Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

15. Related Party Transactions

A summary of the Company’s related party transactions during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 is presented below:

Amount Due to Related Party as of

September 30,

December 31,

2022

2021

Name

Nature of Relationship

Description of the Transactions

(in thousands)

Seahawk

Debt Issuer

In 2019, the Company raised and converted $18.4 million from prior debt into new, outstanding debt and issued 13.5 million warrants to purchase Legacy BlackSky common stock.

19,977

Intelsat

Debt Issuer

In 2019, the Company entered into a term loan facility for $50.0 million and issued 20.2 million warrants to purchase Legacy BlackSky common stock.

54,149


							Amount Due to Related Party as of
			Total Payments in the nine months ended September 30,				September 30,		December 31,
	Nature of Relationship		2022		2021		2022		2021
Name		Description of the Transactions	(in thousands)
LeoStella	Joint Venture	Design, development and manufacture of multiple satellites.	$	22,067	$	15,060	$	1,667	$	8,381
X-Bow	Equity Method Investee	In 2017, the Company received stock in X-Bow. As of September 30, 2022, the Company had a less than 20% investment in X-Bow and had one Board seat. As described in Note 6, the Company has engaged X-Bow to develop a rocket for the Company.	—		1,865		—		—

Ursa Space Systems	Strategic Partner	The chairman of the Company’s board of directors, Will Porteous, is also an investor and member of the board of directors of Ursa Space Systems. The Company has a non-cancelable operational commitment with Ursa Space Systems.	417		—		—		83
Thales Alenia Space	Shareholder and Parent of Wholly-owned Subsidiary, Seahawk (Debt Issuer)	Design, development and manufacture of telescopes.	8,170		4,400		—		—

Interest on the term loan facility is accrued and compounded annually. No significant interest payments were made in the nine months ended September 30, 2022 or 2021. The Company had interest due to related parties in the amount of $2.8 million as of September 30, 2022, which has been recorded as accrued interest.