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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38.3/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessPaidSelf serve
7 APIs
Satellite ImageryEarth ObservationGeospatialRemote SensingEarthCacheImagery

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 38.3/100 · thin
Contract Quality 14.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.1 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
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
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APIs 7

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

SkyWatch Archive Search API

Query historical imagery and retrieve matching search results.

SkyWatch Cost Estimation API

Estimate the cost of locations, intervals, and pipelines.

SkyWatch Interval Results API

Results and delivery URLs produced by pipeline intervals.

SkyWatch Locations API

Reusable server-side areas of interest from KML or GeoJSON.

SkyWatch Outputs API

Reusable output configurations - format, bands, and mosaicking.

SkyWatch Pipelines API

Standing orders that monitor an AOI and deliver imagery on a schedule.

SkyWatch Subscriptions API

Callback-based subscriptions to EarthCache platform events.

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Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

SkyWatch EarthCache API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Skywatch Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

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.

Skywatch Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

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

Skywatch Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Skywatch Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Skywatch Agentic Access

26 operations · 14 acting

26 operations · 14 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

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
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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: '0.19'
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:
  - 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