Pass computation
Elevation, azimuth, duration and maximum elevation for every compatible satellite over the AOI. Heavy propagation runs in a worker so the map never stutters.
Stages 01 – 03
Collection & Tasking
Define the area, find the windows, place the order. Everything upstream of the image, from a polygon on a map to a confirmed acquisition with an operator.
01 · Define
Areas of interest, with the metadata that actually matters
- Create any way you work — draw a polygon, rectangle or point on the map, import GeoJSON, KML/KMZ or XLSX, or create one manually.
- Rich attributes — buffer, tags, priority, status, request type, client reference, and a full per-AOI action history.
- GeoIdentify — reverse-geocoding names the place automatically, single or in batch.
- AOI Center — a dedicated management and monitoring panel for the whole portfolio.
- Direct map interaction — hover for a mini toolbar, click for the detail panel, double-click to zoom, right-click for a quick order.
- Undo / redo — a snapshot stack for every edit, with server-side save and reload.
- Export — GeoJSON, one AOI at a time or the whole set.
AOI Management Center · table view with per-area detail
02 · Plan
Every pass, scored before you commit budget
SGP4 propagation on TLEs refreshed daily from CelesTrak — satellites it does not list come from Space-Track with your own account — over the satellites you selected, for the next seven days.
Opportunity scoring
Each window is scored on maximum elevation, forecast cloud cover, sun elevation and off-nadir angle — so the shortlist is ranked, not just listed.
Next Pass
Pick any observation point and get the next ten passes over seven days. Global opportunity windows are one click from the header.
Coverage heatmap
Pass and coverage density rendered directly on the map, so gaps in your constellation selection are visible instead of implied.
Sun & terminator
Day/night overlay and solar angle, plus sensor swath corridors drawn as ground footprints.
Analytics & conflicts
Acquisition analytics, operator comparison, quality scoring, and a conflict engine that catches two orders competing for the same satellite window.
3D Sim
A real 3D scene, not a spinning globe for show — live SGP4 orbit traces for up to 20 satellites at once, AOI footprints that light up the instant a pass enters its actual computed window, driven by the same simulation clock as the 2D map.
Live ground tracks
Select a satellite and its ground track and real-time position appear on the map automatically, refreshed continuously off the main thread — not a one-off snapshot.
Catalog: 501 satellites across 29 operators — Planet (142), Spire (70), CGSTL (60), ICEYE (45), HawkEye 360 (36) and 24 more — filterable by resolution (≤30 cm to >1.5 m), sensor type and operator. Real NORAD IDs; orbital elements refreshed by a daily job from CelesTrak, with Space-Track (your own account) for the rest. Opportunities export to XLSX.
Global Opportunities · every pass, scored and ranked
3D Sim · live orbit traces, shared simulation clock
Operations view · one satellite, every computed contact
The map gives way to a satellite-watch screen for the fleet you selected, one satellite in focus. Everything on it is computed from public orbital elements and the Sun — no invented telemetry, no simulated power or storage budgets: position and country overflown, altitude, velocity, beta angle and node local time, eclipses (conical umbra/penumbra model) with a countdown, and ground-station contacts with AOS/LOS, maximum elevation, sky plot and a 24-hour pass table. Stations come from a public reference list — KSAT, SSC, ESA ESTRACK, NASA NEN and space agencies, labelled as examples — plus your own. Its own clock runs live, replays at up to 1800×, or jumps to the next eclipse, contact, AOI access or scheduled capture.
Operations view · ground track, eclipse, next contact and pass table
Stations / reception · visibility masks and the live link during a contact
03 · Order
Archive search or direct tasking — one workflow either way
Search the archives
Unified multi-provider search returns STAC Feature 1.0 across every connected catalog. Browse archives, build multi-source bundles combining several providers, and keep them in a STAC basket you can refresh or cancel.
Task the satellite
Direct operator tasking for Planet, Capella, Maxar, Spire, Airbus OneAtlas and Satellogic. Submission, delivery download and status polling are handled inside SatView.
Order wizard
Multi-step, with a live cost estimator so budget is visible before confirmation.
Mission Planner
Visual drag-and-drop planning against a running budget, plus a Tasking Optimizer that scores candidate bands across every AOI and satellite and proposes a minimum-coverage plan, weather conflicts flagged inline.
Weather-aware
Open-Meteo forecasts feed straight into planning, so cloud risk is priced in at scheduling time.
Embargoed zones
Requests over embargoed countries are checked automatically before the order goes through, against the zone list your organization maintains.
Order lifecycle
Submitted
Accepted
Planned
Uplinked
Acquiring
Downlinking
Processing
Delivered
Tracked in three views — timeline, kanban board and map — with a global Gantt across every AOI and satellite.
Tasking Command Center · Gantt timeline, grouped by AOI
Tasking Optimizer · weather/computation settings, planners, and per-AOI results
3-day access prediction · off-nadir rings and per-tile access quality, looping at 100×
Beyond one order
My Missions — plan a campaign, not just a shot
A mission ties together every AOI, every satellite and a whole date range, with its own lifecycle and a feasibility check before you commit a budget line.
Mission library
Team-scoped, with a real lifecycle — Tentative, Scheduled, Ad-hoc, Active, Completed, Terminated, Archived — not just a flat list of orders.
Feasibility wizard
Four steps — map, per-AOI revisit requirements, then a real feasibility pass (the same SGP4-based pass-finding and revisit-statistics engine behind the tasking optimizer, not a mockup), a budget summary, and an AI-generated plan advisory flagging risks and recommended satellites per AOI.
Simulate in 3D
Every saved mission opens straight into 3D Sim, preloaded with its own satellites, AOIs and dates. Entering a pass window also shows a frozen "onboard camera" inset — real stitched imagery, not a live-rendered photo.
Mission library · lifecycle, tags, per-mission actions
Feasibility summary · AI plan advisory with risks
Simulate in 3D · a real screen recording of a mission replay computed by SatView from the mission's own satellites, ports and dates — onboard camera captures appear as each pass window is entered
Connectors
Ten providers wired end-to-end
Each connector handles authentication, catalog search and ordering. Credentials are stored AES-256 encrypted per team, with a connection test and a health cache.
| Provider | Sensors | Capability |
|---|---|---|
| Airbus Defence & Space | Pléiades, SPOT — optical | Archive search · direct tasking |
| Maxar Technologies | WorldView — optical | Archive search · direct tasking |
| Planet Labs | Optical, daily revisit | Archive search · direct tasking |
| Capella Space | SAR | Archive search · direct tasking |
| Satellogic | Optical, multispectral | Archive search · direct tasking |
| Umbra | SAR — 0.16 m | Archive search |
| ICEYE | SAR | Archive search |
| BlackSky | Optical — 0.35 m | Archive search |
| UP42 | Aggregator, multi-sensor | Archive search |
| Copernicus / Sentinel | Optical, SAR — open data | Archive search · free |
The image is ordered. Now what?
Delivery is the halfway point — SatView takes the scene through processing and AI analysis next.