We Are Better Together
Our Commercial Innovation Center (CIC) is a first-of-its-kind, online development and test platform that provides a secure, virtual, open ecosystem and test sandbox for developers and researchers. We do it by harnessing the combined powers of commercial remote sensing, unclassified open datasets, cloud technologies, in a secure development ecosystem fueled by new, emerging, and seasoned tools, services and data to create solutions that keep our nation safe. The Riverside Research CIC is the place where commercial subject matter experts come together securely to collaborate and create the best commercial solutions to real world scenarios before they're integrated and deployed in the field.
Together, we win
It’s not as much fun to play in the sandbox by yourself, right? We know from experience that it’s the collective work of many people with diverse experiences and backgrounds that create the most effective solutions. By design, the CIC encourages partnerships, increases data accessibility, integrates app development, and facilitates the creation of transition-ready prototypes. Because of our unique position as a nonprofit in the defense space, we can provide the neutral environment where collaborative innovation thrives. As demonstrated on this video, capitalizing on all commercial sensors available improves our progress towards persistent observation.
Access to rich datasets
Data is the one thing that is guaranteed to continuously grow and change. Technology entrepreneurs’ success revolves around access to these data and developing improved AI and machine learning tools creating integrated and advanced applications for businesses in support of (United States Government) USG needs.
Advanced tools and applications
Technology innovation in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and augmented and virtual reality present significant entrepreneurial opportunities, yet all require geospatial data for development. Early-stage entrepreneurs, academic researchers, and innovators will now have access to the large datasets that are traditionally only available to large, established industry players. Such datasets are often too costly for early-stage entrepreneurs and researchers to acquire, and even if the datasets are made available, they are often not packaged in a manner that allows innovators to work with the data—they are overwhelmingly unwieldy and non-standardized. The CIC data environment seeks to solve that problem, allowing researchers and entrepreneurs new opportunities for experimentation, testing, and training.
The CIC pairs this data with tools and services to streamline development timelines by ensuring flexible licenses are available for your R&D activities within the CIC ecosystem. As new tools and services become available, we negotiate with the vendors for early and shared access amongst our CIC participants to the latest and greatest capabilities from established vendors in the remote sensing market. This visual shows a few or our early integrators, and as new vendors are integrated, we’ll let the community know!
Your all-access pass
The CIC supports and enables industry, scientific, academic, and governmental R&D activities by facilitating access to commercial remote sensing data. Riverside Research integrates the hardware, software, processes, data, tools, internet accesses, demonstration capabilities, and other IT infrastructure required to execute CIC participant SIBR projects and meet R&D objectives. Our CIC offers:
- Exposure to diverse and emerging data and data types for more data scientists
- Increased interaction between content providers and new application developers; enables cloud-hybrid, multi-INT applications
- Lowered entry barriers by eliminating the need for a user-developed system
- Integrated orchestration-to-analysis workflow
- Timely teaming, technology, and tipping
- Accelerated access and use of commercial remote sensing solutions and innovation
Right where you want it
Are you looking for a cloud-hosting environment where you can easily access commercial data for development and test—all from one place to safely develop, load, and test capabilities?
Our trusted, unclassified, virtual development platform provides access to R&D-licensed commercial remote sensing phenomenologies (e.g., EO, radar, IR, RF), connects emerging and established vendors with shared application tools and services, and facilitates GEOINT, MASINT, and Multi-INT research and development. The CIC includes:
- An ecosystem of commercial data providers (CDPs)
- A network of application developers
- Common R&D data and COTS/GOTS tools (e.g., loading, discovery)
- Common testing data (curated, tagged)
- Robust DevOps environment
- Hybrid cloud-ready infrastructure
- Protected intellectual property and data rights
- Maturing secure data fabric
CIC mission, vision & values
Mission: Provide data scientists and algorithm developers with a virtual development and test platform and access to new and diverse commercial remote sensing data to develop algorithms, tools, and services.
Vision: Work in the Nation’s interest to offer proven expertise and experience in commercial remote sensing to solve problems through innovation, agility, and creative thinking.
Values: Encourage partnerships and connect emerging and established users across USG and industry with shared application tools, services, and diverse commercial constellation data.
Participant Agreements: We offer access to a secure, virtual, cloud-based ecosystem to perform R&D using existing and emerging commercial sources to develop and test algorithms, tools, and services accelerating USG objectives.
Commercial Experts: We offer our commercial experience, data scientists, and phenomenology experts to support efforts using the CIC to perform commercial utility assessments, new sensor development, synthetic data V&V, data value/usability studies, and more.
Products and Services: We offer access to CIC-based products and services such as synthetic data generation, data tagging, AI/ML V&V, data compression, data geo-registration, and more.
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Commercial Imagery
NOAA forecasts strong geomagnetic storm for Tuesday: What to expect - ABC News
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured this image of an X5. ... Events like this can disrupt satellite operations, degrade GPS signals ...
Satellite data helps UNM researchers map massive rupture of 2025 Myanmar earthquake
Instead, they relied on remote sensing from space to gather the data they needed. “We used two primary satellite technologies: Optical Image ...
Swedish Space Corporation to Change Name to SSC Space - Via Satellite
Inuvik Satellite ... © 2025 Access Intelligence – all rights reserved. Privacy Policy ...
Warming waters could be contributing to the decline of the Sargasso Sea, its Gulf supply
... satellite imagery. "Our study documents the changes in the patterns of transport and in the abundance and distribution patterns throughout the ...
Lawmakers Look At Cost Of Recovery And Prevention After Deadly Floods - West Virginia ...
We're going to have to look at, I'm sure, some satellite imagery.” He said the state will have a better understanding of what is possible after ...
#gee #geospatial #satellite #climate | GODWIN MURITHI - LinkedIn
... geospatial analysis. It allows you to work with petabytes of #satellite imagery, build spatial models, visualize results instantly, and automate ...
Canada Partners With Telesat, MDA Space for Arctic Milsatcom Capability - Via Satellite
This partnership is part of the Enhanced Satellite Communications Project – Polar (ESCP-P), a procurement led by Canada's newly formed Defence ...
Satellite Imagery Shows Atmospheric River Over Pacific Northwest - Yahoo
... Satellite imagery captured by the GOES satellite, operated by CIRA at Colorado State University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
ISS astronauts watch Earth's atmosphere glow green | Space photo of the day for Dec. 8, 2025
The image shows a good example of the phenomenon called airglow. ... NASA astronaut captured this view of a SpaceX Starlink satellite train from the ...
A visual verification tax comes due - Nieman Lab
The visual documentation available today — such as eyewitness images, satellite imagery, drone footage and other sensor data — offers journalists ...
Does Anger Aggravate Pain? - Nautilus Magazine
When a Chimp Screams, What Do You Hear? Astronomy. Satellite ... Image · Potential Deep-Sea Mining Site Harbors Scores of New Species. By Devin Reese ...
Sonic boom expected in SpaceX's launch of security satellite - Spectrum News 13
... satellite on Tuesday afternoon. What You Need To Know. The takeoff will happen from Space Launch Complex 40; This is a top-secret mission for the ...
Canada Awards Multibillion-Dollar Military Satellite Deal to MDA Space, Telesat - WSJ
Military analysts have repeatedly warned that the radar and satellite-image capabilities in the Canadian Arctic require an upgrade, given Russia's ...
City of Scottsdale Gets Homes Wildfire Ready - Esri
There's even room to add tasking for assignments, including prioritization using satellite imagery and AI (e.g., canopy near eaves, vegetation within ...
You Don't Need a Big Brain to Fly - Nautilus Magazine
When a Chimp Screams, What Do You Hear? Astronomy. Satellite ... Image · Exploding Stars Like We've Never Seen Them. By Molly Glick; December 8, 2025 ...
Visible satellite imagery this morning shows areas of fog and low clouds in the western ... - Facebook
Facebook. May be an image of tornado and text that says 'NORA 09 2025 13: RyanWeather.Com. 2 hours ago · . Mobile uploads. Visible satellite imagery ...
“You're…fired?” A momentous Supreme Court case - The Economist
Also on the daily podcast: a satellite bonanza puts astronomy at risk and one penmaker thrives in the digital age ... The Weekend Intelligence ...
FCC Opens Review for SpaceX's 15000-Satellite VLEO Constellation - SatNews
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Space Bureau has designated SpaceX's modification application for a new 15,000-satellite ...
MDA SPACE SIGNS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL ...
Government of Canada announces intention to contract MDA Space to build, test, and launch an additional radar imaging satellite BRAMPTON, ON, Dec.
Creeping Sovereignty? China's Maritime Structures in the Yellow Sea (West Sea)
For additional CSIS satellite imagery analysis of the permanent aquaculture platforms, see Chinese Platforms in the Yellow Sea's South Korea-China PMZ ...
Satellite Launches
Rocket Lab Brings Forward Earth Observation Launch for KAIST, Liftoff Scheduled for Tomorrow
NEONSAT-1A is a sub-satellite of KAIST's NEONSAT satellites, which altogether will form two orbital planes of a constellation in a sun-synchronous ...
Radar, multi-spectral small-sats reach orbit - Spatial Source
Synthetic aperture radar satellites for Greece and multi-spectral imaging satellites for Italy have been placed into Earth orbit.
Canada Should Stay Out of the Space Arms Race - Macleans.ca
... satellites provide Arctic surveillance and disaster-response imagery ... It is pursuing a sovereign launch capability so we can replace satellites ...
Hegseth Introduces Department to New AI Tool - War.gov
With this launch we are taking a giant step toward mass AI adoption ... satellite images, and even auditing computer code for security purposes.
Hungry Hippo Fairing Successfully Qualified: Rocket Lab Clea - ASDNews
... launch services and space systems, today announced the Neutron launch. ... Imaging Satellite for iQPS. Nov 5, 2025 · Rocket Lab Sets Launch Schedule ...
IDS Cameras Redefine Planetary Imaging with Sony Starvis 2 Technology - SatNews
... launch record with 2 launches in 2 days from 2 hemispheres · Congress ... Access daily or weekly satellite news updates covering all aspects of the ...
Developing economies are making space economy work for them | World Economic Forum
... launch pad. This is why access to space matters now. It has ... During the Turkey and Syria earthquakes in February 2023, open satellite imagery ...
Rogers offers first satellite mobile service in Canada - National Post
... images · Canada. Advertisement 2. Story continues below. This ... “Those satellites haven't been launched yet, but … as they come into ...
Falcon 9 launch of Starlink satellites scheduled for Wednesday afternoon - KEYT
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – A Falcon 9 launch of 27 Starlink satellites destined for low-Earth orbit has been scheduled from ...
Sentinel-1D delivers stunning images just two days after launch https://www.earth.com ... - Facebook
ESA's Sentinel-1A satellite has returned its first images of Earth from space in its second week of achieving orbit. The satellite, having been ...
Iran has recently launched three domestically developed satellites, Navak-1, Pars-2, and an ...
It demonstrates Iran's growing capabilities in aerospace engineering, satellite imaging, and defense technology. Space has become the newest arena ...
Rocket launch coming up today in California. Time, where to see liftoff - Ventura County Star
The mission's purpose is to deploy 27 commercial Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. While the base is closed to the public, the launch ...
Sonic boom expected in SpaceX's launch of security satellite - Spectrum News 13
... launch of a U.S. national security satellite on Tuesday afternoon. What You Need To Know. The takeoff will happen from Space Launch Complex 40; This ...
Rogers' satellite-to-mobile service goes live nationwide - Grainews
Photo: Getty Images. Canada's Rogers Communications launched Rogers Satellite on Tuesday, a direct satellite-to-mobile service, allowing users to ...
Glowing object in the sky seen from Houston to Dallas - Chron
SpaceX launches have become a familiar light as Falcon 9 rockets carry new satellites into orbit. George Rose/Getty Images. Houston was treated to an ...
Planet Releases First Light Image From Pelican-6 - Yahoo Finance
... satellite imagery. Planet is a public benefit corporation listed on the ... launches, either as designed, within the expected time frame, in ...
Fidelis backed Navium Marine launches satellite pre-launch consortium at Lloyd's
... launched Constellation Consortium, the largest satellite pre-launch consortium in the Lloyd's market. satellite imagery The consortium will draw ...
Poland launched five of its first fully sovereign military satellites into space. The mission ... - Facebook
They provide 30cm optical imagery for detailed daytime surveillance using Polish AI. This launch establishes Poland's very own space- based ...
Watch SpaceX launch mystery mission for the US military today | Space
The NRO, which is part of the Department of Defense, operates the United States' fleet of spy satellites. Those spacecraft and their missions tend to ...
Image of the week: Storm Bram hits Ireland and the UK | EUMETSAT
The Meteosat weather satellites provide imagery for the early detection ... Upcoming launches. What we monitor. Atmosphere · Climate · Land · Ocean.
EO-MSI
FCC Opens Review for SpaceX's 15000-Satellite VLEO Constellation - SatNews
FCC Opens Review for SpaceX's 15,000-Satellite VLEO Constellation ... Rocket Lab launches BlackSky Gen-3 beating the annual launch record ...
Inside the network watching the world in real time - Freethink
By combining rapid satellite imaging with AI-driven analysis, BlackSky gives ... BlackSky is building that capability. Its satellite constellation ...
Satellite-as-a-Service (SataaS) Market to Surge to USD 24.74 - openPR.com
Major Players Planet Labs (US), Maxar Technologies (US), Spire Global (US), BlackSky (US), ICEYE (FI), Satellogic (AR), HawkEye 360 (US), OroraTech ( ...
Jump Financial LLC Grows Position in BlackSky Technology Inc. $BKSY - MarketBeat
Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in BlackSky Technology by 7.3% in the second quarter. ... satellite and ground systems for ...
Artificial Intelligence Uncovers 5,000-Year-Old Civilizations Hidden Beneath the World's ...
By analyzing WorldView-3 satellite imagery and feeding it into AI models trained on archaeological signatures—like clustered structures and ...
Apps including weather, Google Maps and WhatsApp now available on Rogers Satellite
Rogers Communication launched text messaging services on their first-of-its-kind satellite beta program back in July. It will launch commercially on ...
Airbus fosters Barry Callebaut`s efforts to develop a deforestation-free supply chain
... Neo 30cm resolution satellite imagery. @Pléiades Neo Airbus DS 2023. @BarryCallebaut @EarthwormFoundation. #Sustainability #Starling #PleiadesNeo ...
Iran continues to 'violate its international obligations' as it blocks IAEA inspections - Rudaw
This handout satellite image released by Maxar Technologies on June 19, 2025 and taken on June 18, 2025, shows a view of the Iranian nuclear facility ...
TotalEnergies to Merge UK Assets With Neo Next JV | Energy Intelligence
That puts it well ahead of the Shell-Equinor Adura JV and the Eni satellite Ithaca Energy, which are both guiding for output of 140,000 boe-145,000 ...
Satellite Market to Reach USD 15.52 Billion by 2035 With a CAGR - openPR.com
... Maxar Technologies (US) Several key factors are propelling the satellite market forward. Government initiatives in Earth observation and remote ...
SAR
Egyptian Pyramid Believed to Conceal Colossal Underground Complex 3,500 Feet Beneath
... satellite operators, Umbra, Capella Space, ICEYE and Italy's Cosmo-SkyMed, all returned identical raw tomography data showing the same structures.
Radar, multi-spectral small-sats reach orbit - Spatial Source
... satellite company ICEYE and the European Space Agency. The spacecraft are the first of 13 Earth observation satellites planned under the Greek ...
ICEYE and Munich Re Partner on Global Catastrophe Solutions - Captive Insurance Times
ICEYE, the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite data and natural catastrophe solutions provider, and Risk Management Partners, ...
Arianespace Targets First Mission for Amazon Leo in Early 2026 - Via Satellite
Finance Iceye's Latest Raise Values Company at $2.8 Billion · Government ... Arianespace is under contract to deliver 18 Ariane 6 launches for Amazon's ...
Rogers adds app-based voice, video calling to Rogers Satellite amid commercial launch
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Molten Ventures Boosts Portfolio with Modo Energy Investment and ICEYE Realisation
Additionally, ICEYE, a company in Molten's Core Portfolio, has ... RBC Capital Markets Pounds the Table on Canada's Constellation Software (CSU).
CORRECT: Molten leads Modo funding round, partially realises a holding
... ICEYE, an Espoo, Finland-based synthetic aperture radar satellite designer and operator. This generated approximately GBP17.5 million in cash ...
Venture Capital on Instagram: "Iceye, the Finnish satellite developer co-founded by Rafal ...
tradedvc on December 9, 2025: "Iceye, the Finnish satellite developer co-founded by Rafal Modrzewski and Pekka Laurila, has raised €150 million ...
4 Takeaways: Terran Orbital on the Industrialization of Space - Space Intel Report
ESA hopes to boost government support for EU reconnaissance constellation in coming months; initial milestone in February ... 4 Takeaways: Umbra on How ...
Poland has released the first images from its new military radar satellite ICEYE, a ... - Facebook
Poland has released the first images from its new military radar satellite ICEYE, a system capable of taking sharp photographs of the Earth at any ...
Scientist offers more proof to bolster claim colossal structures lie under Egyptian pyramids
Speaking with Jesse Michels on his American Alchemy podcast, he stated that four independent satellite operators - Umbra, Capella Space, ICEYE and ...
Molten Ventures Plc / GB00BY7QYJ50 - Ad-hoc-news.de
... ICEYE. Emerging Portfolio investment Molten has ... ICEYE operates the world's largest synthetic aperture radar (“SAR”) satellite constellation ...
Finland's ICEYE Closes €150 Million Series E Funding Round - European Spaceflight
Finnish Earth observation data provider and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite manufacturer ICEYE has closed a new funding round, ...
Satellite-as-a-Service (SataaS) Market to Surge to USD 24.74 - openPR.com
... Satellite Connectivity & Data Services - published on openPR ... ICEYE (FI), Satellogic (AR), HawkEye 360 (US), OroraTech (DE) "Request ...
Researchers claim 'massive hidden structures' lay buried beneath Giza Pyramids
... satellite operators - Umbra, Capella Space, ICEYE, and Italy's Cosmo-SkyMed - all produced identical raw tomography data displaying the same ...
Poland shows first photos taken by new radar satellite - TVP World
Poland has released the first images from its new military radar satellite ICEYE, a system capable of photographing Earth clearly at any time of day ...
Molten takes some profits in Seraphim-backed ICEYE after satellite company hits £2.1bn ...
Molten Ventures (GROW) has taken £17.5m in gains from ICEYE, the Finnish satellite operator which it says recently secured a €2.4bn (£2.1bn) ...
New Tech Partnership Should Improve Risk & Cat Modelling - - Insurance Edge
ICEYE, the global leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite data and natural catastrophe solutions, and Risk Management Partners – a unit ...
Molten leads Modo funding round, partially realises ICEYE holding
... ICEYE Oy. The technology-focused venture capital firm ... ICEYE Espoo, a Finland-based synthetic aperture radar satellite designer and operator.
ICEYE Secures New Funding in Successful Series E Round led by General Catalyst
ICEYE has secured EUR 150 million in new funding to accelerate its delivery of sovereign satellite systems and data intelligence services.
HSI
Svedka Resurrected the Fembot, and Exposed the Celebrity Addiction Problem - ADWEEK
... sidekick called BroBot. This is Svedka's first-ever Super Bowl ad. The ... Constellation retired her in 2012, pivoting to flavored vodkas and less ...
Milestones of Indian New Space Startups in 2025 | Science News - News9live
Pixxel completed its Firefly constellation made up of six hyperspectral imaging satellites in August. A consortium of startups made up of Pixxel ...
NorthStar Gaming names co-founder Corey Goodman interim CEO | NSBBF Stock News
... Satellite · Top Companies by Market Cap Top Dividend-Paying Companies ... NorthStar proudly owns and operates NorthStar Bets, a Canadian-born ...
RF
GOST Nav-Tracker selected to track Team Seneca Navy in their bid to win the 2025 World's ...
... ORBCOMM its GOST Nav-Tracker 1.0 and Kasper tracking ... In supporting GOST, ORBCOMM is providing the mission with dependable global satellite ...
Satellite-as-a-Service (SataaS) Market to Surge to USD 24.74 - openPR.com
... Satellite Connectivity & Data Services - published on openPR ... Planet Labs (US), Maxar Technologies (US), Spire Global (US), BlackSky ...
Spire Global expands power forecasts to Texas ERCOT market - StreetInsider
(NYSE: SPIR) announced the expansion of its AI-driven Power Generation Forecasts to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas market. The satellite ...
Spire Global Power Generation Forecasts Expand to ERCOT - Business Wire
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a leading global provider of satellite data, analytics and intelligence, announced the ...
Robert W. Etherington Joins Republic Bank as Senior Vice President, Market Manager for ...
... Satellite · Top Companies by Market Cap Top Dividend-Paying Companies ... Spire STL Pipeline, Spire MoGas Pipeline and Spire Storage. Steve ...
Spire Global Power Generation Forecasts Expand to Ercot | MarketScreener
The expansion brings Spire?s satellite-enhanced wind and solar generation forecasts to one of the fastest-growing energy markets in the United States.
Spire Global Expands Power Generation Forecasts Into Texas | MarketScreener
Deloitte Selects Spire to Deliver Advanced Satellite Capabilities, Expanding Their On-Orbit Cyber and Data Operations. Dec. 01 CI. More news · SPIRE ...
Spire Global expands AI-powered renewable energy forecasts to ERCOT - Investing.com
Spire Global operates its own satellite constellation that observes Earth using radio frequency technology, providing data for weather intelligence, ...
Spire Global Power Generation Forecasts Expand to ERCOT
(NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”), a leading global provider of satellite data, analytics and intelligence, announced the expansion of its AI- ...
Spire Global Power Generation Forecasts Expand to ERCOT - Yahoo Finance
VIENNA, Va., December 09, 2025--Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) ("Spire" or "the Company"), a leading global provider of satellite data, ...
Spire Global expands AI power generation forecasts to ERCOT | SPIR Stock News
Spire Global brings AI-driven, satellite-enhanced wind and solar generation forecasts to ERCOT, giving Texas market participants earlier insight ...
Greenland mantle heat map sharpens outlook for rising seas - Space Daily
... satellite and land-based data sets and ran hundreds of thousands of ... Spire Global faces NYSE noncompliance as contract momentum collides with ...