# UP42

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/up42/  
**Website:** https://up42.com  
**APIs profiled:** 8

UP42 is a geospatial marketplace and developer platform for Earth observation (EO) data and analytics, operated by Airbus Defence and Space. It lets you search a global archive of satellite and aerial imagery (Catalog), task new satellite acquisitions on demand (Tasking), place and track Orders, store and download results as cloud-native Assets, and browse everything through a STAC-compliant data management API. Delivery, ordering, and storage are exposed over a documented REST API at https://api.up42.com, authenticated with OAuth2 access tokens (obtained from an API key or account credentials), and are also wrapped by an official Python SDK. Storage is powered by STAC and the cloud-native asset model, and job/order status changes can be pushed to consumer endpoints via webhooks.

## Kin Score — 28.2 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: falling (-10.6 from 38.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 16.7 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 34.2 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

## Agent readiness — 21.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | documented |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (8)

- **UP42 Catalog API** — Search the archive of previously captured imagery.
- **UP42 Orders API** — Estimate, place, and track catalog and tasking orders.
- **UP42 Processing API** — Run analytics and processing over stored assets.
- **UP42 STAC Data Management API** — STAC-compliant view of everything in your storage.
- **UP42 Storage Assets API** — List, inspect, and download geospatial assets in storage.
- **UP42 Tasking API** — Commission new satellite acquisitions on demand.
- **UP42 Webhooks API** — Register HTTPS endpoints for order and job status events.
- **UP42 Workspaces & Account API** — Account, workspace, and budget context.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Up42 Agentic Access** — 42 operations · 16 acting

## Security (2)

- **Up42 Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Up42 Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Up42 Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Geospatial, Earth Observation, Satellite Imagery, Remote Sensing, STAC, Tasking, Catalog, Airbus

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/up42/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.