NASA a d USGS will compa e Ea thDaily Co stellatio data with La dsat obse vatio s a d evaluate its pote tial to suppo t AI- eady p oducts a d futu e hyb id gove me t-comme cial missio a chitectu es
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MAPLE GROVE, Mi ., Oct. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ea thDaily today a ou ced that it has bee awa ded a $3 millio task o de by NASA to p ovide Ea thDaily Co stellatio data a d tech ical suppo t fo NASA a d the U.S. Geological Su vey (USGS) to evaluate ew app oaches fo i co po ati g comme cial capabilities i to fede al la d imagi g p og ams.
The task o de suppo ts the Sustai able La d Imagi g (SLI) comme cial t a sitio i itiative, a joi t NASA-USGS effo t exami i g how comme cial Ea th obse vatio data ca compleme t gove me t systems while meeti g the scie tific quality a d co ti uity eeds of the La dsat eco d.
U de the co t act, NASA a d USGS will evaluate Ea thDaily Co stellatio data agai st La dsat sta da ds a d equi eme ts, i cludi g data quality, calib atio , stability, adiomet ic a d geomet ic pe fo ma ce, ha mo izability, a d fit ess fo pu pose. The wo k will also exami e how comme cial obse vatio s ca suppo t the developme t of AI- eady Ea th obse vatio p oducts desig ed fo mode data p ocessi g a d machi e-lea i g wo kflows.
“La dsat has c eated a ext ao di a y scie tific eco d of how ou pla et is cha gi g, built o decades of co siste t a d t usted measu eme t,” said Do Osbo e, Chief Executive Office of Ea thDaily. “Ea thDaily was built a ou d the same fu dame tal idea: to u de sta d cha ge, you fi st eed measu eme ts you ca t ust a d compa e ove time. As Ea th obse vatio i c easi gly becomes a i put to AI, that co siste cy becomes eve mo e impo ta t. This wo k gives us the oppo tu ity to collabo ate with NASA a d USGS to demo st ate how scie ce-g ade, AI- eady comme cial obse vatio s ca compleme t the La dsat eco d a d help exte d t usted measu eme t i to the futu e.”
The Ea thDaily Co stellatio was desig ed specifically to measu e cha ge co siste tly ove time. Eight of its 10 satellites a e ow i o bit, a d cove 100% of Ea th’s la dmass eve y two days. At full ope atio s the co stellatio will image about 92% of Ea th’s la dmass eve y day, excludi g A ta ctica. A su -sy ch o ous o bit suppo ts co siste t mo i g acquisitio s, with equato ial c ossi g times of a ou d 10:30 a.m. local time, while a 240 km swath e ables systematic cove age ac oss la ge a eas. Its coo di ated imagi g systems collect data ac oss 22 spect al ba ds spa i g visible, ea -i f a ed, sho t-wave i f a ed, a d the mal wavele gths, usi g se so tech ologies suited to each pa t of the spect um. Native spatial esolutio is 5 m i the visible a d ea -i f a ed, 95 m i the sho t-wave i f a ed a d 120 m i the the mal i f a ed, with o sha pe i g applied to c eate appa e t detail. Dedicated wate -vapo a d ci us ba ds suppo t atmosphe ic co ectio a d cloud ide tificatio . Togethe , these desig choices p oduce scie ce-g ade, a alysis- eady obse vatio s that ca be compa ed di ectly f om o e collectio to the ext.
The evaluatio will assess how these capabilities could compleme t La dsat by addi g mo e f eque t obse vatio s, helpi g use s who eed co siste t measu eme ts of cha ge betwee acquisitio s.
That measu eme t fou datio is also esse tial fo AI applicatio s. The wo k alig s with NASA’s b oade effo ts to expa d the use of supe i tellige ce i scie tific esea ch a d the a alysis of complex datasets. Ea thDaily’s co siste tly calib ated, sta da dized obse vatio s give models a stable basis fo detecti g mea i gful cha ge. That i cludes Ea th obse vatio fou datio models t ai ed o decades of La dsat image y, as well as ea alysis a d fo ecasti g applicatio s. Obse vatio s that ca be ha mo ized with the La dsat a chive could exte d those eco ds fo wa d with mo e f eque t measu eme ts. Ea thDaily will wo k with NASA a d USGS o expe ime ts i volvi g data evaluatio , wo kflow demo st atio , p oduct evaluatio a d validatio , sta da dized data st uctu es, a d u ce tai ty cha acte izatio . The wo k will also test Ea thDaily data alo gside La dsat a d othe efe e ce missio s a d withi USGS A alysis Ready Data a d NASA Ha mo ized La dsat a d Se ti el-2 p ocessi g wo kflows.
The evaluatio will exami e whethe Ea thDaily data ca suppo t La dsat-g ade su face eflecta ce a d su face tempe atu e. It will also assess compatibility with lo g-te m la d imagi g eco ds a d the pote tial fo comme cial obse vatio s to i c ease evisit f eque cy a d imp ove spatial esolutio whe combi ed with gove me t Ea th obse vatio systems.
Th oughout the evaluatio , Ea thDaily scie tists a d tech ical teams will wo k with NASA a d USGS scie tific a d p og am leads th ough egula tech ical excha ges o data quality, c oss-calib atio , algo ithms, p oduct specificatio s, p ocessi g wo kflows a d data i teg atio . Fi di gs will be eviewed joi tly as the wo k p og esses a d used to efi e p oducts a d docume tatio . The wo k will help ide tify a d efi e the equi eme ts comme cial capabilities a d de ived data p oducts would eed to meet fo ha mo izatio with the La dsat a chive.
Demo st ati g that Ea thDaily data meet La dsat-alig ed pe fo ma ce th esholds a d p ovide sufficie t value, is a fi st towa d hyb id missio a chitectu es that combi e gove me t a d comme cial assets.
Ea thDaily is committed to wo ki g with NASA a d USGS o app oaches that p ese ve what has made La dsat i valuable: a co ti uous, mo e tha 50-yea eco d that is f eely a d ope ly available to use s wo ldwide.
Ea thDaily is a global Ea th i tellige ce compa y delive i g scie ce-g ade, AI- eady data a d a alytics fo b oad-a ea mo ito i g a d cha ge detectio . The compa y’s i teg ated Ea th obse vatio system combi es the pu pose-built Ea thDaily Co stellatio , adva ced data p ocessi g, AI fou datio models a d domai -specific a alytics to t a sfo m la ge-scale e vi o me tal obse vatio s i to decisio – eady i tellige ce.
Desig ed to p oduce co siste t, scie tifically calib ated measu eme ts at scale, Ea thDaily’s tech ology helps gove me ts a d e te p ises detect a d u de sta d cha ge, assess evolvi g isks a d act with g eate co fide ce. Its capabilities suppo t c itical applicatio s ac oss ag icultu e, i su a ce, mi i g, fo est y, e vi o me tal mo ito i g, defe ce a d atio al secu ity.
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