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The CRADA follows a USGS Sources Sought Notice in December 2024 that sought to optimize the Landsat program through algorithmic automation.

Mentioned as: usgsNarrative GeneralMar 8, 2026a.i. solutions Partners with USGS to Integrate AI into Landsat Flight Operations

Under the CRADA, a.i. solutions will work alongside the USGS to explore automated solutions for anomaly triage, telemetry trending, and complex orbital mechanics analysis.

Mentioned as: USGSTechnical ProductMar 8, 2026a.i. solutions Partners with USGS to Integrate AI into Landsat Flight Operations

The USGS and a.i. solutions intend to release periodic updates on research findings as the AI models move from the training environment to integrated flight operations testbeds.

Mentioned as: USGSOrg RelationshipMar 8, 2026a.i. solutions Partners with USGS to Integrate AI into Landsat Flight Operations

The GEMx research project is expected to last four years and is funded by the USGS Earth MRI through investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Mentioned as: U.S. Geological SurveyNarrative GeneralDec 20, 2025New NASA Sensor Goes Hunting for Critical Minerals

Lithium is one of about 50 minerals deemed critical to national security and the economy by the USGS due to supply chain disruption risks.

Mentioned as: U.S. Geological SurveyNarrative GeneralDec 20, 2025New NASA Sensor Goes Hunting for Critical Minerals

The GEMx project is the airborne component of the USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative to modernize mapping of the nation's surface and subsurface.

Mentioned as: U.S. Geological SurveyNarrative GeneralDec 20, 2025New NASA Sensor Goes Hunting for Critical Minerals

Since 2023, the NASA and USGS team has gathered data over more than 366,000 square miles of the American West.

Mentioned as: U.S. Geological SurveyNarrative GeneralDec 20, 2025New NASA Sensor Goes Hunting for Critical Minerals

EOSAT operated the Landsat 4 remote sensing satellite for NOAA and USGS until it was retired in 2001.

Mentioned as: U.S. Geological SurveyNarrative GeneralOct 10, 2025RT by @Cosmic_Penguin: The Landsat 4 remote sensing satellite was launched by NASA in 1982 and later operated by the commercial company EOSAT for NOAA and USGS until it was retired in 2001. It reentered over the China-Vietnam border area on Oct 8.

The technology demonstration is managed by NASA Langley in partnership with the University of Colorado Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, the USGS, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Resonon Inc., Blue Canyon Technologies, and Quartus Engineering.

Mentioned as: USGSOrg RelationshipSep 23, 2025NASA Arcstone satellite and spectrometer begin active lunar calibration mission

Future exploratory efforts on debris mitigation could include examining other government agency satellites such as those of NOAA, USGS, and DoD.

Mentioned as: U.S. Geological SurveyNarrative GeneralOct 28, 2024Weighing overall societal benefit: Case studies on deciding when to deorbit satellites (part 2)

Free Earth-observation datasets from the European Space Agency, NASA, and the U.S. Geological Survey have helped organizations worldwide develop object-detection platforms.

Mentioned as: U.S. Geological SurveyTechnical ProductOct 17, 2024Big data, advanced algorithms and new approaches for space missions

The 12 newly selected Hera participating scientists include Timothy Titus from the U.S. Geological Survey in Flagstaff, Arizona and Yun Zhang from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Mentioned as: U.S. Geological SurveyTechnical ProductOct 7, 2024SpaceX sends off ESA’s Hera planetary defense mission to study NASA’s astroid redirection

Jason Stoker is affiliated with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and is a member of the Geo Week 2025 Advisory Board.

Mentioned as: U.S. Geological SurveyTechnical ProductOct 3, 2024Advisory Board Announced for Geo Week 2025

Founding members of World Lidar Day include the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Geodetic Survey.

Mentioned as: U.S. Geological SurveyTechnical ProductFeb 12, 2024USGS and Partners Declare February 12 as World Lidar Day

CUTE launched to a sun-synchronous low-Earth orbit in September 2021 as a secondary payload on the NASA–U.S. Geological Survey Landsat 9 mission.

Mentioned as: U.S. Geological SurveyNarrative GeneralDec 12, 2023Cubesat offers template for future astronomy missions

Scanifly incorporated publicly available LiDAR data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) into its platform.

Mentioned as: USGSTechnical ProductDec 11, 2023Scanifly Integrates Nearmap, LiDAR to Launch Remote Design Capabilities

NV5 Global has been selected by the United States Geological Survey for a $10,000,000 contract to perform geospatial lidar data collection and processing of 28,359 square miles in Oregon and Washington as part of the USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP).

Mentioned as: U.S. Geological SurveyOrg RelationshipOct 5, 2023NV5 Awarded $10 Million Geospatial Forest Resource Management Contract

NV5 Global has served the United States Geological Survey for over 25 years.

Mentioned as: United States Geological SurveyTechnical ProductOct 5, 2023NV5 Awarded $10 Million Geospatial Forest Resource Management Contract

Parsons has integrated payloads for missions including the U.S. Space Force’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF)-5 communications satellite and the joint NASA/U.S. Geological Survey Landsat 9 Earth observation satellite.

Mentioned as: U.S. Geological SurveyTechnical ProductJul 19, 2023Sidus Space awarded subcontract by Parsons for USSF launch manifest systems

The U.S. Geological Survey is using autonomous surface and underwater vehicles on Lake Erie from mid-July through September 2023 to improve fishery surveys across the entire lake in cooperation with several public, private, and non-profit partners in the United States and Canada.

Mentioned as: U.S. Geological SurveyNarrative GeneralJul 19, 2023USGS & Partners deploy Autonomous Vehicles in NA Lake for Fishery Surveys
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