NASA Releases Quality Assessments of Commercial Earth Observation Data from Satellogic and Tomorrow.io

NASA's Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) program has published quality assessment reports evaluating data from two commercial providers: Satellogic's NewSat satellite imagery and Tomorrow.io's precipitation radar data. The reports represent part of NASA's ongoing effort to document how commercial data sources can contribute to Earth science research and applications.

The assessments examine data quality from private sector Earth observation systems, as NASA increasingly incorporates commercial satellite data into its scientific work. Satellogic operates a constellation of small satellites providing optical imagery, while Tomorrow.io offers precipitation monitoring through radar technology. Both evaluations add to a growing body of documentation on the reliability and utility of commercially acquired data for scientific purposes.

The CSDA program facilitates NASA's acquisition and evaluation of data from commercial remote sensing providers, helping researchers understand the capabilities and limitations of these datasets for Earth science applications. These quality assessments provide the scientific community with standardized evaluations of commercial data products, supporting informed decisions about their use in research and operational applications.