NASA's Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program

NASA's Earth Science Division (ESD) established the Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) program to explore the potential of commercial satellite data in advancing the agency's Earth science research and application objectives. The program aims to identify, assess, and acquire data from commercial providers, which may offer a cost-effective means of supplementing the Earth observations collected by NASA, other U.S. Government agencies, and international collaborators. Commercial Earth observation data have the potential to enhance the breadth and frequency of Earth observations, providing valuable data for scientific research and applications. As the program has evolved under the Earth Action Program, CSDA has been working to improve some of its programmatic and evaluation processes. This presentation will include updates on the status of data procurements and evaluations, program outcomes, interagency and international collaborations, the data evaluation process, and end-user licensing agreements.