Satellite Crop Intelligence

Every farm on Earth,
seen from orbit

Real-time crop health monitoring powered by ESA Sentinel-2 satellites. Search any location on Earth for instant vegetation analysis.

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NDVI Scale
0.6–1.0  Dense vegetation
0.4–0.6  Healthy
0.2–0.4  Moderate
0.0–0.2  Stressed
Below 0  Water/bare
Rings: outer=min · mid=mean · inner=max
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About Gaia Space

Earth intelligence,
from orbit to farm

Gaia Space is a satellite-powered crop intelligence platform built for farmers, agronomists, and land managers. We make technology previously only available to large corporations accessible to everyone.

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Our Mission

Agriculture feeds the world, yet most farmers operate without data that could make their work more efficient and sustainable. Satellite monitoring has existed for decades but remained in the hands of government agencies and large agribusiness.

Gaia Space was founded on a single belief: every farmer on Earth deserves to see their land from space. Our mission is to democratize satellite intelligence — putting the tools used by NASA and ESA in the hands of independent farmers worldwide.

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The Sentinel-2 Satellite

Gaia Space is powered by Sentinel-2, operated by the European Space Agency (ESA). Launched in 2015 and 2017, Sentinel-2A and 2B orbit at 786 km altitude, imaging every land surface on Earth every five days at 10-meter resolution.

Sentinel-2 in orbit
Sentinel-2A in orbit at 786 km. Image: ESA / ATG medialab
786km
Orbital Altitude
10m
Spatial Resolution
5 days
Revisit Frequency
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Understanding NDVI

NDVI — Normalized Difference Vegetation Index — is calculated as (NIR − Red) / (NIR + Red), producing a value between -1 and +1. Healthy plants reflect near-infrared strongly. Stressed vegetation does not.

0.6–1.0 Dense, healthy vegetation
0.4–0.6 Moderate healthy vegetation
0.2–0.4 Sparse or stressed
0.0–0.2 Bare soil or severe stress
Below 0 Water or non-vegetated
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How Gaia Space Works

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Search a locationType any address, city, or GPS coordinates. Gaia Space geocodes your query instantly.
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The globe flies to itCesiumJS animates a smooth flight to your location from space, just like Google Earth.
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We query Google Earth EngineOur backend queries the full Sentinel-2 archive for cloud-free imagery of your area.
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NDVI is calculatedThe NIR and red bands are extracted and NDVI is applied at 10-meter resolution across your area.
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Results appearHealth score, NDVI stats, active alerts, and a color-coded vegetation map on the globe.
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Our Goal

Near term: serve independent farmers across the United States, starting in Florida where citrus, tomatoes, and strawberries benefit most from early stress detection.

Long term: global coverage. Sentinel-2 already images every land surface on Earth. Gaia Space is building the layer that makes that data useful for everyone.