KeepTrack

KeepTrack Orbits API

Retrieve orbital elements (TLE, OMM).

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Operations 1

GET /satellites/{noradId}/tle Get the most recent Two-Line Element set for an object #

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

keeptrack-orbits-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: KeepTrack Space Catalog Orbits API
  description: 'Free, open API for satellite tracking, orbital predictions, and space catalog

    data covering 60,000+ tracked objects. Derived from the public OpenAPI

    document hosted at https://api.keeptrack.space/v4/openapi.json. Endpoints

    require a free API key.

    '
  version: 4.2.0
  contact:
    name: KeepTrack
    url: https://www.keeptrack.space/
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
servers:
- url: https://api.keeptrack.space/v4
  description: Production KeepTrack API
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Orbits
  description: Retrieve orbital elements (TLE, OMM).
paths:
  /satellites/{noradId}/tle:
    parameters:
    - name: noradId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
    get:
      tags:
      - Orbits
      summary: Get the most recent Two-Line Element set for an object
      operationId: getSatelliteTle
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Two-Line Element data.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TLE'
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
                description: Raw TLE text (line1 + newline + line2).
components:
  schemas:
    TLE:
      type: object
      properties:
        line1:
          type: string
        line2:
          type: string
        epoch:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Api-Key
      description: Free API key issued from https://keeptrack.space.