imagery and analytics subscriptions and the expected cost plus a reasonable profit margin to estimate the standalone selling price of each product or service, which is mostly professional services.

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Each customer contract sets forth the transaction price for the products and services purchased under the arrangement. We estimate any variable consideration, and whether the transaction price is constrained, upon execution of each contract. Variable consideration is estimated as the most likely amount that is dependent upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of a future event. We continually review, and may reassess, the transaction price based on forecasted service level provisions within a limited number of our customer purchase orders, costs incurred to date and historical experience. As a result, we may update our estimated constraints on revenue, which are generally on a prospective basis. For contracts with multiple performance obligations, we evaluate whether the stated selling prices for the products or services represent their standalone selling prices. When it is necessary to allocate the transaction price to multiple performance obligations, management uses the volume adjusted list price for imagery and analytics subscriptions and the expected cost plus a reasonable profit margin to estimate the standalone selling price of each product or service, which is mostly professional services.

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Imagery and analytics revenue is recognized ratably over the subscription period based on the promise to continuously provide contractual satellite capacity for tasked imagery or software analytical services at the discretion of the customer. Professional and engineering services revenue is generated from time and materials basis contracts, cost-plus contracts, firm-fixed price service solutions contracts and firm-fixed price long-term engineering and construction contracts. Due to the long-term nature of some of our engineering and construction contracts, we recognize revenue over time using a cost-to-complete measure of progress because it best depicts the transfer of control to the customer as we incur costs on the contracts. Under this measure of progress, the extent of progress towards completion is measured based on the ratio of costs incurred to date to the total estimated costs to complete the performance obligation(s). The estimation of total estimated costs at completion is subject to many variables and requires significant judgment. We recognize changes in the estimation of total costs at completion on a cumulative catch-up basis in the period in which the changes are identified. Such changes in estimates can result in the recognition of revenue in a current period for performance obligations which were satisfied or partially satisfied in a prior period. If at any time, the estimate of contract profitability indicates a probable anticipated loss on the contract, we recognize the total loss as and when known.

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Due to the long-term nature of some of our contracts, we recognize revenue over time using a cost-to-complete measure of progress because it best depicts the transfer of control to the customer as we incur costs on the contracts. Under this measure of progress, the extent of progress towards completion is measured based on the ratio of costs incurred to date to the total estimated costs to complete the performance obligation(s). Calculating total estimated costs at completion is subject to many variables and requires significant judgment. We recognize changes in the estimation of total costs at completion on a cumulative catch-up basis in the period in which the changes are identified. Such changes in estimates can result in the recognition of revenue in a current period for performance obligations that were satisfied or partially satisfied in a prior period. If, at any time, the estimate of contract profitability indicates a probable anticipated loss on the contract, we recognize the total loss as and when known.

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We have equity and equity-based awards outstanding under our 2021 Equity Incentive Plan ("2021 Plan") and our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan ("2014 Plan"). Outstanding awards issued include stock options and restricted stock units ("RSUs"). In addition, our eligible employees are able to participate in our 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP") pursuant to purchase right offerings that are established under the ESPP.

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We have equity and equity-based awards outstanding under our 2021 Equity Incentive Plan ("2021 Plan") and our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan ("2014 Plan"). Outstanding awards issued include stock options and RSUs. In addition, our eligible employees can participate in our 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP") pursuant to purchase right offerings that are established under the ESPP.

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•Advanced Technology Programs Costs: primarily include the cost of internal labor and external subcontract labor costs for our customer-centric software service solutions.

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Space-based intelligence & AI services revenue is recognized over the subscription period based on the promise to continuously provide contractual satellite capacity for tasked imagery or software analytical services at the discretion of the customer. Mission solutions revenue is primarily recognized from firm-fixed price long-term customized satellites and ground station contracts. Advanced technology programs revenue is primarily generated from cost-plus contracts, and time and materials basis contracts and firm-fixed price service solutions contracts.

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The fair value models require inputs including, but not limited to, the fair value of our Class A common stock, the risk-free interest rate, expected term, expected dividend yield and expected volatility. The fair value of our Class
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We also provide technology enabled professional service solutions, which are highly interrelated, to support customer-specific feature requests and to support the integration, testing, and training of our imagery and software analytical services into the customer's organizational processes and workflows. We also provide software systems engineering development services to support the integration of high volume and mass quantities of data in their operating platforms.

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Convertible Notes will bear interest at a rate of 8.25% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning on February 1, 2026.