National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Ephemeris API

GPS ephemeris products, including Center of Mass and Antenna Phase Center variants.

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Operations 2

GET /api/ephemeris/center-of-mass Download GPS ephemeris (Center of Mass) #

GET /api/ephemeris/antenna-phase-center Download GPS ephemeris (Antenna Phase Center) #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: NGA Earth-Info REST Clock Ephemeris API
  description: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Earth-Info REST API provides programmatic access to GPS ephemeris products, Earth Orientation Parameter Predictions (EOPP), Navdata clock state files, and short-term orbit prediction products published by the NGA Office of Geomatics. Authoritative interactive documentation is published in OpenAPI format on the Earth-Info portal.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: NGA Office of Geomatics
    email: geomatics@nga.mil
    url: https://earth-info.nga.mil/
servers:
- url: https://earth-info.nga.mil
  description: NGA Earth-Info production endpoint
tags:
- name: Ephemeris
  description: GPS ephemeris products, including Center of Mass and Antenna Phase Center variants.
paths:
  /api/ephemeris/center-of-mass:
    get:
      tags:
      - Ephemeris
      summary: Download GPS ephemeris (Center of Mass)
      description: Returns the GPS ephemeris product referenced to the satellite Center of Mass for the specified date.
      operationId: getEphemerisCenterOfMass
      parameters:
      - name: date
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Target date in YYYY-MM-DD format.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Ephemeris file.
          content:
            application/octet-stream:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
  /api/ephemeris/antenna-phase-center:
    get:
      tags:
      - Ephemeris
      summary: Download GPS ephemeris (Antenna Phase Center)
      description: Returns the GPS ephemeris product referenced to the Antenna Phase Center (APC) for the specified date.
      operationId: getEphemerisAntennaPhaseCenter
      parameters:
      - name: date
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Target date in YYYY-MM-DD format.
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Ephemeris file.
          content:
            application/octet-stream:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary