An upcoming webinar hosted by NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program provides the CSDA user community with an overview of the National Civil Applications Center (NCAC) and the Civil Applications Committee (CAC). These organizations complement CSDA by connecting national and commercial space-based remote sensing resources to civil science, research, federal operations, and disaster response.
NCAC analyzes satellite data from the U.S. intelligence community and Department of Defense to support public safety, environmental monitoring, hazard science, and Earth system research. NCAC also receives and facilitates federal civil collection requirements for tasking across national and commercial imagery contracts. Through the CAC, NCAC provides the administrative and policy framework that enables federal civil agencies to access imagery from U.S. National Imagery Systems and unclassified commercial satellite providers — at no cost to federal civil agencies — for appropriate scientific, operational, and disaster-related applications.
Webinar participants will gain insight into:
- The mission, roles, and authorities of NCAC and CAC
- How NCAC-supported national and commercial satellite data complement NASA CSDA holdings
- Examples of how these resources support research, operational monitoring, and disaster response
- How CSDA users can engage with NCAC Source Operations and submit collection requirements
This session is intended to help the CSDA user community better understand the broader federal remote sensing ecosystem and identify opportunities to leverage NCAC and CAC resources alongside CSDA data to support science, research, operations, and disaster applications. Learn more and register for the National Civil Applications Center: Connecting Space-Based Resources to Civil Science, Research, and Disaster Applications webinar.