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 API contracts indexed 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.

The SkyWatch catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

SkyWatch’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 9 more developer resources.

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1 published contract

Satellite Imagery Earth Observation Geospatial Remote SensingEarthCacheImagery

What this lets a business do 1

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Developer Platform & API Ecosystem Management

BC-4270

Subscriptions

POST /subscriptions GET /callbacks

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0

Composite quality — 23.8/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 9.3 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 2.3 / 15

Access Clarity 1.0 / 15

Operational Transparency 0.7 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 0.9 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 19/100 · 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 Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship Ask about this →
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented) Ask about this →
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Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document Ask about this →

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Access Clarity scores 6.4 — up to +18.7 composite points Ask about this →
Developer Ergonomics scores 15.5 — up to +16.9 composite points Ask about this →
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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Space and Satellite (operators, earth observation, ground segment)	builds-on	34.5 (thin)	-	-

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

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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 8

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

SkyWatch EarthCache Archive Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

SkyWatch EarthCache Archive Search Cost Estimation API

OPEN COLLECTION

SkyWatch EarthCache Archive Search Interval Results API

OPEN COLLECTION

SkyWatch EarthCache Archive Search Locations API

OPEN COLLECTION

SkyWatch EarthCache Archive Search Outputs API

OPEN COLLECTION

SkyWatch EarthCache Archive Search Pipelines API

OPEN COLLECTION

SkyWatch EarthCache Archive Search Subscriptions API

OPEN COLLECTION

SkyWatch EarthCache API

OPEN COLLECTION

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SkyWatch API pricing

Not yet checked against SkyWatch's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-07-04 from skywatch.com/earthcache/pricing/; confirm before you rely on a figure.

Plan	Price
Archive Imagery (Pay-as-you-go) usage	—
Tasking (New Imagery) usage	—
EarthCache Enterprise enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

EarthCache API Requests: not published requests
Archive Search Polling: poll with backoff requests
Order Purchase Minimum: per resolution tier area

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against SkyWatch's documentation. All 5 limits →

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

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs. Counts are the severity each rule declares, not results of running them.

SkyWatch API Rules

59 rules · 54 error-severity 4 warn-severity 1 info-severity

SPECTRAL

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 (API Evangelist recommendations) 1

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

SkyWatch Agentic Access

26 operations · 12 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 4

The organization behind the API

BlogRSS

BlogRSS

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

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.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/skywatch.png
x-docs-platform: redocly
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-04
x-docs-hosting: aws-cloudfront
tags:
- Satellite Imagery
- Earth Observation
- Geospatial
- Remote Sensing
- EarthCache
- Imagery
created: '2026-07-04'
modified: '2026-10-06'
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:
  - Location
  tags_raw:
  - 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:
- url: https://skywatch.com/feed/
  type: BlogRSS
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/skywatch-capability-edges.yml
  name: SkyWatch Business Capability Map
- 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

SkyWatch API — frequently asked questions

Does SkyWatch have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 7 APIs from SkyWatch, including SkyWatch Archive Search API, SkyWatch Cost Estimation API and SkyWatch Interval Results API, and 4 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the SkyWatch API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 7 OpenAPI specifications for SkyWatch, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the SkyWatch API?

SkyWatch uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as SkyWatch Authentication.

How much does the SkyWatch API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for SkyWatch, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the SkyWatch API ready for AI agents?

SkyWatch has a Kin Score of 23.8 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 19.0 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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