NASA Acquires Commercial Datasets from Orbital Sidekick via CSDA Program

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Science Desk

In Short: NASA's CSDA program has begun acquiring commercial datasets from Orbital Sidekick, with evaluations ongoing for newly awarded products.

NASA's Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program has acquired commercial datasets from Orbital Sidekick, according to reports from NASA Science (.gov). All newly awarded commercial data provider products are currently undergoing evaluation by the CSDA program.

If you have any questions about these products, NASA advises contacting CSDA Support. The program requests that users include a specific acknowledgment when publishing work created using CSDA-distributed data, stating, 'This work utilized data made available through the NASA Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program.

Authorized users are encouraged to send CSDA a courtesy copy of any publications that include CSDA-distributed data. Access to this data is governed by the CSDA End User License Agreements (EULAs).

What's still developing

Single-source account; further confirmation still arriving.

Sources

NASA Science (.gov)link