SkyWatch

SkyWatch Space Applications is an Earth observation company whose EarthCache platform gives developers a single API to discover, price, order, and deliver commercial satellite imagery and geospatial data from many providers - Pleiades, SPOT, PlanetScope, SkySat, Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, TripleSat, Kompsat, and more. The EarthCache API (base https://api.skywatch.co/earthcache, x-api-key auth) exposes Archive Search over historical imagery, Pipelines that monitor an area of interest and deliver imagery on a schedule, interval results with analytics and metadata download URLs, cost estimation, reusable output configurations (format, bands, mosaicking), saved locations, and callback-based subscriptions for platform events. Imagery is billed per square kilometre with resolution-based minimums.

SkyWatch publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Archive Search API, Cost Estimation API, Interval Results API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Satellite Imagery, Earth Observation, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, and EarthCache.

SkyWatch’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 7 more developer resources.

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35.9/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessPaidSelf serve

7 APIs

Satellite Imagery Earth Observation Geospatial Remote SensingEarthCacheImagery

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 35.9/100 · thin

Contract Quality 13.6 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.9 / 20

Access Clarity 7.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 7

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Skywatch Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

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

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: skywatch
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/skywatch/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: SkyWatch
kind: company
description: SkyWatch Space Applications is an Earth observation company whose EarthCache platform gives developers a single
  API to discover, price, order, and deliver commercial satellite imagery and geospatial data from many providers - Pleiades,
  SPOT, PlanetScope, SkySat, Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, TripleSat, Kompsat, and more. The EarthCache API (base https://api.skywatch.co/earthcache,
  x-api-key auth) exposes Archive Search over historical imagery, Pipelines that monitor an area of interest and deliver imagery
  on a schedule, interval results with analytics and metadata download URLs, cost estimation, reusable output configurations
  (format, bands, mosaicking), saved locations, and callback-based subscriptions for platform events. Imagery is billed per
  square kilometre with resolution-based minimums.
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/skywatch.png
tags:
- Satellite Imagery
- Earth Observation
- Geospatial
- Remote Sensing
- EarthCache
- Imagery
created: '2026-07-04'
modified: '2026-07-04'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: skywatch:skywatch-archive-search-api
  name: SkyWatch Archive Search API
  description: Query historical imagery and retrieve matching search results.
  humanURL: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  baseURL: https://api.skywatch.co/earthcache
  tags:
  - Archive Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/skywatch-archive-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/skywatch.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/skywatch.opencollection.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/skywatch-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://skywatch.com/earthcache/pricing/
- aid: skywatch:skywatch-cost-estimation-api
  name: SkyWatch Cost Estimation API
  description: Estimate the cost of locations, intervals, and pipelines.
  humanURL: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  baseURL: https://api.skywatch.co/earthcache
  tags:
  - Cost Estimation
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/skywatch-cost-estimation-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/skywatch.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/skywatch.opencollection.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/skywatch-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://skywatch.com/earthcache/pricing/
- aid: skywatch:skywatch-interval-results-api
  name: SkyWatch Interval Results API
  description: Results and delivery URLs produced by pipeline intervals.
  humanURL: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  baseURL: https://api.skywatch.co/earthcache
  tags:
  - Interval Results
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/skywatch-interval-results-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/skywatch.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/skywatch.opencollection.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/skywatch-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://skywatch.com/earthcache/pricing/
- aid: skywatch:skywatch-locations-api
  name: SkyWatch Locations API
  description: Reusable server-side areas of interest from KML or GeoJSON.
  humanURL: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  baseURL: https://api.skywatch.co/earthcache
  tags:
  - Locations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/skywatch-locations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/skywatch.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/skywatch.opencollection.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/skywatch-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://skywatch.com/earthcache/pricing/
- aid: skywatch:skywatch-outputs-api
  name: SkyWatch Outputs API
  description: Reusable output configurations - format, bands, and mosaicking.
  humanURL: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  baseURL: https://api.skywatch.co/earthcache
  tags:
  - Outputs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/skywatch-outputs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/skywatch.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/skywatch.opencollection.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/skywatch-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://skywatch.com/earthcache/pricing/
- aid: skywatch:skywatch-pipelines-api
  name: SkyWatch Pipelines API
  description: Standing orders that monitor an AOI and deliver imagery on a schedule.
  humanURL: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  baseURL: https://api.skywatch.co/earthcache
  tags:
  - Pipelines
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/skywatch-pipelines-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/skywatch.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/skywatch.opencollection.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/skywatch-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://skywatch.com/earthcache/pricing/
- aid: skywatch:skywatch-subscriptions-api
  name: SkyWatch Subscriptions API
  description: Callback-based subscriptions to EarthCache platform events.
  humanURL: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  baseURL: https://api.skywatch.co/earthcache
  tags:
  - Subscription
  tags_raw:
  - Subscriptions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/skywatch-subscriptions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/skywatch.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/skywatch.opencollection.json
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/skywatch-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://skywatch.com/earthcache/pricing/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/skywatch-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/skywatch-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/skywatch-authentication.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/skywatch-apps
- type: Website
  url: https://skywatch.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api-docs.earthcache.com/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/skywatch-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/skywatch-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/skywatch-finops.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://skywatch.com/blog/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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