NASA Open APIs

NASA Open APIs Scout API

The Scout API from NASA Open APIs — 1 operation(s) for scout.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 1

GET /scout.api Scout - Near-Real-Time NEO Confirmation #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://api.nasa.gov/
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Documentation
https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/tools/DONKI/
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Documentation
https://eonet.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/v3
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Documentation
https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/api
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Documentation
https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/docs/TAP/usingTAP.html
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Documentation
https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/weather/
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Documentation
https://images.nasa.gov/docs/images.nasa.gov_api_docs.pdf
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Documentation
https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/
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Documentation
https://techport.nasa.gov/api
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Documentation
https://tle.ivanstanojevic.me/
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Documentation
https://sscweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/WebServices/REST/
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Documentation
https://genelab.nasa.gov/genelab-help/genelab-api
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Documentation
https://trek.nasa.gov/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nasa-gov/refs/heads/main/openapi/nasa-gov-scout-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nasa-gov/refs/heads/main/json-schema/apod-schema.json

Other Resources

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SourceCode
https://github.com/nasa/apod-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/SpaceRocks/NeoWs
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SourceCode
https://github.com/chrisccerami/mars-photo-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/nasa/NASA-Image-and-Video-Library
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Portal
https://technology.nasa.gov/

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OpenAPI Specification

nasa-gov-scout-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: NASA SSD/CNEOS Scout API
  description: 'Solar System Dynamics (SSD) and Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) APIs at JPL. Provides

    authoritative orbital, physical, and risk data for small bodies including close approach data, small

    body database lookup and query, Sentry impact risk, Fireball atmospheric events, NHATS human-accessible

    targets, mission design, and scout.

    '
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: JPL Solar System Dynamics
    url: https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov/
  license:
    name: US Government Work (Public Domain)
servers:
- url: https://ssd-api.jpl.nasa.gov
tags:
- name: Scout
paths:
  /scout.api:
    get:
      summary: Scout - Near-Real-Time NEO Confirmation
      operationId: scout
      tags:
      - Scout
      parameters:
      - name: tdes
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: orbits
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: n-orbits
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: eph-start
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: eph-stop
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: eph-step
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: obs-code
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: fov-diam
        in: query
        schema:
          type: number
      - name: fov-ra
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: fov-dec
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: fov-vmag
        in: query
        schema:
          type: number
      - name: plot
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: file
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Scout summary or per-object detail.