NASA's Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program is a science-enabling effort that provides licensed access to commercial Earth observation data, supports data quality through calibration/validation partnerships and evaluations, and funds science and application use cases. The program supplements NASA's openly available satellite observations with commercial datasets described as high-resolution, high-frequency and taskable.

In a notice published Sept 14, 2026, NASA said a webinar was planned for Sept 23 to give an overview of the program's activities and progress. Planned topics included the data modalities available through the program, updates to the evaluation process, a new cal/val initiative, and the status of existing task orders with CSDA data providers. Presenters were also expected to cover end-user licensing agreement types, data availability and access, new archive and tasking capabilities in the Satellite Data Explorer, user engagement opportunities and new learning resources. The notice included a registration link. The source did not state the webinar's time, outcome or whether it took place as planned.