Feasibility Requests

What is Feasibility Request

A Feasibility Request is the process of evaluating whether a Task, with your specified parameters, could be scheduled on the Umbra constellation. A Feasibility Request uses the same parameters as a Task - such as timeframe, imaging mode, and geometric constraints - but rather than creating a Task, it determines when those parameters can be satisfied by an Umbra satellite.

When you submit a Feasibility Request, Canopy checks your inputs against the constellation’s schedule and returns Opportunities: feasible time windows when a satellite should be able to fulfill your request. A Task can then be created based on an Opportunity.

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Competitive Feasibility The Opportunities returned from Canopy's Feasibility Requests reflect the actual availability on the constellation schedule at the time of the request.

Feasibility Lifecycle

A Feasibility progresses through a short lifecycle:

• RECEIVED: The request has been validated and is being evaluated.
• COMPLETED: The evaluation is finished and Opportunities are available.
• ERROR: The request could not be satisfied due to invalid inputs or constraints that cannot be met.

Once a Feasibility reaches COMPLETED, the Opportunities it contains can be used to inform the creation of a Task.

Opportunities

An Opportunity is a window of time in which the Umbra constellation can image a target. Each Opportunity specifies:

• A start and end time
• Duration
• View geometry parameters (e.g., grazing angle, squint, slant range, azimuth)

Opportunities are returned as part of a Feasibility and can be used to create a Task.

Submit a Feasibility Request

For practical details on how to submit a Feasibility Request and work with Opportunities via the API or UI, see Task Lifecycle API Guide.