Skyboximaging

Skybox Imaging was a satellite imaging and geospatial-analytics company (founded 2009, Mountain View, CA) that built a constellation of small high-resolution Earth-observation satellites (SkySat) and the analytics to turn frequent imagery into commercial insight. Backed by Norwest Venture Partners, Bessemer, Khosla Ventures and others, it was acquired by Google in 2014 (~$500M), renamed Terra Bella, and its satellite business was sold to Planet Labs in 2017. The skyboximaging.com domain is no longer a live product surface; this profile is retained in the API Evangelist network for portfolio-graph and historical reference.

Skyboximaging is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Satellite Imagery, Earth Observation, Geospatial, and Remote Sensing.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanySatellite ImageryEarth ObservationGeospatialRemote SensingAnalyticsDefunct

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Skyboximaging Domain Security

TLSv1.3

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Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

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Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: skyboximaging
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  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/skyboximaging.png
name: Skyboximaging
description: Skybox Imaging was a satellite imaging and geospatial-analytics company (founded 2009, Mountain View, CA) that
  built a constellation of small high-resolution Earth-observation satellites (SkySat) and the analytics to turn frequent
  imagery into commercial insight. Backed by Norwest Venture Partners, Bessemer, Khosla Ventures and others, it was acquired
  by Google in 2014 (~$500M), renamed Terra Bella, and its satellite business was sold to Planet Labs in 2017. The skyboximaging.com
  domain is no longer a live product surface; this profile is retained in the API Evangelist network for portfolio-graph and
  historical reference.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/skyboximaging/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- norwest-venture-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct
x-status-note: Acquired by Google 2014 (Terra Bella); satellite business sold to Planet Labs 2017; domain skyboximaging.com
  origin returns HTTP 522 (no live surface).
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Satellite Imagery
- Earth Observation
- Geospatial
- Remote Sensing
- Analytics
- Defunct
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/skyboximaging-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://skyboximaging.com
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: minimal
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