Commercial Innovation Center (CIC)

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

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!

CIC Data Search and Discovery

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

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

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
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Gaza Notifications (@gazanotice). 173 likes 6 replies. BREAKING: Satellite imagery reveals that Israeli occupation forces have established a new ...

Jan 11,2026
China and Vietnam lead in coral reef destruction in South China Sea — study | The Manila Times

Satellite imagery and reports from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) indicate that giant clam harvesting has damaged more than 16,535 acres of ...

Jan 11,2026
Deaths from Iran protests reach more than 500, rights group says | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Reuters was able to confirm the location from buildings, traffic signboard and overbridge which matched with file and satellite imagery. Date of ...

Jan 11,2026
Iran Protest Death Toll Reaches 538, May Exceed 2,000

... satellite imagery of the area.” Based on this, major international media outlets such as France's Le Monde have also published on-site photographs ...

Jan 11,2026
Thane Road reopens, CBJ avalanche evacuation advisory remains in effect

A satellite image published at 9 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, shows a storm ...

Jan 11,2026
Satellite Phone Signal, Drone Sightings Flag Possible Infiltration In Jammu; Joint Ops Launched

Intelligence agencies are probing a possible coordinated hostile activity in the Jammu sector after a satellite signal and drone sightings near ...

Jan 11,2026
Storm Goretti: UK cold snap to ease ahead of wet and windy week - BBC News

Satellite image of swirl of storm cloud over UK. Top stories. Iran warns ... A selfie image of Amelka from the shoulders up, she is wearing a navy rain.

Jan 11,2026
COLD FRONT MOVING OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA Visible satellite imagery clearly shows a ...

COLD FRONT MOVING OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA Visible satellite imagery clearly shows a well-defined cold front moving through North Florida and now over ...

Jan 11,2026
️❄️ This satellite image shows just how much snow fell across New Mexico after back to ...

This satellite image shows just how much snow fell across New Mexico after back to back winter storms last week! (Posted 1/11/26)

Jan 11,2026
Russians attack Ukraine with Geran-5 combat drones for first time — intelligence - Ukrinform

In particular, it uses a 12-channel Kometa satellite navigation system, a tracker based on a Raspberry Pi microcomputer and 3G/4G modems, as well ...

Jan 11,2026
More rain forecast for the Central Highlands | iQ Industry Queensland

Main image: 11Jan25_BoM satellite image 1530hrs. The Central Highlands region was the exception The Bureau said. “There's a huge area of 100 to ...

Jan 11,2026
WATCH: SpaceX launches exoplanet-studying satellite - YouTube

On Sunday, NASA's Pandora small satellite successfully launched to low Earth orbit, where it will study exoplanet atmospheres and their stars.

Jan 11,2026
Why Rocket Lab Is Catching Big Defence Tailwinds In 2026 - Seeking Alpha

I tipped that multiple companies, especially those in the satellite intelligence space, would see a boost come early 2026. You see, intelligence ...

Jan 11,2026
Large plot of ODZ land in San Gwann in limbo after stalled obstacle course takeover

Again, satellite imagery clearly shows that, while it is true that the area is used for this purpose, it has certainly not stopped either the ...

Jan 11,2026
Odisha's First Indigenous Satellite CGUSAT-1 Set For Historic Launch From Sriharikota

... image of satellite launch from Sriharikota station in Andhra Pradesh. (Image: DC). Bhubaneswar: Odisha is poised to enter India's expanding space ...

Jan 11,2026
AI Driven 'Project Shudh' To Abolish Manual Scavenging - Deccan Chronicle

... intelligence (AI), and satellite intelligence, was launched on a pilot basis in Hyderabad. A demonstration of the technology for sewer manhole ...

Jan 11,2026
Why dialing down light pollution is beneficial for the planet - Evanston RoundTable

Satellite image of Evanston at night in February 2023, revealing areas where most light is Overview of Evanston lights at night. Credit: Ken ...

Jan 11,2026
TechTimes - Recent satellite imagery and reports confirm that China is actively testing ... - Facebook

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Jan 11,2026
Recent satellite imagery and reports confirm that China is actively testing the conversion of ...

Recent satellite imagery and reports confirm that China is actively testing the conversion of commercial cargo vessels into missile-launching ...

Jan 11,2026
AradyMisr.com launches Egypt's first end-to-end digital platform for land transactions

The platform leverages artificial intelligence, interactive mapping and geospatial ... It provides users with verified land data, satellite imagery, ...

Jan 11,2026
Satellite Launches
Kepler network to link OroraTech sensors for Earth monitoring - SpaceNews

... imaging of Earth. With the Jan. 11 launch and the decommissioning of its first satellite, Forest-1, the company has a fleet of 15 active instruments.

Jan 11,2026
SpaceX Wins String Of Launches For NSSL Phase 3, Lane 1 - Via Satellite

Imagery and Sensing Satellogic Secures 7-Figure Imagery Deal for Monitoring ... SpaceX launches a batch of Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites ...

Jan 11,2026
AradyMisr.com launches Egypt's first end-to-end digital platform for land transactions

... launched AradyMisr.com, Egypt's first fully integrated digital ... It provides users with verified land data, satellite imagery, smart ...

Jan 11,2026
Canadian Startup Kepler Launches 10 Satellites in Push for Space Telecom - Bloomberg

Canadian startup Kepler Communications Inc. launched 10 new low-Earth-orbit satellites via SpaceX, the latest step in its buildout of a network ...

Jan 11,2026
The Smartest Space Stocks to Buy With $2,000 Right Now - The Globe and Mail

Image source: Getty Images. The second-most-used launch ... The company has done a good job fulfilling the needs for small satellite launches ...

Jan 11,2026
Indian Space Research Organisation to Launch New Satellite - India News Network

The PSLV series, or Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle ... imaging capabilities, expected to provide high-resolution images of the Earth's surface.

Jan 11,2026
Kepler Successfully Launches First Tranche of Optical Relay Satellites | News | bakersfield.com

TORONTO, Jan. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kepler Communications today announced the successful launch of the first tranche of its optical relay ...

Jan 11,2026
NASA astrophysics, commercial satellites launch on SpaceX rideshare mission

... imaging companies Capella Space, Iceye and Umbra. Also aboard were three NASA astrophysics missions, including two cubesats. One, the Star-Planet ...

Jan 11,2026
NASA's Exoplanet Observing Satellite Separated From Rocket

Images · NASA Live · NASA Apps · Podcasts ... The CubeSat is manifested as part of the Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) 60 launch grouping.

Jan 11,2026
ISRO Spy Satellite Launch Tomorrow To Boost India's Private Space Ecosystem - YouTube

... satellite is designed to provide cutting-edge imaging capabilities, enabling India to map enemy positions with pinpoint accuracy. #ISRO #PSLV ...

Jan 11,2026
The big ambitions of China's private space industry - The Economist

Photograph: Getty Images ... On December 13th Starlink claimed that a recently launched Chinese satellite came “dangerously close” to one of its own.

Jan 11,2026
FCC approves 7,500 additional Starlink Gen2 satellites — service will benefit from higher ...

Starlink satellite Starlink VP confirms 'dangerously close' Chinese launch incident · Images from Muon Space · A Samsung Exynos 5G modem ...

Jan 11,2026
'A completely new manufacturing frontier': Space Forge fires up 1st commercial ...

... imaging deep into the final frontier · Artist's ... A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 29 Starlink satellites from Florida's Cape.

Jan 11,2026
Blastoff! SpaceX launches NASA's Pandora satellite to study alien worlds, nails landing

... imaging radar satellites," according to Space.com. Credit: SpaceX.

Jan 11,2026
Liftoff of NASA's Newest Planet-Observing Satellite

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA's Pandora small satellite lifted off at 5:44 a.m. PST Sunday, Jan. 11, from Space Launch Complex 4 East at ...

Jan 11,2026
ISRO's satellite 'Anvesha' watches entire Earth from 600 km above | Bhaskar English

Has India launched hyperspectral satellites before this? Yes, India had earlier launched its first hyperspectral imaging satellite on 29 November 2018 ...

Jan 11,2026
Countdown for launch of PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 mission begins - The Hindu

ISRO's PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 mission countdown begins for January 12 launch, carrying EOS-N1 and 15 co-passenger satellites.

Jan 11,2026
China applies to put 200000 satellites in space after calling Starlink a crash risk

US Federal Communications Commission says it approved SpaceX to launch 7500 second-generation Starlink satellites.

Jan 11,2026
ISRO Spy Satellite Launch Tomorrow To Boost India's Private Space Ecosystem - NDTV

The Anvesha satellite is designed to provide cutting-edge imaging capabilities, enabling India to map enemy positions with pinpoint accuracy.

Jan 11,2026
Welcome to Launch Day for NASA's Pandora Mission, CubeSats

Images · NASA Live · NASA Apps · Podcasts · Image of the Day · e ... It is the first satellite to launch in the agency's Astrophysics Pioneers program.

Jan 11,2026
SAR
PSLV-C62 rocket: ISRO's 1st launch of 2026 - What's special in this satellite - MSN

Isro is set to begin 2026 with the PSLV-C62 mission, launching the EOS-N1 hyperspectral satellite along with multiple secondary payloads, ...

Jan 11,2026
Indian Space Research Organisation to Launch New Satellite - India News Network

The Indian Space Research Organisation prepares for the launch of the PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 satellite, reinforcing its growing capabilities.

Jan 11,2026
Watch India launch advanced military satellite on rocket's 1st flight since May 2025 failure

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. India's EOS-N1 satellite before encapsulation ...

Jan 11,2026
Kepler Communications high-speed optical data relay satellites successfully launched

02:21:49 Umbra-12 deploys, manifested by Umbra 02:21:56 AETHER-8 ... Related. Tagged: Kepler Communications, Optical Data Constellation, Satellite ...

Jan 11,2026
ISRO to Launch 'Divya Drishti' Satellite to Keep Sharp Watch on Borders - YouTube

... satellite. The satellite will closely monitor movements of Pakistani terrorists and prevent any hostile moves by China. ISRO is ready to create ...

Jan 11,2026
ISRO set to launch spy satellite tomorrow to strengthen India's private space ecosystem

Scheduled for 10:17 am from Sriharikota, PSLV-C62 / EOS-N1 will carry 15 satellites, including the secretive Anvesha satellite from DRDO, designed ...

Jan 11,2026
ISRO to kick off India's space year with PSLV-C62 launch on January 12: Key details

... Satellite Launch Vehicle. This vehicle is going to take a satellite called Anvesha, EOS-N1, an Earth observation satellite, into a polar sun ...

Jan 11,2026
DRDO's Anvesha satellite to be crown jewel of ISRO's PSLV-C62 Mission - Business Line

... EOS-N1 Mission to launch on January 12 from the first launch pad of ... EOS-N1, classified as a mini-satellite (100–150 kg), will operate in ...

Jan 11,2026
Countdown begins as ISRO prepares for its first satellite launch of 2026 - Hindustan Times

The total of 14 co-passenger satellites including the earth observation satellite belong to domestic and overseas customers. The PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 ...

Jan 11,2026
Countdown Begins: ISRO Gears Up For First Satellite Launch Of 2026 - ABP Live

ISRO is set to launch PSLV-C62 on January 12, 2026, with EOS-N1 as the main payload along with 15 co-passenger satellites from India.

Jan 11,2026
Blastoff! SpaceX launches NASA's Pandora satellite to study alien worlds, nails landing

... Capella Space's advanced new Acadia Earth-imaging radar satellites," according to Space.com. Credit: SpaceX.

Jan 11,2026
ISRO's satellite 'Anvesha' watches entire Earth from 600 km above | Bhaskar English

ISRO will launch a PSLV rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 10:17 am on 12 January 2026. It will carry the EOS-N1 satellite ...

Jan 11,2026
India to conduct first space launch of 2026 with PSLV-C62, says Jawaharlal Nehru ... - ANI News

This vehicle is going to take a satellite called Anvesha, EOS-N1, an Earth observation satellite, into a polar sun-synchronous orbit, probably a ...

Jan 11,2026
From Chandrayaan-1 to PSLV-C62: The evolution of ISRO's perfect satellite launch vehicle

ISRO is set to launch the PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 mission tomorrow, January 12, at 10:18 AM. Marking the 64th flight of the 'Workhorse of ISRO,' this NSIL ...

Jan 11,2026
ISRO Spy Satellite Launch Tomorrow To Boost India's Private Space Ecosystem - YouTube

... EOS-N1, will lift off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, at 10.17 am. This flight will carry a total of 15 satellites, including a ...

Jan 11,2026
ISRO Spy Satellite Launch Tomorrow To Boost India's Private Space Ecosystem - NDTV

The mission, designated PSLV-C62 / EOS-N1, will lift off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, at 10.17 am. This flight will carry a total ...

Jan 11,2026
PSLV-C62 Eos Anvesha launch: Isro begins countdown to its first mission of 2026

ISRO is set to kick off 2026 with the PSLV-C62 mission, deploying the advanced hyperspectral EOS-N1 (Anvesha) satellite for strategic surveillance ...

Jan 11,2026
Watch India launch advanced military satellite on rocket's 1st flight since May 2025 failure

A PSLV rocket carrying the EOS-N1 military satellite and 15 other payloads is scheduled to lift off from India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre ...

Jan 11,2026
Countdown for launch of PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 mission begins - The Hindu

The EOS-N1 earth observation satellite is said to be built for strategic purposes. “It is a commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL). EOS ...

Jan 11,2026
T-22.5 hr Countdown for tomorrow's PSLV-C62/EOS-N1 mission begins - UNITED NEWS OF INDIA

Uniindia: Chennai, Jan 11 (UNI) The T-22.5 hour Countdown for Monday''s launch of PSLV-C62 / EOS-N1 Mission Earth Observation Satellite along with ...

Jan 11,2026
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Spire's Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder 16U CubeSat satellite ... constellation replacement satellite. Exolaunch is also flying four Connecta ...

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