The tasking system accepts point and single polygon AOIs. The tasking system will only accept polygons with a single line string and less than 250 vertices (clicked points when creating an AOI). It will not accept polylines, multi-polygons, or self-intersecting polygons or polygons with holes.
AOI Size
There are maximum AOI area size limits for polygon tasking requests based on the imaging mode and acquisition window duration. If a new tasking request for an AOI area is rejected or expired, it may be too large to collect within the acquisition window duration (time between user-designated Window Open and Window Close). In these cases, please contact support@capellaspace.com for advanced assistance with large-area imaging acquisition campaigns.
Point Target AOI Imaging
When a point target AOI is submitted, at least one standard nominal scene will be acquired, centered on the submitted point. The extent and orientation of the imaged area will depend on the imaging mode and orbit of the satellite.
Polygon Target AOI Imaging
When a polygon target AOI is submitted, the system will determine the number and orientation of images needed to cover the entire AOI. All images for a tasking request will be collected in either an ascending or descending pass orientation, with the orientation aligned with the inclination of the orbit of the satellite. The system will optimize the collection of the area of interest for efficient area coverage and collection time within the designated acquisition window timeframe. For more information on polygon-based tasking, please see the Area tasking overview article.