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Satellite Events for Tonight

Digital Surface and Terrain Models from Vantor’s Precision3D Product Line Added to Satellite Data Explorer

Reported by NASA

The CSDA Program added three digital elevation and digital terrain products from Vantor’s Precision3D Product Line to the Satellite Data Explorer....
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:05 +0000

Vantor Archive Imagery Added to Satellite Data Explorer

Reported by NASA

The CSDA Program has added imagery from Vantor to its Satellite Data Explorer (SDX) data access and discovery tool....
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:54 +0000

CSDA Releases New Data Acquisition Request System

Reported by NASA

The CSDA Program’s Data Acquisition Request System lets authorized users submit proposals for yet-to-be-collected data from CSDA’s commercial partners....
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:42 +0000

CSDA Program Announces Eight New Data Agreements

Reported by NASA

The CSDA Program announced eight new agreements that will give users more access to multispectral and synthetic aperture radar data....
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:23 +0000

Notes from the Field

Reported by NASA

Looking at Chlorophyll from Space By Compton “Jim” Tucker NASA scientists are able to study plants from space, but this wasn’t always the case. “I love using satellite data to study the Earth,” says Dr. Compton “Jim” Tucker. When Tucker was a...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:23 +0000

42 Years of Measuring the Sun, the Earth and the Energy in Between

Reported by NASA

By Denise Lineberry On Jan. 31, 1958, Explorer 1 became the first satellite launched by the United States. Its primary science instrument, a cosmic ray detector, was designed to measure the radiation environment in Earth orbit. Though its final transmissio...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:23 +0000