# Vantor

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/vantor/  
**Website:** https://vantor.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 31

Maxar Technologies was a publicly traded Earth-imaging and space-systems company formed from the 2017 merger of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) with DigitalGlobe (founded 1992 in Oakland, California). In December 2022 private-equity firm Advent International agreed to take Maxar private in a USD 6.4 billion cash deal that closed in May 2023, after which Advent split the company into two operating units: Maxar Intelligence (imagery and geospatial software in Westminster, Colorado) and Maxar Space Systems (satellite manufacturing in Palo Alto, California). On 1 October 2025 both units rebranded — Maxar Intelligence became Vantor and Maxar Space Systems became Lanteris Space Systems. On 13 January 2026 Intuitive Machines completed the acquisition of Lanteris from Advent for approximately USD 800 million, leaving Vantor as the sole remaining Advent-owned successor of the Maxar brand. The public developer surface for the original Maxar APIs — imagery search, streaming (WMS/WMTS/WFS), tasking, ordering, monitoring, authentication and account services — is now delivered through the Vantor Hub (hub.vantor.com / pro.maxar.com) and the Maxar Geospatial Platform (MGP) SDKs (Python, Java, R). The Maxar Open Data Program continues to publish a public STAC catalog of pre-/post-event high-resolution imagery on AWS Open Data.

## Kin Score — 50.9 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-10-03 under rubric 0.23.0. Trend: flat (+0.8 from 50.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 71.4 |
| Contract Quality | 51.4 |
| Contract Governance | 27.3 |
| Operational Transparency | 65.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 48.8 |
| Access Clarity | 49.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)**: 16.7 (matched via fallback).

## Agent readiness — 29.8 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | documented |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| 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

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (38)

- **Maxar Vivid Basemap API** — Vivid is Maxar's cloud-free, color-balanced basemap product — a global mosaic refreshed from the WorldView archive. The Vivid Basemap API exposes the basemap as OGC tile and fea...
- **Maxar Content Catalog API** — Legacy Maxar Content Catalog API — the canonical search index against the WorldView / GeoEye / IKONOS / QuickBird archive. Generated from Maxar's published OpenAPI spec (doc.con...
- **Maxar Open Data STAC Catalog** — Free, public STAC (SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog) of pre- and post-event high-resolution Maxar imagery published in support of emergency planning, risk assessment, damage assessm...
- **Maxar Transform API** — Transform API exposes image transformation primitives (reproject, tile, mosaic, format-convert) over Maxar imagery. A TypeScript client (@maxar/transform-api) and OpenLayers hel...
- **Maxar Technologies Authentication / Token Service** — OAuth2-style token service that mints bearer access tokens (and 180-day default API keys) for use against all Vantor Hub / MGP APIs.
- **Maxar Technologies Streaming Imagery API** — OGC-compliant WFS / WMS / WMTS streaming services for delivering online imagery strips into web mapping clients and GIS workflows.
- **Maxar Technologies Streaming Basemap API** — OGC service delivering Maxar Vivid basemap products and their metadata for cartographic and analytic use.
- **Maxar Technologies Streaming 3D API** — Streams 3D surface models derived from Maxar's stereo and tri-stereo collections for visualization and 3D analysis.
- **Maxar Technologies Monitoring API** — Register Areas of Interest and receive alerts when new imagery or analytic outputs match. Drives standing tip-and-cue workflows over the Maxar catalog.
- **Maxar Technologies Tasking API** — Request new imagery collection from the WorldView Legion and legacy WorldView constellations within a target geometry and time window. Supports Fastview and Flexview tasking tiers.
- **Maxar Technologies Raster Analytics API** — Server-side raster processing - band manipulation, classification, and index models (NDVI, NDWI, etc.) - composed as analysis graphs over the Maxar catalog.
- **Maxar Technologies Vector Analytics API** — Vector deliveries of change monitoring outputs through OGC WMS / WMTS for downstream analytic and GIS consumption.
- **Maxar Technologies Geospatial Platform Python SDK** — Official Python SDK (maxar-platform on PyPI) wrapping the MGP / Vantor Hub APIs for discovery, ordering, monitoring, streaming, and tasking workflows.
- **Maxar Technologies MGP Postman Collection** — Public Postman workspace documenting the Maxar Geospatial Platform API surface for quick exploration and testing.
- **Vantor Accounts API** — The Accounts API from Vantor — 2 operation(s) for accounts.
- **Vantor API Keys API** — The API Keys API from Vantor — 2 operation(s) for api keys.
- **Vantor Authentication API** — The Authentication API from Vantor — 2 operation(s) for authentication.
- **Vantor Collections API** — Browse and inspect collections
- **Vantor Credits API** — The Credits API from Vantor — 1 operation(s) for credits.
- **Vantor Deliveries API** — The Deliveries API from Vantor — 1 operation(s) for deliveries.
- **Vantor Discovery API** — The Discovery API from Vantor — 5 operation(s) for discovery.
- **Vantor Estimates API** — The Estimates API from Vantor — 1 operation(s) for estimates.
- **Vantor Events API** — The Events API from Vantor — 1 operation(s) for events.
- **Vantor Feasibility API** — The Feasibility API from Vantor — 1 operation(s) for feasibility.
- **Vantor Image API** — The Image API from Vantor — 1 operation(s) for image.
- **Vantor Introspection API** — Inspect tokens
- **Vantor Items API** — Retrieve individual STAC items
- **Vantor Monitors API** — The Monitors API from Vantor — 2 operation(s) for monitors.
- **Vantor Ordering API** — The Ordering API from Vantor — 6 operation(s) for ordering.
- **Vantor Orders API** — The Orders API from Vantor — 2 operation(s) for orders.
- **Vantor Search API** — Search and filter imagery and derivatives
- **Vantor Subscriptions API** — The Subscriptions API from Vantor — 1 operation(s) for subscriptions.
- **Vantor Tasks API** — The Tasks API from Vantor — 2 operation(s) for tasks.
- **Vantor Tokens API** — Issue and refresh access tokens
- **Vantor Users API** — The Users API from Vantor — 2 operation(s) for users.
- **Vantor WFS API** — The WFS API from Vantor — 1 operation(s) for wfs.
- **Vantor WMS API** — The WMS API from Vantor — 1 operation(s) for wms.
- **Vantor WMTS API** — The WMTS API from Vantor — 1 operation(s) for wmts.

## Agentic access (2)

- **Maxar Technologies Agentic Access** — 43 operations · 18 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop
- **Vantor Agentic Access** — 59 operations · 24 acting · 2 human-in-the-loop

## Security (2)

- **Maxar Technologies Authentication** — apiKey/http · 2 schemes
- **Maxar Technologies Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Maxar Technologies Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Satellite Imagery, Earth Observation, Geospatial, Remote Sensing, Spatial Intelligence, Defense, Intelligence, WorldView, STAC, OGC, WMS, WMTS, WFS, Tasking, Basemaps, Vantor, Lanteris, Advent International, Private Equity, Satellite

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