NASA’s pilot program to acquire and disseminate Earth remote sensing data from commercial vendors would be codified and made permanent under
The agency created the Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition pilot program in 2017, aiming to cost-effectively supplement Earth observation data gathered by the federal government and international collaborators. Under the program, NASA monitors the commercial satellite industry to purchase and publish commercial data for use by government agencies and international partners.
Earth remote sensing is the practice of gathering information about the planet from a distance using aircraft or spacecraft, including satellites. NASA collects data on the ...