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NASA's Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program has acquired commercial datasets from Wyvern.

PCA composite using a hyperspectral image showing circular irrigation farms in Saudi Arabia

Wyvern’s five-satellite Dragonette constellation delivers high-resolution hyperspectral imagery. The data enables detection and differentiation of subtle biophysical and geochemical changes, including detailed analysis of vegetation health, soil composition, water quality, and a variety of other environmental conditions that impact ecosystems and human well-being. Each satellite carries a visible near-infrared (VNIR) sensor that delivers ~5-meter ground sample distance imagery with up to 31 pre-defined bands. The company also offers access to a growing archive of more than 8,500 hyperspectral images totaling over 6.60 million square kilometers across every inhabited continent to benefit a wide range of Earth observation research and applications.

Obtaining Data

All newly awarded commercial data provider products are currently undergoing CSDA evaluation. If you have any questions about these products, please email CSDA Support.

Copyright

Data products and derivatives for imagery must contain copyright markings as specified below, where [YEAR] is the year of the image acquisition.

  • For data products: “© [YEAR] Wyvern Incorporated. All Rights Reserved."
  • For derivatives: “Includes copyrighted material of Wyvern. All rights reserved.”
  • A joint copyright notice may be used as appropriate.

CSDA Acknowledgement

To help CSDA identify your publications, we request that you include the following acknowledgment when publishing work created using CSDA program data:

“This work utilized data made available through the NASA Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program.” Authorized users should send CSDA a courtesy copy of any publications that include CSDA-distributed data.

Documentation

For information about Wyvern Dragonette data, including constellation orbits, band centers, product delivery, versioning, and others, see the Wyvern Data Product Guide.

Wyvern Data Available through NASA’s CSDA Program


Wyvern Dragonette Constellation and Image Characteristics

PriorityDragonette-01Dragonette-02/3/4/5
Orbit~530 km (varies by satellite)
Number Of Spectral Bands23 Bands31 Bands
Spectral Band Centre Wavelength Range (VNIR)503 nm – 799 nm445 nm – 870 nm
Spectral Sampling – Band Centre-to-Centre7 nm – 21 nm10 nm – 20 nm
Spectral Resolution – Bandwidth (FWHM)20 nm – 32 nm16 nm – 30 nm
Ground Sample Distance (GSD)5.3 m
Constellation Average Revisit
Time At Equator
1.6 Days
Constellation Average Revisit
Time At 20° Latitude
1.5 Days
Constellation Average Revisit
Time At 40° Latitude
1.2 Days
Constellation Average Revisit
Time At 60° Latitude
0.7 Days
Minimum Sun Elevation
Angle (SEA)
+15° Above Horizon
Imageable Latitude Range+82°N to -82°S
Imaging Sensor Bit Depth10-Bit
Estimated Average Signal-to-Noise
(SNR) At Nadir
60:1 (Wavelength Dependent)
Image Raster File FormatCloud-Optimized GeoTIFF (COG)
Metadata Sidecar File FormatSTAC Text (JSON)
Image Scene Swath Width At Nadir20 km (Fixed)
Off-Nadir Angle (ONA) Range0° – 20°
Standard Image Scene Size400 km2

Data Product Levels

PropertyLevel 1BLevel 2A
Data Type32-Bit Floating Point (float32)16-Bit Unsigned Integer (uint16), scaled reflectance
Geolocation Accuracy Over Land (CE90)25 m to 100 m (Dependent Upon Location)25 m to 100 m (Dependent Upon Location)
Image Pixel UnitsTop-of-Atmosphere Radiance
(W / (m² * sr * µm))
Surface Reflectance (unitless, scaled)
Map Projection Coordinate SystemGeographic WGS84 (EPSG 4326)UTM / WGS84
Information about our Archive collection can be found online here.

Authorized Data Use and Users

Access to this data is governed by the CSDA End User License Agreements (EULAs). The minimum access level for data is the USG license. Depending on the specific data products provided, some or all data may also be available under higher-tier CSDA licenses, including USG-Plus and Public licenses.

Under the applicable license tier, authorized users may include:

  • U.S. Government federal employees
  • State, local, territorial, and tribal government personnel
  • U.S. Government contractors and subcontractors
  • U.S. Government–funded researchers and academic partners
  • Other users authorized under applicable CSDA license levels (USG, USG-Plus, or Public)

All data use must comply with the terms of the EULA. All data requests must be reviewed and approved by NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program.

Learning Resources

Tutorials and Tips for getting started with Wyvern data can be found online via our Knowledge Center.

Top Banner Image: Principal component analysis (PCA) composite created using a hyperspectral image from Dragonette-002 over circular irrigation farms in Saudi Arabia taken on 2025-05-08 at 12:00:23 UTC. Credit: Wyvern Inc.