Related Party Transactions (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

Schedule of Related Party Transactions

Amount Due to Related Party as of

June 30,

December 31,

2023

2022

Name

Nature of Relationship

Description of the Transactions

(in thousands)

Seahawk

Debt Issuer and subsidiary of Thales Alenia Space

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.

21,727

20,787

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.

58,895

56,345


							Amount Due to Related Party as of
			Total Payments in the Six Months Ended June 30,				June 30,		December 31,
	Nature of Relationship		2023		2022		2023		2022
Name		Description of the Transactions	(in thousands)
LeoStella	Joint Venture with Thales Alenia Space	The Company owns 50% of LeoStella, its joint venture with Thales. The Company contracts with LeoStella for the design, development and manufacture of satellites to operate its business.	$	11,325	$	17,149	$	2,231	$	3,728
X-Bow	Equity Method Investee	In 2017, the Company received stock in X-Bow. As of June 30, 2023, the Company had a less than 20% investment in X-Bow and had one Board seat. The Company has engaged X-Bow to develop a rocket for the Company.	—		—		—		—

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.	250		333		—		—
Thales Alenia Space	Shareholder and Parent of Wholly-owned Subsidiary, Seahawk (Debt Issuer)	Design, development and manufacture of telescopes.	3,464		5,163		658		693