KeepTrack Satellites API
Search and retrieve catalog data about tracked space objects.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: KeepTrack Space Catalog Satellites 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: Satellites
description: Search and retrieve catalog data about tracked space objects.
paths:
/satellites/search:
get:
tags:
- Satellites
summary: Search the satellite catalog
operationId: searchSatellites
parameters:
- name: q
in: query
required: true
description: NORAD Catalog ID, International Designator, or partial name.
schema:
type: string
- name: limit
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: integer
minimum: 1
maximum: 200
default: 25
responses:
'200':
description: A list of matching catalog objects.
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
results:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SatelliteSummary'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
/satellites/{noradId}:
parameters:
- name: noradId
in: path
required: true
description: NORAD Catalog ID of the tracked object.
schema:
type: integer
get:
tags:
- Satellites
summary: Get a tracked object by NORAD Catalog ID
operationId: getSatellite
responses:
'200':
description: Catalog entry for the object.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Satellite'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'404':
description: Object not found.
components:
schemas:
SatelliteSummary:
type: object
properties:
noradId:
type: integer
intlDes:
type: string
description: International Designator.
name:
type: string
type:
type: string
description: Object type (payload, debris, rocket body, etc).
Satellite:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/SatelliteSummary'
- type: object
properties:
country:
type: string
launchDate:
type: string
format: date
launchSite:
type: string
apogee:
type: number
perigee:
type: number
period:
type: number
inclination:
type: number
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
securitySchemes:
ApiKeyAuth:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: X-Api-Key
description: Free API key issued from https://keeptrack.space.