# Capella Space

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/capella-space/  
**Website:** https://www.capellaspace.com  
**APIs profiled:** 9

Capella Space operates a constellation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites and provides on-demand, high-resolution Earth-observation imagery through a self-service Console and public API. Customers can task the constellation with 15-minute scheduling cycles, search a STAC-based catalog of archive collects, place orders, and download imagery products for defense, intelligence, maritime, energy, insurance, and analytics use cases.

## Kin Score — 40.8 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 40.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 49.7 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 23.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 52.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 36.8 |
| Access Clarity | 36.8 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Free · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (9)

- **Capella Space Tasking API** — The Capella Tasking API lets customers submit imagery tasking requests against the Capella SAR constellation, configure collect parameters (geometry, resolution, polarization, l...
- **Capella Space Catalog API** — The Capella Catalog API is a STAC-compliant search interface over the archive of SAR collects. Clients query the catalog by geometry, time, product type, resolution, and polariz...
- **Capella Space Orders API** — The Capella Orders API submits and tracks orders for SAR products, manages order lifecycle, and returns signed download URLs for completed imagery via endpoints such as GET /ord...
- **Capella Space Collects API** — The Collects API from Capella Space — 1 operation(s) for collects.
- **Capella Space Keys API** — The Keys API from Capella Space — 1 operation(s) for keys.
- **Capella Space Orders API** — The Orders API from Capella Space — 3 operation(s) for orders.
- **Capella Space RepeatRequests API** — The RepeatRequests API from Capella Space — 4 operation(s) for repeatrequests.
- **Capella Space Tasking API** — The Tasking API from Capella Space — 4 operation(s) for tasking.
- **Capella Space Tiles API** — The Tiles API from Capella Space — 1 operation(s) for tiles.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Capella Space Agentic Access** — 16 operations · 9 acting

## Security (2)

- **Capella Space Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Capella Space Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Capella Space Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (5)

- **Defense and Intelligence** — Persistent monitoring of areas of interest for defense and intelligence customers.
- **Maritime Domain Awareness** — Vessel detection, classification, and dark-ship monitoring.
- **Energy Infrastructure** — Monitoring of pipelines, refineries, and energy assets through cloud and darkness.
- **Disaster Response** — Rapid imagery tasking and delivery for floods, earthquakes, and wildfires.
- **Insurance and Claims** — Pre- and post-event imagery for insurance underwriting and claims adjudication.

## Tags

Synthetic Aperture Radar, SAR, Earth Observation, Satellite Imagery, Geospatial, STAC, Remote Sensing, Tasking, Catalog

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/capella-space/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.