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Currently, data acquired by NASA are available at no cost to NASA-funded researchers. The scientific community may use commercial datasets that are acquired by NASA for scientific purposes in adherence to vendor-specific terms and conditions. Government agencies and international partners on the evaluation and scientific use of commercial data. Ensure long-term data preservation through the establishment of data management processes and systems to support rapid evaluation, access and distribution of purchased data, and long-term access to purchased data for scientific reproducibility.Enable the sustained use of purchased data for broader use and dissemination by NASA scientific community.Establish continuous and repeatable processes to on-ramp new commercial data vendors and evaluate data for its potential to advance NASA's Earth science research and applications activities.Information about these vendors and data is available on the Commercial Datasets page.ĬSDA was initiated in 2017 with the Private-Sector Small Constellation Satellite Data Product Pilot Project.

NASA will maintain the archive of data purchased from the vendors.

Going forward, NASA-funded researchers will be able to request access to the data from the commercial small satellite vendors. government agencies and those by international partners and agencies. NASA's Earth Science Division (ESD) recognizes the potential impact commercial small-satellite (smallsat) constellations may have in encouraging/enabling efficient approaches to advancing Earth System Science and applications development for societal benefit.Ĭommercially acquired data may also provide a cost-effective means to augment and/or complement the suite of Earth observations acquired by NASA and other U.S. The Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program was established to identify, evaluate, and acquire data from commercial sources that support NASA's Earth science research and application goals. Program Pilot Evaluation Report (PDF) Program Overview NEW! CSDA Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP)

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