NASA CSDA Vendor Focus- MDA Space

NASA's Earth Science Division (ESD) established the Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program to explore the potential of commercial satellite data in advancing the agency's Earth science research and application objectives. The program aims to identify, assess, and acquire data from commercial providers, which may offer a cost-effective means of supplementing Earth observations collected by NASA, other U.S. Government agencies, and international collaborators. During this NASA CSDA program vendor webinar, speakers provide both an introduction to NASA’s CSDA Program and its objectives and MDA Space C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) products and services available through the program. Additional topics focus on RADARSAT-2 use cases and how the data complements NASA mission data for research and applications. Slides NASA CSDA Program Overview: https://go.nasa.gov/420lsKP MDA Space Vendor Introduction: https://go.nasa.gov/4txofXc ---------------- Chapters 0:04 Webinar Introduction/Logistics 03:40 Introduction to NASA’s CSDA program, its objectives, and MDA Space IDIQ contract 13:33 Commercial Vendor Introduction: MDA Space 14:58 RADARSAT Program Heritage 16:14 RADARSAT-2 Sensor and Data Characteristics 20:52 Use Case: Ice Feature Discrimination 22:12 Use Case: Wetlands Mapping 29:14 RADARSAT-2 Imaging Modes 30:54 Image Quality and Calibration 33:56 RADARSAT-2 Improvements 35:07 Links to Documentation and Data Availability 39:39 Applications for NASA Earth Science Research 50:30 Question-and-Answer Period