NASA Evaluates Commercial Small-Sat Earth Data for Science
Thursday, October 4, 2018 - 16:30
in Astronomy & Space
Portal origin URL: NASA Evaluates Commercial Small-Sat Earth Data for SciencePortal origin nid: 433711Published: Thursday, October 4, 2018 - 16:26Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA has launched a pilot program to evaluate how Earth science data from commercial small-satellite constellations could supplement observations from the agency’s fleet of orbiting Earth science missions. On Sept. 28, the agency awarded sole-source contracts to acquire test data sets from three private sector organizations.Portal image: SPIRE, which operates the LEMUR-2 constellation of 3U CubeSat satellitesScience Categories: Earth