Milestone Success September 11, 2026 /

Orbital Sidekick becomes NASA CSDA commercial data vendor

NASA's Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition program formally lists Orbital Sidekick and has acquired its datasets. Specifications confirm five GHOSt satellites on orbit, active commercial service from GHOSt 3-5, and one more planned. Data supports biodiversity, greenhouse-gas, and chemical detection applications for authorized U.S. government users.

Why it matters

CSDA inclusion opens a steady federal customer channel and validates the commercial constellation's maturity.

The numbers

Satellites

Satellites on Orbit 5 GHOSt satellites launched to date

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NASA Science ·Sep 11, 2026
CSDA Vendor - Orbital Sidekick
NASA lists Orbital Sidekick as a CSDA vendor whose commercial hyperspectral datasets have been acquired. The page details five GHOSt satellites launched to date with GHOSt 3-5 active and G6 planned, 472 bands, ~8.3 m GSD.

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