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.
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
Access to Pléiades, Pléiades Neo, and SPOT optical imagery via the Living Library catalogue and archive ordering.
SAR imagery from the TerraSAR-X / TanDEM-X constellation and from the new Radar Constellation.
Pay-per-order tasking for new imagery acquisitions over a user-defined AOI.
Global elevation models including WorldDEM derived from Airbus radar interferometry.
High-resolution global basemap tile service for embedding in GIS and web maps.
Authentication via per-user API key issued by the OneAtlas account portal with OAuth 2.0 access-token exchange.
Use Cases
Periodic optical imagery used to monitor land-use change, deforestation, agriculture, and urban expansion.
Tasking and archive ordering of high-resolution optical and SAR imagery for defense and intelligence customers.
Repeat radar acquisitions for monitoring pipelines, dams, mines, and other linear infrastructure.
Embedding the OneAtlas basemap into GIS workflows and web-mapping products.
Rapid tasking and archive ordering after natural disasters to support response and recovery.
Integrations
Esri ArcGIS integrations for streaming Airbus basemaps and imagery into the ArcGIS platform.
QGIS plugins for connecting to Airbus tile and WMS / WMTS services.
Airbus distributes selected imagery products through AWS Marketplace and Earth on AWS.
Aviation-data platform powered by Airbus and Palantir, exposed to airline operators via separate enterprise integration.