KeepTrack

KeepTrack Positions API

Compute real-time positions and ephemerides.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: KeepTrack Space Catalog Positions 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: Positions
  description: Compute real-time positions and ephemerides.
paths:
  /satellites/{noradId}/position:
    parameters:
    - name: noradId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
    get:
      tags:
      - Positions
      summary: Compute the current position of a tracked object
      operationId: getSatellitePosition
      parameters:
      - name: epoch
        in: query
        required: false
        description: ISO-8601 UTC epoch. Defaults to now.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Position in multiple coordinate frames.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Position'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: API key required or invalid.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              error:
                type: string
              message:
                type: string
              docs:
                type: string
                format: uri
  schemas:
    Position:
      type: object
      properties:
        epoch:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        eci:
          type: object
          properties:
            x:
              type: number
            y:
              type: number
            z:
              type: number
        ecf:
          type: object
          properties:
            x:
              type: number
            y:
              type: number
            z:
              type: number
        geodetic:
          type: object
          properties:
            latitude:
              type: number
            longitude:
              type: number
            altitude:
              type: number
        velocity:
          type: object
          properties:
            x:
              type: number
            y:
              type: number
            z:
              type: number
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Api-Key
      description: Free API key issued from https://keeptrack.space.