They included business developments and an airborne ''celestial'' experience for CSST chief executive Steve Cotter and director research Dr Delwyn Moller, a CSST statement said.
Mr Cotter and Dr Moller were invited on board Nasa's ''Sofia'' flying observatory in June and witnessed space observations ''from a whole new perspective'', the statement said.
Sofia stands for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, and consists of a Boeing 747SP aircraft, modified to carry a 2.5m, 17-tonne telescope to altitudes of 12-14km, above the terrestrial water vapour layer.
Sofia uses Christchurch as its base eight weeks a year.
Mr Cotter said CSST had just had its revised Business and Research Plan approved by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
He had said earlier this year a remodelling of CSST was necessary to make it viable and it was standard practice to revisit business cases as proposals were turned into reality.
Some changes announced in March were a reduction in staff numbers and a decision not to open three of four possible offices for the organisation.
CSST is based in Alexandra.
Mr Cotter said the new business plan better positioned CSST within ''the rapidly-evolving Earth observation (EO) market''.
''The original plan provided guidance for the first year while we conducted market research and spoke to key actors in the New Zealand and international space sectors. The revised plan will see us focusing our skills and expertise on the full cycle of EO data, from designing sensor technology through to delivering perspective-shifting insights to businesses, industry, government and the broader research community.''
CSST, in partnership with the Crown Research Institute Scion (NZ Forest Research Institute Limited), developed and submitted a proposal for Fire and Emergency New Zealand.
The proposal is to use satellite data to assess the level and progress of seasonal curing of New Zealand's millions of hectares of grasslands, in terms of monitoring the risk of wildfires.
This would indicate to emergency services the probability of a fire spreading to a wide area, greater than 40ha, providing ''daily fire risk maps'' similar to those already used in the United States and Australia.
CSST has also recently partnered with San Francisco firm Planet, which operates the world's largest fleet of Earth-imaging satellites, in the hope of enhancing New Zealand's use of EO imagery.
CSST will now be Planet's distribution hub in New Zealand.
