NRO extends data contract with Hydrosat to leverage thermal infrared satellite imagery

NRO extends data contract with Hydrosat to leverage thermal infrared satellite imagery

The new agreement grants the agency access to data from Hydrosat’s first two satellite missions. The post NRO extends data contract with Hydrosat to leverage thermal infrared satellite imagery appeared first on SpaceNews.

NRO Contracts Hydrosat’s Thermal Imaging Data

Hydrosat announced a follow-on contract with the NRO yesterday, giving the DoD and intelligence community access to the company’s thermal imaging data through the NRO’s strategic commercial enhancements program. The deal is a follow-on to a $1.2M Stage 1 contract Hydrosat won in 2023, which tasked the company with performing modeling and simulating services. Since then, Hydrosat has placed two sats in orbit—VanZyl-1 and VanZyl-2. The Stage 2 con…