European Space Agency (ESA)

The European Space Agency (ESA) provides public REST and standards-based APIs spanning Copernicus Earth observation (OData, STAC, Sentinel Hub, openEO, OGC, S3, On-Demand Processing), space weather monitoring (HAPI), astronomical mission archives (Gaia TAP, ESASky Legacy TAP), scientific data labs (Datalabs GraphQL), and climate change initiative datasets (ESGF, THREDDS, OpenSearch). Data includes Sentinel satellite imagery, solar and heliospheric time-series, gamma-ray and stellar catalogues, and multi-mission Earth observation products from European space programs.

European Space Agency (ESA) publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Bulk Transaction Extension API, Collections API, Conformance API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Earth Observation, Copernicus, Sentinel, Space Weather, and Astronomy.

The European Space Agency (ESA) catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

European Space Agency (ESA)’s developer surface includes documentation, GitHub presence, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

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Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 32/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

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APIs 18

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Esa Rate Limits

9 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

GraphQL

GraphQL

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

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Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

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name: European Space Agency (ESA)
kind: company
description: The European Space Agency (ESA) provides public REST and standards-based APIs spanning Copernicus Earth observation
  (OData, STAC, Sentinel Hub, openEO, OGC, S3, On-Demand Processing), space weather monitoring (HAPI), astronomical mission
  archives (Gaia TAP, ESASky Legacy TAP), scientific data labs (Datalabs GraphQL), and climate change initiative datasets
  (ESGF, THREDDS, OpenSearch). Data includes Sentinel satellite imagery, solar and heliospheric time-series, gamma-ray and
  stellar catalogues, and multi-mission Earth observation products from European space programs.
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  generated: '2026-07-22'
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image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/esa.png
tags:
- Earth Observation
- Copernicus
- Sentinel
- Space Weather
- Astronomy
- Satellite Data
- Climate
- Geospatial
- STAC
- OData
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: esa:copernicus-odata
  name: Copernicus Data Space OData Catalogue API
  description: OData-based catalogue interface for searching and downloading Copernicus Earth observation products from the
    Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem. Supports querying by spatial footprint, acquisition date, product type, and collection
    name across Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, Sentinel-3, Sentinel-5P, and other missions. Exposes OData query parameters including
    $filter, $orderby, $top, $skip, $count, $expand, and $select. A 30-day rolling monthly transfer limit of 12 TB applies
    under the free tier, with bandwidth per connection capped at 20 MB/s.
  humanURL: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/OData.html
  baseURL: https://catalogue.dataspace.copernicus.eu/odata/v1
  tags:
  - Earth Observation
  - Copernicus
  - Sentinel
  - OData
  - Catalogue
  - Product Download
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/OData.html
- aid: esa:copernicus-sentinel-hub
  name: Copernicus Sentinel Hub API
  description: RESTful API interface providing access to various satellite imagery archives including raw data, rendered images,
    and statistical analysis without requiring local data downloads. Supports configurable processing expressions, multi-temporal
    analysis, and cloud-optimised access. Free tier allows 10,000 requests and 10,000 processing units per month, with a rate
    limit of 300 requests/minute and 300 processing units/minute.
  humanURL: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/SentinelHub.html
  baseURL: https://sh.dataspace.copernicus.eu
  tags:
  - Earth Observation
  - Sentinel
  - Satellite Imagery
  - Processing
  - Copernicus
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/SentinelHub.html
- aid: esa:copernicus-openeo
  name: Copernicus openEO API
  description: Standardised openEO interface enabling programmatic access and cloud processing of Earth observation datasets
    without local data management. Supports automatic scaling on cloud infrastructure. The free tier provides 10,000 credits
    per user per month, a rate limit of 12 requests/minute (1 per 5 seconds), and a maximum of 2 concurrent API requests.
  humanURL: https://dataspace.copernicus.eu/analyse/apis/openeo-api
  baseURL: https://openeo.dataspace.copernicus.eu
  tags:
  - Earth Observation
  - Copernicus
  - openEO
  - Processing
  - Cloud
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://dataspace.copernicus.eu/analyse/apis/openeo-api
- aid: esa:copernicus-ogc
  name: Copernicus OGC API (WMS/WMTS/WFS/WCS)
  description: OGC-compliant web services providing seamless satellite data access through standard GIS applications. Exposes
    WMS (Web Map Service), WMTS (Web Map Tile Service), WFS (Web Feature Service), and WCS (Web Coverage Service) endpoints
    for Copernicus mission data. Suitable for direct integration into GIS tools without downloading or local data processing.
  humanURL: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/SentinelHub/OGC.html
  baseURL: https://services.sentinel-hub.com/ogc
  tags:
  - Earth Observation
  - OGC
  - WMS
  - WFS
  - WCS
  - GIS
  - Copernicus
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/SentinelHub/OGC.html
- aid: esa:copernicus-on-demand-processing
  name: Copernicus On-Demand Processing (ODP) API
  description: Serverless computation service for generating higher-level products from archived lower-level Copernicus data
    using ESA processors. Supports single-item and batch processing workflows including CARD-BS (Backscatter) and CARD-COH6/12
    (Coherence) products from Sentinel-1 SAR data.
  humanURL: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/On-Demand%20Production%20API.html
  baseURL: https://odp.dataspace.copernicus.eu
  tags:
  - Earth Observation
  - Copernicus
  - Sentinel-1
  - SAR
  - Processing
  - On-Demand
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/On-Demand%20Production%20API.html
- aid: esa:space-weather-hapi
  name: ESA Space Weather HAPI Server
  description: Heliophysics Application Programmer's Interface (HAPI) server providing access to ESA Space Weather Service
    Network data. Implements the COSPAR-recommended HAPI standard for streaming heliophysics time-series data. Endpoints include
    catalog (dataset listing), info (parameter definitions), data (time-range streaming), capabilities, and about. Authentication
    requires an ESA SSO M2M client-id/secret pair exchanged for a short-lived Bearer token (expires 300 seconds) via https://sso.s2p.esa.int/realms/swe/protocol/openid-connect/token.
  humanURL: https://swe.ssa.esa.int/swe-hapi-server
  baseURL: https://swe.ssa.esa.int/hapi
  tags:
  - Space Weather
  - Heliophysics
  - HAPI
  - Solar
  - Time Series
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://swe.ssa.esa.int/swe-hapi-server
- aid: esa:gaia-tap
  name: ESA Gaia Archive TAP API
  description: Table Access Protocol (TAP) service for the ESA Gaia stellar catalogue, the most precise astrometric survey
    of the Milky Way. Enables ADQL (Astronomical Data Query Language) queries against Gaia Data Releases covering positions,
    parallaxes, proper motions, photometry, and radial velocities for over a billion stars. Accessible programmatically via
    the astroquery Python library.
  humanURL: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia-users/archive/programmatic-access
  baseURL: https://gea.esac.esa.int/tap-server/tap
  tags:
  - Astronomy
  - Gaia
  - TAP
  - Stellar Catalogue
  - Astrometry
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/gaia-users/archive/programmatic-access
- aid: esa:esasky-legacy-tap
  name: ESASky Legacy TAP Service
  description: IVOA Table Access Protocol (TAP) service providing access to ESA legacy mission archives including Hipparcos
    (~118,000 stars with milliarcsecond accuracy, 42 data products across 59 tables), Cos-B gamma-ray observations (252 high-level
    products across six energy ranges), and CoRoT exoplanet/asteroseismology data (177,382 faint-star observations and 171
    bright-star light curves). Supports ADQL queries and DataLink services.
  humanURL: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esdc/legacy-tap-esa
  baseURL: http://esaskylegacy.esac.esa.int/esasky-legacy-sl-tap/tap
  tags:
  - Astronomy
  - TAP
  - Hipparcos
  - CoRoT
  - Gaia
  - Legacy Archives
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/esdc/legacy-tap-esa
- aid: esa:datalabs-graphql
  name: ESA Datalabs GraphQL API
  description: GraphQL API for managing ESA Datalabs computational environments, data pipelines, data volumes, and user access
    controls. Provides 50+ query operations (datalab management, pipeline runs, user/role management, data centres) and 80+
    mutations (build/create/destroy datalabs, access grants, pipeline execution, workspace management), plus 4 subscription
    endpoints for real-time monitoring of build progress and pipeline runs. Requires an ESA Cosmos CAS LDAP account with a
    Bearer token.
  humanURL: https://datalabs.esa.int/api-docs/
  baseURL: https://datalabs.esa.int/graphql
  tags:
  - GraphQL
  - Data Labs
  - Pipelines
  - Scientific Computing
  - ESA
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://datalabs.esa.int/api-docs/
- aid: esa:cci-esgf
  name: ESA CCI ESGF RESTful API
  description: Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) RESTful API providing access to ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI) observational
    products aligned with CMIP climate model data through the Obs4MIPs framework. Enables search and retrieval of long-term
    satellite-derived Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) spanning sea level, sea ice, soil moisture, land cover, and more.
  humanURL: https://climate.esa.int/en/data/apis/
  baseURL: https://esgf.ceda.ac.uk/esg-search/search
  tags:
  - Climate
  - CCI
  - ESGF
  - Essential Climate Variables
  - Earth Observation
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://climate.esa.int/en/data/apis/
- aid: esa:esa-bulk-transaction-extension-api
  name: European Space Agency (ESA) Bulk Transaction Extension API
  description: The Bulk Transaction Extension API from European Space Agency (ESA) — 1 operation(s) for bulk transaction extension.
  humanURL: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/OData.html
  baseURL: https://catalogue.dataspace.copernicus.eu/odata/v1
  tags:
  - Bulk Transaction Extension
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/esa-bulk-transaction-extension-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/STAC.html
- aid: esa:esa-collections-api
  name: European Space Agency (ESA) Collections API
  description: The Collections API from European Space Agency (ESA) — 4 operation(s) for collections.
  humanURL: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/OData.html
  baseURL: https://catalogue.dataspace.copernicus.eu/odata/v1
  tags:
  - Collections
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/esa-collections-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/STAC.html
- aid: esa:esa-conformance-api
  name: European Space Agency (ESA) Conformance API
  description: The Conformance API from European Space Agency (ESA) — 1 operation(s) for conformance.
  humanURL: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/OData.html
  baseURL: https://catalogue.dataspace.copernicus.eu/odata/v1
  tags:
  - Conformance
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/esa-conformance-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/STAC.html
- aid: esa:esa-copernicus-data-space-ecosystem-cdse-asset-level-stac-catalogue-api
  name: European Space Agency (ESA) Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (CDSE) Asset Level STAC Catalogue API
  description: The Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (CDSE) Asset Level STAC Catalogue API from European Space Agency (ESA)
    — 1 operation(s) for copernicus data space ecosystem (cdse) asset level stac catalogue.
  humanURL: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/OData.html
  baseURL: https://catalogue.dataspace.copernicus.eu/odata/v1
  tags:
  - Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (CDSE) Asset Level STAC Catalogue
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/esa-copernicus-data-space-ecosystem-cdse-asset-level-stac-catalogue-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/STAC.html
- aid: esa:esa-filter-extension-api
  name: European Space Agency (ESA) Filter Extension API
  description: The Filter Extension API from European Space Agency (ESA) — 2 operation(s) for filter extension.
  humanURL: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/OData.html
  baseURL: https://catalogue.dataspace.copernicus.eu/odata/v1
  tags:
  - Filter Extension
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/esa-filter-extension-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/STAC.html
- aid: esa:esa-liveliness-readiness-api
  name: European Space Agency (ESA) Liveliness/Readiness API
  description: The Liveliness/Readiness API from European Space Agency (ESA) — 1 operation(s) for liveliness/readiness.
  humanURL: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/OData.html
  baseURL: https://catalogue.dataspace.copernicus.eu/odata/v1
  tags:
  - Liveliness/Readiness
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/esa-liveliness-readiness-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/STAC.html
- aid: esa:esa-search-api
  name: European Space Agency (ESA) Search API
  description: The Search API from European Space Agency (ESA) — 1 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/OData.html
  baseURL: https://catalogue.dataspace.copernicus.eu/odata/v1
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/esa-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/STAC.html
- aid: esa:esa-transaction-extension-api
  name: European Space Agency (ESA) Transaction Extension API
  description: The Transaction Extension API from European Space Agency (ESA) — 4 operation(s) for transaction extension.
  humanURL: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/OData.html
  baseURL: https://catalogue.dataspace.copernicus.eu/odata/v1
  tags:
  - Transaction Extension
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/esa-transaction-extension-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/APIs/STAC.html
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/esa-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/esa-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.esa.int/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/esa
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-space-agency
- type: Plans
  url: plans/esa-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/esa-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/esa-finops.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/esa-context.jsonld
- url: graphql/esa-graphql.md
  type: GraphQL
- url: https://www.esa.int/rssfeed/Our_Activities/Space_News
  type: Blog
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