Maxar Technologies

aid: maxar-technologies
name: Maxar Technologies
description: >-
  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.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
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
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/maxar-technologies/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-22'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'

apis:
  - aid: maxar-technologies:authentication
    name: Vantor Hub Authentication API
    description: >-
      OAuth-style token service that issues bearer access tokens for use with
      every other Vantor Hub API (Discovery, Account Services, Streaming).
      Documented at hub.vantor.com/docs/authentication and delivered via the
      Vantor Hub developer portal (formerly developers.maxar.com).
    humanURL: https://hub.vantor.com/docs/authentication/
    baseURL: https://api.maxar.com
    tags:
      - Authentication
      - OAuth
      - Tokens
      - Vantor Hub
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://hub.vantor.com/docs/authentication/
      - type: DeveloperPortal
        url: https://hub.vantor.com/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/authentication-openapi.yml
      - type: Capability
        url: capabilities/shared/authentication.yaml

  - aid: maxar-technologies:discovery
    name: Vantor Hub Discovery API
    description: >-
      Search and discovery API across Vantor's "125+ petabytes of imagery and
      derivatives" — high-resolution electro-optical imagery from the WorldView
      and GeoEye constellations, WorldView Legion (six next-generation
      satellites launched 2024-2026), basemaps and derivative analytic
      products. STAC-aligned search by area of interest, time window, sensor,
      cloud cover, resolution and other filters.
    humanURL: https://hub.vantor.com/docs/discovery/
    baseURL: https://api.maxar.com/discovery/v1
    tags:
      - Discovery
      - Search
      - STAC
      - Imagery
      - Catalog
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://hub.vantor.com/docs/discovery/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/discovery-openapi.yml
      - type: Capability
        url: capabilities/shared/discovery.yaml

  - aid: maxar-technologies:admin
    name: Vantor Hub Account Services API
    description: >-
      Administrative account-management API for Vantor Hub customers — manage
      users, roles, organisation entitlements, credit balances and API keys
      against the Vantor Hub tenant. Documented as the Account Services / Admin
      API under the Vantor Hub developer portal.
    humanURL: https://hub.vantor.com/docs/admin/
    baseURL: https://api.maxar.com/admin/v1
    tags:
      - Admin
      - Accounts
      - Users
      - Entitlements
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://hub.vantor.com/docs/admin/
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/admin-openapi.yml
      - type: Capability
        url: capabilities/shared/admin.yaml

  - aid: maxar-technologies:streaming
    name: Maxar Geospatial Platform Streaming API
    description: >-
      OGC-standards Streaming services exposing Maxar's current and historical
      imagery as WMS (Web Map Service), WMTS (Web Map Tile Service) and WFS
      (Web Feature Service) layers — supports GetCapabilities, GetMap, GetTile,
      GetFeature and bulk image download. Surfaced through the MGP_SDK Python,
      Java and R clients.
    humanURL: https://maxar-geospatial-platform.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
    baseURL: https://securewatch.maxar.com/earthservice
    tags:
      - Streaming
      - WMS
      - WMTS
      - WFS
      - OGC
      - Imagery
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://maxar-geospatial-platform.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
      - type: SDK
        url: https://github.com/Maxar-Corp/maxar-geospatial-platform
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/streaming-openapi.yml
      - type: Capability
        url: capabilities/shared/streaming.yaml

  - aid: maxar-technologies:ordering
    name: Maxar Geospatial Platform Ordering API
    description: >-
      Order management API for placing, tracking and retrieving deliveries of
      Maxar archive imagery — supports asynchronous orders against the
      WorldView / GeoEye / WorldView Legion archive with output to S3 or
      direct download. Exposed via the MGP_SDK Interface.ordering surface.
    humanURL: https://maxar-geospatial-platform.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
    baseURL: https://api.maxar.com/order/v1
    tags:
      - Ordering
      - Archive
      - Imagery
      - Async
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://maxar-geospatial-platform.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
      - type: SDK
        url: https://github.com/Maxar-Corp/maxar-geospatial-platform
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/ordering-openapi.yml
      - type: Capability
        url: capabilities/shared/ordering.yaml

  - aid: maxar-technologies:tasking
    name: Maxar Geospatial Platform Tasking API
    description: >-
      Real-time tasking API for commissioning new satellite collections over
      an area of interest using the Vantor Constellation (WorldView-1/2/3,
      GeoEye-1 and the six-satellite WorldView Legion next-generation fleet
      delivering 30 cm-class native resolution). Supports priority levels,
      collection windows and delivery targets.
    humanURL: https://maxar-geospatial-platform.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
    baseURL: https://api.maxar.com/tasking/v1
    tags:
      - Tasking
      - Collection
      - WorldView Legion
      - Real-Time
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://maxar-geospatial-platform.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
      - type: SDK
        url: https://github.com/Maxar-Corp/maxar-geospatial-platform
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/tasking-openapi.yml
      - type: Capability
        url: capabilities/shared/tasking.yaml

  - aid: maxar-technologies:monitoring
    name: Maxar Geospatial Platform Monitoring API
    description: >-
      Monitoring API for standing watches over user-defined areas of interest —
      receive notifications when new imagery is collected, when collection
      windows close, and when analytic detections fire. Exposed via the
      MGP_SDK Interface.monitoring surface.
    humanURL: https://maxar-geospatial-platform.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
    baseURL: https://api.maxar.com/monitoring/v1
    tags:
      - Monitoring
      - Notifications
      - AOI
      - Webhooks
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://maxar-geospatial-platform.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
      - type: SDK
        url: https://github.com/Maxar-Corp/maxar-geospatial-platform
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/monitoring-openapi.yml
      - type: Capability
        url: capabilities/shared/monitoring.yaml

  - aid: maxar-technologies:basemaps
    name: Maxar Vivid Basemap API
    description: >-
      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 feature services through the MGP
      streaming surface. Documented as part of the Vantor "Dynamic Foundation"
      product family.
    humanURL: https://vantor.com/
    baseURL: https://securewatch.maxar.com/earthservice
    tags:
      - Basemaps
      - Vivid
      - Mosaic
      - Streaming
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://maxar-geospatial-platform.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
      - type: SDK
        url: https://github.com/Maxar-Corp/maxar-geospatial-platform
      - type: Capability
        url: capabilities/shared/basemaps.yaml

  - aid: maxar-technologies:catalog
    name: Maxar Content Catalog API
    description: >-
      Legacy Maxar Content Catalog API — the canonical search index against
      the WorldView / GeoEye / IKONOS / QuickBird archive. Generated from
      Maxar's published OpenAPI spec (doc.content.maxar.com/maxar-content-
      catalog.html) and wrapped by the open-source `maxarcat` Python client.
    humanURL: https://doc.content.maxar.com/maxar-content-catalog.html
    baseURL: https://api.content.maxar.com/catalog
    tags:
      - Catalog
      - Search
      - Archive
      - Legacy
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://doc.content.maxar.com/maxar-content-catalog.html
      - type: SDK
        url: https://github.com/Maxar-Corp/maxarcat
      - type: Package
        url: https://pypi.org/project/maxarcat
      - type: Capability
        url: capabilities/shared/catalog.yaml

  - aid: maxar-technologies:open-data-stac
    name: Maxar Open Data STAC Catalog
    description: >-
      Free, public STAC (SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog) of pre- and post-event
      high-resolution Maxar imagery published in support of emergency planning,
      risk assessment, damage assessment and recovery. Hosted on AWS Open Data
      as Cloud Optimized GeoTIFFs (COGs) with STAC JSON metadata and mirrored
      via the community `opengeos/maxar-open-data` index.
    humanURL: https://github.com/opengeos/maxar-open-data
    baseURL: https://maxar-opendata.s3.amazonaws.com
    tags:
      - Open Data
      - STAC
      - COG
      - Disaster Response
      - AWS Open Data
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://github.com/opengeos/maxar-open-data
      - type: Catalog
        url: https://maxar-opendata.s3.amazonaws.com/events/catalog.json
      - type: License
        url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

  - aid: maxar-technologies:transform-api
    name: Maxar Transform API
    description: >-
      Transform API exposes image transformation primitives (reproject, tile,
      mosaic, format-convert) over Maxar imagery. A TypeScript client
      (@maxar/transform-api) and OpenLayers helpers are published from
      github.com/Maxar-Corp/transform-api-ts and transform-ol-ts.
    humanURL: https://github.com/Maxar-Corp/transform-api-ts
    baseURL: https://api.maxar.com/transform/v1
    tags:
      - Transform
      - Imagery
      - Reproject
      - Tiles
    properties:
      - type: SDK
        url: https://github.com/Maxar-Corp/transform-api-ts
      - type: SDK
        url: https://github.com/Maxar-Corp/transform-ol-ts
      - type: Package
        url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@maxar/transform-api

common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://vantor.com/
  - type: LegacyWebsite
    url: https://www.maxar.com/
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://hub.vantor.com/
  - type: LegacyDeveloperPortal
    url: https://pro.maxar.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://hub.vantor.com/docs/
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/Maxar-Corp/maxar-geospatial-platform
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/Maxar-Corp/maxar-geospatial-platform-java
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/Maxar-Corp/maxar-geospatial-platform-r
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/Maxar-Corp/maxarcat
  - type: Package
    url: https://pypi.org/project/MGP-SDK/
  - type: Package
    url: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/MGPSDK/index.html
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/Maxar-Corp
  - type: GitHubLegacy
    url: https://github.com/DigitalGlobe
  - type: GitHubAnalytics
    url: https://github.com/maxar-analytics
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://hub-status.vantor.com/
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://hub.vantor.com/docs/release-notes
  - type: Integrations
    url: https://hub.vantor.com/docs/integrations/qgis
  - type: Integrations
    url: https://hub.vantor.com/docs/integrations/arcgispro
  - type: SampleProjects
    url: https://hub.vantor.com/sample-projects/
  - type: APICollection
    url: https://hub.vantor.com/docs/developer-tools/api-collection
  - type: Login
    url: https://hub.vantor.com/
  - type: Login
    url: https://discover.vantor.com/
  - type: Contact
    url: https://vantor.com/get-started/
  - type: OpenData
    url: https://github.com/opengeos/maxar-open-data
  - type: SuccessorIntelligence
    url: https://vantor.com/
  - type: SuccessorSpaceSystems
    url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanteris_Space_Systems
  - type: Owner
    url: https://www.adventinternational.com/
  - type: AcquirerSpaceSystems
    url: https://www.intuitivemachines.com/
  - type: Wikipedia
    url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantor_(company)
  - type: WikipediaLanteris
    url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanteris_Space_Systems
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/maxar-technologies-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/maxar-technologies-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/maxar-technologies-finops.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/maxar-technologies-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/maxar-technologies-context.jsonld

maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]