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Airbus

A European multinational aerospace corporation designing, manufacturing, and selling commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense, and space products. Through its Space Solutions / OneAtlas division Airbus publishes a developer API portal for satellite imagery, mapping, and elevation data.

5 APIs 6 Features
AerospaceDefenseManufacturingAviationEarth ObservationSatellite Imagery

APIs

OneAtlas Living Library API

Subscription-based catalogue access to Airbus Living Library Pléiades, Pléiades Neo, and SPOT optical imagery for AOI search, preview, and streaming.

OneAtlas Pay-Per-Order Archives API

On-demand purchase of historical archive imagery from Airbus optical and radar constellations on a pay-per-order basis.

OneAtlas Pay-Per-Order Tasking API

On-demand satellite tasking for new imagery acquisitions over a user-defined area of interest, with priority and acquisition-window options.

OneAtlas Basemap API

Global high-resolution basemap tile service derived from Airbus optical imagery, suitable for embedding in GIS and web mapping applications.

OneAtlas Radar & Elevation API

Access to Airbus radar (SAR) imagery and elevation products including WorldDEM, suitable for change detection, surveillance, and terrain analysis.

Features

Optical Imagery

Access to Pléiades, Pléiades Neo, and SPOT optical imagery via the Living Library catalogue and archive ordering.

Radar Imagery

SAR imagery from the TerraSAR-X / TanDEM-X constellation and from the new Radar Constellation.

Satellite Tasking

Pay-per-order tasking for new imagery acquisitions over a user-defined AOI.

Elevation Products

Global elevation models including WorldDEM derived from Airbus radar interferometry.

Basemap Tile Service

High-resolution global basemap tile service for embedding in GIS and web maps.

API Key + OAuth 2.0

Authentication via per-user API key issued by the OneAtlas account portal with OAuth 2.0 access-token exchange.

Use Cases

Land-Use / Land-Cover Monitoring

Periodic optical imagery used to monitor land-use change, deforestation, agriculture, and urban expansion.

Defense & Intelligence

Tasking and archive ordering of high-resolution optical and SAR imagery for defense and intelligence customers.

Infrastructure Monitoring

Repeat radar acquisitions for monitoring pipelines, dams, mines, and other linear infrastructure.

GIS Basemaps

Embedding the OneAtlas basemap into GIS workflows and web-mapping products.

Disaster Response

Rapid tasking and archive ordering after natural disasters to support response and recovery.

Integrations

ArcGIS

Esri ArcGIS integrations for streaming Airbus basemaps and imagery into the ArcGIS platform.

QGIS

QGIS plugins for connecting to Airbus tile and WMS / WMTS services.

AWS

Airbus distributes selected imagery products through AWS Marketplace and Earth on AWS.

Skywise

Aviation-data platform powered by Airbus and Palantir, exposed to airline operators via separate enterprise integration.

Resources

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Portal
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AccountManagement
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StatusPage
StatusPage

Sources

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: airbus
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/airbus/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Airbus
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Aerospace
  - Defense
  - Manufacturing
  - Aviation
  - Earth Observation
  - Satellite Imagery
description: 'A European multinational aerospace corporation designing, manufacturing, and selling commercial aircraft, helicopters, defense, and space products. Through its Space Solutions / OneAtlas division Airbus publishes a developer API portal for satellite imagery, mapping, and elevation data.'
created: '2026-05-05'
modified: '2026-05-16'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: airbus:oneatlas-living-library
    name: OneAtlas Living Library API
    tags:
      - Earth Observation
      - Satellite Imagery
      - Living Library
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://api.oneatlas.airbus.com/
    properties:
      - url: https://api.oneatlas.airbus.com/
        type: Portal
      - url: https://account.foundation.oneatlas.airbus.com/
        type: AccountManagement
    description: 'Subscription-based catalogue access to Airbus Living Library Pléiades, Pléiades Neo, and SPOT optical imagery for AOI search, preview, and streaming.'
  - aid: airbus:oneatlas-pay-per-order-archives
    name: OneAtlas Pay-Per-Order Archives API
    tags:
      - Earth Observation
      - Satellite Imagery
      - Archives
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://api.oneatlas.airbus.com/
    properties:
      - url: https://api.oneatlas.airbus.com/
        type: Portal
    description: 'On-demand purchase of historical archive imagery from Airbus optical and radar constellations on a pay-per-order basis.'
  - aid: airbus:oneatlas-pay-per-order-tasking
    name: OneAtlas Pay-Per-Order Tasking API
    tags:
      - Earth Observation
      - Satellite Imagery
      - Tasking
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://api.oneatlas.airbus.com/
    properties:
      - url: https://api.oneatlas.airbus.com/
        type: Portal
    description: 'On-demand satellite tasking for new imagery acquisitions over a user-defined area of interest, with priority and acquisition-window options.'
  - aid: airbus:oneatlas-basemap
    name: OneAtlas Basemap API
    tags:
      - Mapping
      - Basemap
      - Earth Observation
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://api.oneatlas.airbus.com/
    properties:
      - url: https://api.oneatlas.airbus.com/
        type: Portal
    description: 'Global high-resolution basemap tile service derived from Airbus optical imagery, suitable for embedding in GIS and web mapping applications.'
  - aid: airbus:oneatlas-radar-elevation
    name: OneAtlas Radar & Elevation API
    tags:
      - Radar
      - SAR
      - Elevation
      - DEM
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://api.oneatlas.airbus.com/
    properties:
      - url: https://api.oneatlas.airbus.com/
        type: Portal
    description: 'Access to Airbus radar (SAR) imagery and elevation products including WorldDEM, suitable for change detection, surveillance, and terrain analysis.'
common:
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/airbus
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/airbusgroup
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.airbus.com/
  - type: Portal
    url: https://api.oneatlas.airbus.com/
  - type: AccountManagement
    url: https://account.foundation.oneatlas.airbus.com/
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.oneatlas.airbus.com/
  - type: Features
    data:
      - name: Optical Imagery
        description: Access to Pléiades, Pléiades Neo, and SPOT optical imagery via the Living Library catalogue and archive ordering.
      - name: Radar Imagery
        description: SAR imagery from the TerraSAR-X / TanDEM-X constellation and from the new Radar Constellation.
      - name: Satellite Tasking
        description: Pay-per-order tasking for new imagery acquisitions over a user-defined AOI.
      - name: Elevation Products
        description: Global elevation models including WorldDEM derived from Airbus radar interferometry.
      - name: Basemap Tile Service
        description: High-resolution global basemap tile service for embedding in GIS and web maps.
      - name: API Key + OAuth 2.0
        description: Authentication via per-user API key issued by the OneAtlas account portal with OAuth 2.0 access-token exchange.
  - type: UseCases
    data:
      - name: Land-Use / Land-Cover Monitoring
        description: Periodic optical imagery used to monitor land-use change, deforestation, agriculture, and urban expansion.
      - name: Defense & Intelligence
        description: Tasking and archive ordering of high-resolution optical and SAR imagery for defense and intelligence customers.
      - name: Infrastructure Monitoring
        description: Repeat radar acquisitions for monitoring pipelines, dams, mines, and other linear infrastructure.
      - name: GIS Basemaps
        description: Embedding the OneAtlas basemap into GIS workflows and web-mapping products.
      - name: Disaster Response
        description: Rapid tasking and archive ordering after natural disasters to support response and recovery.
  - type: Authentication
    data:
      - name: API Key
        description: Per-user API key issued via the OneAtlas account portal.
      - name: OAuth 2.0
        description: OAuth 2.0 token exchange (token endpoint at authenticate.foundation.api.oneatlas.airbus.com) using the API key.
      - name: Account Onboarding
        description: Production access requires an active commercial agreement and account on account.foundation.oneatlas.airbus.com.
  - type: Compliance
    data:
      - name: GDPR
        description: General Data Protection Regulation compliance for European customers.
      - name: Export Control
        description: High-resolution imagery and radar products are subject to French / EU dual-use export controls (Regulation EU 2021/821) and U.S. EAR re-export rules where applicable.
      - name: ITAR / Dual-Use
        description: Airbus Defense and Space products are governed by national defense-export regimes including ITAR equivalents and EU dual-use regulation.
  - type: Integrations
    data:
      - name: ArcGIS
        description: Esri ArcGIS integrations for streaming Airbus basemaps and imagery into the ArcGIS platform.
      - name: QGIS
        description: QGIS plugins for connecting to Airbus tile and WMS / WMTS services.
      - name: AWS
        description: Airbus distributes selected imagery products through AWS Marketplace and Earth on AWS.
      - name: Skywise
        description: Aviation-data platform powered by Airbus and Palantir, exposed to airline operators via separate enterprise integration.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]