# Terra Bella (fka Skybox Imaging)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/terra-bella-fka-skybox-imaging/  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Terra Bella, originally founded in 2009 as Skybox Imaging (Mountain View, California), was a satellite imaging and geospatial analytics company that built and operated the SkySat constellation of high-resolution Earth-observation satellites. Google acquired Skybox Imaging in 2014 for roughly $500 million and rebranded it Terra Bella. In 2017 Alphabet/Google sold Terra Bella and its SkySat satellites to Planet Labs, folding the business into Planet's Earth-observation operations. Terra Bella no longer exists as an independent operating entity and publishes no independent developer portal, API, or SDK surface; its capabilities live on inside Planet Labs. Surfaced as a portfolio company of bessemer-venture-partners.

## Kin Score — 5.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 5.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Tags

Company, Deep Tech, Satellite Imaging, Earth Observation, Geospatial, Space, Acquired

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/terra-bella-fka-skybox-imaging/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.