The credit

One credit, one balance
US$1=100 credits 1 credit = US$0.01
everything is priced in credits and drawn from a single balance
the same credit is spent in every edition — only the catalogue, the bonus and where it runs differ

Part 1 · What a customer buys

ZENITH Commercial

Three editions

  Edition 1 · free · hostedCommunity no commitment · self-serve Freeno commitment Edition 2 · committed · hostedEnterprise annual commitment · Silver · Gold · Diamond from $250,000per year · by tier Edition 3 · committed · self-hostedOn-Prem annual platform licence + an Enterprise tier $1,000,000one-time setup · plus your tier
Commercial basis
What it costs Free $250,000 · $500,000 · $1,000,000 a year
Silver · Gold · Diamond
$1,000,000 one-time setup
+ the Enterprise tier you hold
Where it runsZENITH cloud, sharedZENITH cloud, shared — dedicated tenant at DiamondYour data centre or private cloud, single tenant
What you commitNothing — self-serve sign-upAn annual commitment, at one of three tiersAn annual platform licence + the Enterprise tier you hold
Bonus credits—Yes — the rate rises with the tierPer tier
Minimum top-up blockSmallLarger — same for both committed editionsAs Enterprise
Catalogue & tasking
CataloguePublic datasets free, + AIN-1 only — the commercial catalogue is walledEverything — 8 providers, optical and SAR, archive + taskingEverything — same catalogue, same credits as the tier you hold
TaskingAIN-1 only — rush, the sole SKU on the dedicated contract · basic queue, behind all paying demandStandard and Priority · queue position rises with the tierAs the tier you hold
AIN-1 rateDiscounted off list — Silver's rate, never betterDiscounted off list, deepening with the tierAs the tier you hold
Platform & capacity
PlatformNo API keys, no data cube, no bulk exportAPI keys · STAC catalog / data cube · bulk exportThe same, inside your network
Hosted storageNone — evaluation scratch only10 TB → unlimited by tierYour own storage, sized to your hardware
Data retention90 days1 → 5 years by tierYour policy, your hardware
Seats35 → unlimited by tierUnlimited — site licence
Governance & privacy
IdentityHosted loginHosted login, SSO federation from GoldAs the tier you hold
Privacy & keysOur cloud — our storage, our keysOur cloud — our storage, our keysYour object store and PostGIS, your credentials · encryption with customer-managed keys · no telemetry, no phone-home
Data movementSearch, AOIs and orders run in our cloudSearch, AOIs and orders run in our cloudPublic archives and your own imagery mirrored inside your network. Only a commercial tasking order leaves — the provider needs the AOI to collect it
Audit—Audit export to your SIEM at DiamondFull order and access trail in your own store, exportable
Branding——Your logo, colours, favicon, domain and product name
Service & terms
Updates & continuityContinuous — we operate itContinuous — we operate itVersioned releases you schedule, validated in your staging first · HA / DR config, backup-restore, upgrade rehearsal · offline licence activation
Feature requests——5 a year, ranked by you at a quarterly roadmap review · shipped in a versioned release
SupportDocs & community forumEmail → 24/7 + named CSM, by tier24/7 + named CSM + deployment engineer
On-site engagement——Installed and commissioned on site against a sizing spec we provide · operator and admin training with runbooks
LicenceInternal / evaluationCommercial → custom government at DiamondCustom / government + on-prem software EULA
Who it is for Evaluation, universities, and anyone starting on public data or AIN-1. Government, defence and commercial buyers on our infrastructure. Silver · Gold · Diamond — compared below. Sovereign deployments — ministries and defence programs that cannot send AOIs or imagery to a shared cloud.

What actually changes by tier

  Silverentry commitment $250,000per year Goldmid commitment $500,000per year Diamondtop commitment $1,000,000per year
Money — what a committed dollar buys
Annual commitment$250,000$500,000$1,000,000
Bonus creditsBonus on topLarger bonusLargest bonus
AIN-1 off listDiscountedDeeper discountDeepest discount
Capacity — how much of the platform you get to use
Hosted storage10 TB50 TBUnlimited
Retention delivered imagery + catalog1 year3 years5 years
API rate limit10 requests / second60 requests / secondDedicated quota + sandbox keys
Delivery targetsPortal download+ S3 / SFTP push, webhooks+ your bucket, offline media, cross-domain transfer
Governance
Seats525Unlimited
Identity & auditHosted loginSSO federation — SAML / OIDC+ SCIM provisioning, audit export to your SIEM
TenancySharedSharedDedicated tenant
Service
Support channelEmailEmail + phone24/7 + named CSM
First response — P1 critical1 business day4 business hours1 hour
Onboarding & trainingRemote onboardingRemote + workshop, quarterly reviewDedicated programme, on-site, 10 analyst days a year
Indicative pricing All figures above are indicative list prices and can change based on requirements — scope, volume, catalogue mix, deployment size, contract length and support level. Final pricing is confirmed per deal.

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Part 2 · How a credit is spent

ZENITH Credit Management

How a credit turns into an order — the same two flows, step by step.

A

Archive flow

3 steps · flexible AOI
ARCHIVE ORDER already captured · nothing to schedule OPTICAL billed per km² · flexible AOI, drawn by the user except BlackSky — per scene, archive and tasking alike SAR billed per scene · AOI only selects scenes STEP 1 · CONSTELLATION / DATA CLASS VHR · ~30 cm Pléiades Neo, WorldView 30 cm, BlackSky Gen-3 HR · ~50 – 70 cm Pléiades, WorldView 50 cm, SkySat, AIN newsat50, Satellogic NewSat MR · ~1 m + BlackSky Gen-2, SPOT, PlanetScope STEP 1 · CONSTELLATION / DATA CLASS HR · ≤ 0.5 m · Spotlight Umbra Spotlight, Synspective Staring / Sliding Spotlight MR · 1 – 3 m · Stripmap / Scan Synspective StripMap, Umbra Scan Synspective counts “archive” as 30+ days after acquisition. STEP 2 · PRODUCT LEVEL L1 · L1_ortho projected, orthorectified, radiometrically calibrated L2 · SR atmospheric correction · super resolution STEP 2 · PRODUCT LEVEL SLC · GRD amplitude, geocoded — analysis-ready default SR_GRD super resolution STEP 3 · AREA — FLEXIBLE AOI USER-DEFINED The user draws the AOI any polygon or uploaded vector — it may be smaller than the scene Billable area = AOI ∩ scene footprint you pay for the clip; an AOI over several scenes is priced per scene Floor = max(clip, minimum order area) 25 km² (5×5) or 100 km² (10×10) by provider — a small AOI pays the floor BlackSky bills per image: the AOI picks images, it does not shrink the price. STEP 3 · AREA — PER SCENE FIXED The scene is the unit the footprint was fixed at acquisition — there is nothing to clip The AOI only sets coverage scenes = ceil(AOI ÷ footprint), always ≥ 1 No partial scene, no separate floor the scene price is the minimum Umbra has no archive/tasking split — one open price either way. ARCHIVE PRICE unit price × billable units × product multiplier · no tier
Archive: three steps. The area step is the customer's — they draw it.
Step
Optical — billed per km² · except BlackSky, per scene
SAR — billed per scene
1Constellationdata class
VHR ~30 cm — Pléiades Neo, WorldView 30 cm, BlackSky Gen-3 HR 50–70 cm — Pléiades, WorldView 50 cm, SkySat, AIN newsat50, Satellogic NewSat MR 1 m+ — BlackSky Gen-2, SPOT, PlanetScope
HR ≤ 0.5 m — Umbra Spotlight, Synspective Staring / Sliding Spotlight MR 1–3 m — Synspective StripMap, Umbra Scan
2Product levelprocessing form
L1 · L1_ortho projected, orthorectified, radiometrically calibrated L2 atmospherically corrected SR super resolution
SLC · GRD amplitude, geocoded — the analysis-ready default SR_GRD super resolution
3Areaflexible AOI
The user defines the AOI — free-form polygon or uploaded vector Billable area is max(AOI ∩ footprint, minimum). The clip is what you pay for, so on a small AOI the floor is the price — 25 km² (5×5) or 100 km² (10×10) depending on the provider. An AOI spanning several archive scenes is clipped and priced scene by scene. Exception — BlackSky sells whole images; the AOI selects which images, it does not reduce the price.
Per scene — the footprint was fixed at acquisition Nothing to clip: the AOI only decides coverage, ceil(AOI ÷ footprint), always ≥ 1. The scene price is the minimum.
=Price
credits per km² × billable km² × product multiplier
credits per scene × scene count × product multiplier
B

Tasking flow

4 steps · AOI is a collection request
TASKING ORDER new capture · scheduled on the constellation OPTICAL billed per km² · tiered by urgency except BlackSky — per scene, archive and tasking alike SAR billed per scene · defined by imaging mode STEP 1 · CONSTELLATION / DATA CLASS VHR · ~30 cm Pléiades Neo, WorldView max GSD 0.39 m, BlackSky Gen-3 HR · ~50 – 70 cm Pléiades, WorldView max GSD 0.59 m, SkySat, AIN newsat50, Satellogic NewSat MR · ~1 m + BlackSky Gen-2, SPOT (PlanetScope is archive-only) STEP 1 · CONSTELLATION / DATA CLASS HR · ≤ 0.5 m · Spotlight Umbra Spotlight, Synspective Staring / Sliding Spotlight MR · 1 – 3 m · Stripmap / Scan Synspective StripMap, Umbra Scan STEP 2 · TASKING TIER TASKING ONLY · 3 SHELVES PROVIDERSTANDARD PRIORITYELITE Airbus OnePlanOnePlanProOneNow BlackSky StandardPreferredElite Maxar / Vantor FlexView—FastView Satellogic Standard—Rush AIN-1 · Planet Standard (Planet)—Rush · Assured STEP 2 · IMAGING MODE NO URGENCY TIER PROVIDERSPOTSTRIP Synspective Spotlight + number of looksStripMap Umbra Spotlight + number of looksScan The mode sets footprint and resolution, and it is chosen before any AOI is drawn. Looks are the second lever: more looks, cleaner image, higher price. Synspective prices urgency as a delivery surcharge instead, not as a tier. STEP 3 · PRODUCT LEVEL L1 · L1_ortho projected, orthorectified, radiometrically calibrated L2 · SR atmospheric correction · super resolution STEP 3 · PRODUCT LEVEL SLC · GRD amplitude, geocoded — analysis-ready default SR_GRD super resolution STEP 4 · AREA — COLLECTION REQUEST BOUNDED The AOI is the instruction it defines what the satellite is asked to capture — not a clip of something existing Minimum order area — 5×5 (25 km²) or 10×10 (100 km²) billable = max(AOI, minimum); a smaller AOI still pays the whole block A large AOI splits into several captures each carries its own minimum, its own tier price and its own weather risk BlackSky prices per image, per tier — area does not enter the calculation. STEP 4 · AREA — PER SCENE MODE-FIXED The mode already fixed the footprint chosen in step 2, before the AOI — the AOI cannot resize it Umbra Spotlight — 5×5 km or natural footprint the two footprints are separately priced SKUs; Scan is priced by strip length Scenes = ceil(AOI ÷ footprint) always ≥ 1 — the scene is the floor Umbra charges the same open price for archive and tasking. TASKING PRICE unit price × billable units × tier / mode × product multiplier
Tasking: four steps. Step 2 is new, and step 4 is bounded rather than free-form.
Step
Optical — billed per km² · except BlackSky, per scene
SAR — billed per scene
1Constellationdata class
VHR ~30 cm — Pléiades Neo, WorldView at max GSD 0.39 m, BlackSky Gen-3 HR 50–70 cm — Pléiades, WorldView at max GSD 0.59 m, SkySat, AIN newsat50, Satellogic NewSat MR 1 m+ — BlackSky Gen-2, SPOT (PlanetScope archive-only)
HR ≤ 0.5 m — Umbra Spotlight, Synspective Staring / Sliding Spotlight MR 1–3 m — Synspective StripMap, Umbra Scan
2Collectiontasking only
Tasking tier — Standard · Priority · Elite The biggest lever in the catalogue — Elite costs several times Standard for the same pixel, and how much more varies widely by provider. Each provider's ladder maps onto three shelves; where a provider has no middle rung, Priority is simply not offered.
Imaging mode — Spotlight, Stripmap, Scan No urgency tier. The mode sets footprint and resolution together, and Spotlight takes a number of looks on top — more looks cost more. Synspective instead adds a delivery surcharge for urgent tasking.
3Product levelprocessing form
L1 · L1_ortho projected, orthorectified, radiometrically calibrated L2 atmospherically corrected SR super resolution
SLC · GRD amplitude, geocoded — the analysis-ready default SR_GRD super resolution
4Areacollection request
Minimum order area — 5×5 or 10×10 Billable area is max(AOI, minimum). Unlike archive, the AOI is not a clip of existing pixels — it is what the satellite is asked to collect, so it is bounded by the provider's capture block and a large AOI splits into several captures, each with its own minimum and tier price. Exception — BlackSky prices per image per tier; area is not part of the calculation.
Per scene — footprint already fixed by the mode Umbra Spotlight sells a 5×5 km or a natural footprint as separate SKUs and Scan by strip length. Scenes = ceil(AOI ÷ footprint), always ≥ 1.
=Price
credits per km² × billable km² × tier × product multiplier
credits per scene × scene count × mode & looks × product multiplier

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Part 3 · The catalogue, in plain English

Product Knowledge

Vendors

How to read a vendor
Archive
Pictures already taken. They exist — you are buying a copy, so there is no waiting and no weather risk.
Tasking
Asking a satellite to go and take a new picture. You pay more, and how much more depends on how big a hurry you are in.
Pixel size
How much ground one pixel covers. 30 cm means one pixel ≈ a dinner plate — you can tell a car from a van. 3 m means you can see the building, not the car.
What you pay for
Three different meters. Per km² — you pay for the area you draw. Per image or per scene — you buy the whole picture at a fixed price, whatever size your area of interest is.
Can you order it?
Some things a provider sells are not plumbed into ZENITH yet. A ✓ means a customer can actually order it today; a — means the provider offers it but we do not.
Show
AirbusOPTICAL EUR · per km²

The European option. Three families of camera satellite: Pléiades Neo for the sharpest detail, Pléiades in the middle, and SPOT when you need to cover a whole province cheaply. Sold under French law, with obligations to the French MoD — and the Gulf is blocked on the FADA contract.

Sharpest pixel30 cm
You pay byarea · €/km²
1Constellation the satellites you are buying from3 families
SatelliteLaunchedPixel sizeColours it seesStrip width
Pléiades Neo 3 & 420210.30 mPan + 6 (incl. Deep Blue, Red Edge)~14 km
Pléiades 1A & 1B2011 / 20120.50 mPan + 4~20 km
SPOT 6 & 72012 / 20141.5 mPan + 4~60 km
2Product details what you can order, and the list pricebilled per km²

Two shelves. Archive is what has already been photographed; tasking is a new photograph, and the plan you choose is how much of a hurry you are in.

ProductPixel sizeAvailable as
Pléiades Neo30 cmArchive and tasking
Pléiades Neo HD15 (AI-sharpened)30 cmArchive and tasking
Pléiades50 cmArchive and tasking
SPOT1.5 mArchive and tasking

Smallest order: 25 km² from the archive, 100 km² for a new photograph — a smaller area still pays for that much. Each of the four tasking plans carries its own rate, rising with urgency.

3Tasking tiers how big a hurry you are in3 of 4 orderable
PlanWhat it promisesWhat you pay forCan you order it?
OnePlanCoverage somewhere inside an agreed window; the satellite waits for a clear skyEach picture delivered✓
OnePlanProThe same promise, higher up the queueEach picture delivered—
OneDayIt shoots on the day you name, cloud or no cloud. You get a 24 h forecast first and can postpone or cancelEach attempt✓
OneNow / OneNowWeatherUrgent — up to 3 attempts over about 3 days, everything delivered whatever the weatherEach attempt✓

Source: Geospatial Products International Price List, January 2026

Maxar / VantorOPTICAL USD · per km² · by pixel size

The sharpest and deepest optical catalogue on the market, and the only one that sells SWIR — an infrared band that sees through haze and smoke. Renamed from Maxar Intelligence to Vantor on 1 Oct 2025. The one thing to remember: the price follows the pixel size, not the satellite. The same fleet has a 30 cm price and a 50 cm price.

Sharpest pixel29 cm
You pay byarea · $/km²
1Constellation the satellites you are buying from6 satellites · 2 price bands
SatelliteLaunchedPixel sizePrice bandColours it seesStrip width
WorldView Legion (6 sats)from 20240.29 m30 cmPan + 8~9 km
WorldView-320140.31 m30 cmPan + 8 + 8 SWIR (sees through haze)~13.1 km
WorldView-220090.46 m50 cmPan + 8~16.4 km
WorldView-120070.50 m50 cm panBlack & white only~17.6 km
GeoEye-120080.41 m30 cmPan + 4~15.2 km
WorldView Radar (Umbra partner)—0.25–1 m—X-band radarmode-dependent

Why the price band column matters. From the archive you pay whatever band the scene belongs to, so the identical area costs more off Legion than off WorldView-2. GeoEye-1 delivers 41 cm but is charged at the 30 cm rate.

2Product details what you can order, and the list pricebilled per km² · by band and pixel size
Colours you wantPrice bandsAvailable as
Black & white50 cm · 30 cmArchive · planned photo · rush photo
Colour · near-infrared (3 / 4 / 8-band)50 cm · 30 cmArchive · planned photo · rush photo
SWIR (sees through haze, 3.7 m)one band onlyArchive · planned photo
Only two price bandsThere is nothing in between. A 60 cm product is charged as 50 cm; a 40 cm product is charged as 30 cm · SWIR at 7.5 m is charged at the 3.7 m rate.
Which band you land inNew photograph — you set a sharpness limit on the order: 0.39 m puts you on the 30 cm shelf, 0.59 m on the 50 cm shelf. You cannot pick the satellite; Vantor assigns one. Archive — whichever band the scene you picked belongs to.
Smallest orderPlanned photo 25 km² · rush photo 50 km² · archive 25–50 km² by product
3Tasking tiers how big a hurry you are in2 tiers, both orderable
TierWhat it promisesWhat you pay forCan you order it?
FlexViewPlanned new photo; the satellite waits for a clear sky (you set a cloud limit). Minimum 25 km²Only successful shots✓
FastViewRush. You give a point and get a fixed 8×8 km square — no cloud limit. Minimum 50 km²Only successful shots✓

Source: WorldView 2D & Archive — Commercial Imagery Price List, Resellers Only, v6.2 (2026-01-09)

BlackSkyOPTICAL USD · per image

Lots of small satellites in tilted orbits, so they pass over the same place many times a day and at different times of day — useful when when matters more than how sharp. Sold by the whole picture, not by area, so a small area of interest does not make it cheaper.

Sharpest pixel35 cm
You pay bywhole image
1Constellation the satellites you are buying from2 generations
GenerationPixel sizeColours it seesWhat it is for
Gen-2 ("Global")~1 m (0.83 m spec)Pan + RGB — no infraredThe workhorse fleet; small pictures, about 30 km² each
Gen-30.35 m (SWIR 1.2 m)Pan + colour + SWIRFrom 2024. SWIR means it can shoot at night and through poor weather; aiming at hourly revisit and delivery in about an hour

The orbits are tilted rather than polar, so coverage is good to about ±60° latitude and thin beyond it.

2Product details what you can order, and the list pricebilled per image
ProductArchiveTasking
Gen-3 · 35 cm
Daytime (one frame)✓✓ at every tier
Nighttime—✓ at every tier
Area 2×1 (two frames stitched)✓✓ at every tier
Gen-2 · 85 cm
Daytime✓✓ at every tier
Nighttime—✓ at every tier
Area 2×1✓✓ at every tier
Burst (rapid sequence)✓✓ at every tier

Nighttime has to be commissioned — neither generation keeps night pictures in the archive, so there is nothing to buy back off the shelf. Note how steep the hurry is here: the gap between Standard and Elite is the widest of any provider.

3Tasking tiers how big a hurry you are in1 of 4 orderable
TierWhat it promisesCloud limitCan you order it?
StandardBaseline priority on the shared fleetYou set it, 30–100%✓
PreferredHigher priority, collected soonerFixed at 100%—
EliteTop priority and first claim when two customers want the same pass. May be capped at 3 per day per regionMay be relaxed—
AssuredReserved capacity nobody can outbid — the defence subscription, and the tier on the MOD contract——

Only bsg-standard is plumbed in, and the generation is not selectable either — so a customer cannot currently choose Gen-3 over Gen-2. Add-on analytics (counting vehicles, aircraft, ships) carry one surcharge, however many you ask for.

Source: BlackSky Reseller Product & Price List (2026-02-16); OnDemand Price List (Mar 2026)

SatellogicOPTICAL USD · per km²

Builds its own satellites, so it can fly a lot of them cheaply and pass over the same place often. Also sells whole satellites and reserved capacity to governments — which is how AIN-1, our own satellite, exists.

Sharpest pixel50 cm
You pay byarea · $/km²
1Constellation the satellites you are buying from4 families · 2 still coming
FamilyPixel sizeWhat it can doStatus
NewSat (Aleph-1 / ÑuSat)0.7 m (~1 m native)4-band colour · 29-band hyperspectral at 30 m · 1 m videoFlying; ~5 km strip, tilts up to 25°
NewSat Mark V50 cm (70 cm native)Colour + video, high dynamic rangeRolling out; ~6.5 km strip, ~350,000 km²/day each
NextGen30 cm-classColour, with AI on boardFirst launch ~2027; export-friendly (non-ITAR)
Merlin~1 m10 bands, lined up with Sentinel-2First launch targeted Oct 2026, full service H1 2027
2Product details what you can order, and the list priceprice list missing

We do not have their price list. Satellogic publishes its rates on its own website rather than in the agreement pack, so the retail rate card for the shared fleet is still blocked. Our own discount off that list is known and rises with annual spend.

Only one delivery level is plumbed in (L1D), and hyperspectral, video and repeat-visit ordering are not exposed — so today a customer can order a plain colour picture and nothing else.

3Tasking tiers how big a hurry you are in1 of 3 orderable
TierWhat it promisesWhat you pay forCan you order it?
StandardBest effort on the shared fleetPer km² or per scene—
RushHigher priority on the shared fleet, delivered quicklyPremium✓
Dedicated / sovereignFirst claim on — or outright ownership of — specific satellites. This is the arrangement behind AIN-1Capacity contract—

Source: Satellogic Integrator Agreement (signed 2026-03-30)

AIN-1OPTICALOUR OWN SATELLITE credits · per km²

We own this one. Physically it is newsat50, an HR70-class Satellogic NewSat that Satellogic flies for us on a dedicated contract. It photographs at 0.7 m and is sharpened to about 0.5 m on delivery. Because there is no wholesale bill, every credit spent on AIN-1 is margin — which is why the free edition is allowed to use it and nothing else.

Sharpest pixel~50 cm 70 cm native
You pay byarea · per km²
What it costs usnothing per order
1Constellation the satellite you are buying from1 satellite
SatellitePixel sizeFlown byHow it is identified
newsat50 / SN50 (HR70 class)0.7 m native · ~0.5 m delivered (preview ~0.93 m)Satellogic, on a FADA-owned satelliteNORAD 60493 · dedicated contract, priority 13

It appears in ZENITH as its own sensor, kept separate from the shared Satellogic fleet, so nothing about AIN-1 can affect Satellogic orders or pricing.

2Product details what you can order, and the pricebilled per km²
ProductWhat it isHow it is billed
ArchiveAlready photographed — L1D / L1D_SRCredits per km², discounted by tier
Rush taskingA new photograph — L1D / L1D_SRCredits per km², discounted by tier

The list rate is still a proposal, and it is the decision that matters — the tier discounts are a percentage of a figure nobody has signed off. The free edition is pinned to Silver's rate so it can never undercut a paying customer.

3Tasking tiers how big a hurry you are inrush only
TierWhat it promisesWhat you pay forCan you order it?
RushRapid delivery — an 11.7 km strip, on the ground about 1.5 h after captureOur own retail price✓
StandardNot offered on the dedicated contract at all——

There is only one speed, so on AIN-1 there is no hurry-up decision to make — on every edition, rush is the only way to get a new photograph.

PlanetOPTICALNO PRICE LIST unit TBD

The biggest fleet in orbit, built for frequency rather than sharpness: PlanetScope photographs the entire land surface every day at about 3 m. SkySat adds 50 cm on request and Pelican is bringing 30 cm. PlanetScope is a standing feed you subscribe to, not something you point at a target.

Sharpest pixel50 cm → 30 cm
You pay bynot agreed
1Constellation the satellites you are buying from3 families
FamilyPixel sizeColours it seesWhat it is for
PlanetScope (SuperDove)~3 m8-bandEvery land surface, every day — a continuous feed, you cannot point it
SkySat0.5 m (~0.7 m native)Pan + 4Several looks a day, and full-motion video
Pelican0.5 m → 0.3 mPan + 6Replacing SkySat; the sharper generation arrives late 2026
2Tasking tiers how big a hurry you are in2 tiers, both orderable
TierWhat it promisesWhat you pay forCan you order it?
StandardBest effort inside your windowStandard✓
AssuredGuaranteed capacity nobody can outbid — the tier on the MOD contractPremium✓
SynspectiveRADAR USD · per scene

Japanese radar satellites. Radar makes its own illumination, so cloud, smoke and darkness make no difference — and because the measurement is so precise it can show ground sinking or a structure shifting by millimetres between two passes. FADA only: not available under the MOD contract.

Sharpest pixel25 cm
You pay bywhole scene
1Constellation the satellites you are buying fromStriX · ~30 planned
FleetPixel sizeRadar typeOrbit & growth
StriX0.25 m best (1 m sliding, 3 m wide)X-band, single polarisation (VV)500–561 km, polar plus a tilted ~43° plane; 10–30 km strips; about 30 satellites planned, revisit improving as they launch

Worth knowing: Synspective only counts a picture as "archive" once it is 30 days old. Anything fresher is charged at the new-photograph rate — see Product details.

2Product details what you can order, and the list pricebilled per scene · 7 modes

With radar you do not choose a hurry level, you choose a mode — and the mode fixes both how sharp the picture is and how much ground it covers. Sharper means smaller.

ModePixel sizeGround covered
Staring Spotlight 40.46 × 0.25 m10 × 3 km
Staring Spotlight 30.46 × 0.5 m10 × 3 km
Staring Spotlight 20.9 × 0.25 m10 × 3 km
Staring Spotlight 10.9 × 0.5 m10 × 3 km
Sliding Spotlight 20.46 × 0.5 m10 × 10 km
Sliding Spotlight 10.9 × 0.9 m10 × 10 km
StripMap (the wide one)3.6 × 2.6 m20 × 50 km

Careful: once an order is confirmed, cancelling costs the full amount. All delivery formats come at no extra charge, and object detection can be added for a surcharge.

3Tasking tiers no ladder here — hurry is a surchargebase rate only
LeverWhat it doesSurchargeCan you order it?
Base taskingBest effort inside your window — the price in Product details—✓
Urgent taskingLets you order after the normal cut-off, and delivers within 6 hsurcharge—

Source: Synspective SAR Data Price List 2026.2

UmbraRADARONE OPEN PRICE USD · per image

The sharpest radar you can buy commercially, and the simplest to buy: one price list, no priority tiers, no archive-versus-new split and no licence surcharge, all self-service. Data ships under an open CC-BY-4.0 licence.

Sharpest pixel25 cm orderable
You pay bywhole image
Price tiersnone
1Constellation the satellites you are buying fromX-band · 32 planned
FleetPixel sizeRadar typeOrbit & growth
Umbra SAR0.16 m headline · 0.25 m orderableX-band, VV or VH polarisationPolar, about 560 km, flown in tandem pairs; 32 satellites planned

The 16 cm headline is not something you can order — the products on sale are 0.25, 0.35, 0.5, 1 and 2 m. Umbra also publishes free imagery over 1,000+ locations under CC-BY-4.0, with 20+ refreshed weekly.

2Product details what you can order, and the list pricebilled per image

Two things drive the price: how sharp you want it, and how many looks — repeat passes of the radar beam averaged together to cut the speckle and make the picture readable. More looks is a cleaner image, and costs more. The sharper you go, the fewer looks are available.

SharpnessLooks availableFootprint
1.0 m1 – 105 × 5 km, or the natural footprint
0.5 m1 – 85 × 5 km, or the natural footprint
0.35 m1 – 55 × 5 km, or the natural footprint
0.25 m1 – 35 × 5 km, or the natural footprint
Scan — long stripsSharpnessLongest strip
Scan (a long strip, not a square)0.5 mup to 50 km
Scan1.0 mup to 75 km
Scan2.0 mup to 100 km

A 10 × 10 km picture is cut from the natural footprint at no extra charge, and the same price applies whether the image already exists or you are asking for a new one.

3Tasking tiers no ladder here — you pick a mode2 modes, both orderable
ModeWhat you give itWhat you getCan you order it?
SpotlightA single pointA square picture — 4×4, 5×5 default, 10×10 km, or the natural footprint✓
ScanA line between two pointsA long strip about 8 km wide — up to 100 km at 2 m, 75 km at 1 m, 50 km at 0.5 m✓

There is genuinely no urgency lever to buy — no tiers exist, so nobody can pay to jump the queue ahead of you either.

Source: Umbra Pricing, March 2026

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