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Spire Global

Spire Global operates a constellation of more than 100 LEMUR nanosatellites collecting maritime AIS, aviation ADS-B, GNSS-RO weather profiles, and RF geolocation data, and offers Space Services for hosted payloads and managed satellite missions. Its data products are exposed as developer-friendly APIs: Spire Maritime 2.0 (now operated by Kpler) delivers vessel-tracking AIS through a GraphQL endpoint; Spire Aviation publishes REST APIs and real-time streams for flight metadata, live ADS-B tracking, historic positions, and event feeds; Spire Weather and Climate provides RESTful weather and ocean data APIs including 30 years of maritime weather history; and Spire Space Services exposes a developer portal for managed satellite operations. Spire's APIs are documented at product-specific subdomains and authenticated with API keys.

Spire Global publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Satellites, Earth Observation, AIS, Maritime, and ADS-B.

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16.6/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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5 APIs
SatellitesEarth ObservationAISMaritimeADS-BAviationWeatherRF GeolocationGraphQLLEMURGNSS-RO

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 16.6/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Spire Maritime 2.0 API (GraphQL)

Single GraphQL endpoint delivering Spire's satellite AIS maritime data - vessel positions, voyages, port calls, and predicted ETAs - with flexible querying for analytics and int...

Spire Aviation API

REST APIs and real-time event and tracking streams for global flight data, including space-based ADS-B positions, flight metadata, historic flights, and delayed tracking streams.

Spire Weather and Climate API

RESTful weather and climate APIs covering global numerical weather prediction outputs, ocean currents, salinity, and 30 years of maritime weather history.

Spire Space Services Developer API

Developer portal and APIs for Spire Space Services, exposing managed satellite operations, hosted payloads, and on-orbit asset interactions.

Spire RF Geolocation

Radio-frequency geolocation data products delivering detected emitter positions for maritime domain awareness, security, and dark-vessel detection use cases. Delivered through e...

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Spire Global GraphQL API

Single GraphQL endpoint delivering Spire's satellite AIS maritime data - vessel positions, voyages, port calls, and predicted ETAs - with flexible querying for analytics and int...

GRAPHQL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Spire Global Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Spire Global Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Spire Global Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Spire Global Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 4

Reference material describing how the API behaves

MaritimeDocs
MaritimeDocs
 AviationDocs
AviationDocs
 WeatherDocs
WeatherDocs
 SpaceServicesDocs
SpaceServicesDocs

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 4

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Newsroom
Newsroom
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 BlogRSS
BlogRSS

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

DeveloperResources
DeveloperResources
 Products
Products
 X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: spire-global
name: Spire Global
description: 'Spire Global operates a constellation of more than 100 LEMUR nanosatellites collecting maritime AIS, aviation
  ADS-B, GNSS-RO weather profiles, and RF geolocation data, and offers Space Services for hosted payloads and managed satellite
  missions. Its data products are exposed as developer-friendly APIs: Spire Maritime 2.0 (now operated by Kpler) delivers
  vessel-tracking AIS through a GraphQL endpoint; Spire Aviation publishes REST APIs and real-time streams for flight metadata,
  live ADS-B tracking, historic positions, and event feeds; Spire Weather and Climate provides RESTful weather and ocean data
  APIs including 30 years of maritime weather history; and Spire Space Services exposes a developer portal for managed satellite
  operations. Spire''s APIs are documented at product-specific subdomains and authenticated with API keys.'
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Provider
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/spire-global.png
tags:
- Satellites
- Earth Observation
- AIS
- Maritime
- ADS-B
- Aviation
- Weather
- RF Geolocation
- GraphQL
- LEMUR
- GNSS-RO
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/spire-global/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis:
- aid: spire-global:maritime-graphql
  name: Spire Maritime 2.0 API (GraphQL)
  description: Single GraphQL endpoint delivering Spire's satellite AIS maritime data - vessel positions, voyages, port calls,
    and predicted ETAs - with flexible querying for analytics and integration use cases. Now operated under the Kpler maritime
    brand following the 2024 acquisition.
  humanURL: https://documentation.spire.com/
  baseURL: https://api.maritime.spire.com
  tags:
  - Maritime
  - AIS
  - GraphQL
  - Vessels
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://documentation.spire.com/
  - url: graphql/spire-global-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
- aid: spire-global:aviation
  name: Spire Aviation API
  description: REST APIs and real-time event and tracking streams for global flight data, including space-based ADS-B positions,
    flight metadata, historic flights, and delayed tracking streams.
  humanURL: https://aviation-docs.spire.com/
  baseURL: https://api.aviation.spire.com
  tags:
  - Aviation
  - ADS-B
  - Flights
  - Streaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://aviation-docs.spire.com/
- aid: spire-global:weather
  name: Spire Weather and Climate API
  description: RESTful weather and climate APIs covering global numerical weather prediction outputs, ocean currents, salinity,
    and 30 years of maritime weather history.
  humanURL: https://developers.wx.spire.com/
  baseURL: https://api.wx.spire.com
  tags:
  - Weather
  - Climate
  - Ocean
  - Forecast
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.wx.spire.com/
- aid: spire-global:space-services
  name: Spire Space Services Developer API
  description: Developer portal and APIs for Spire Space Services, exposing managed satellite operations, hosted payloads,
    and on-orbit asset interactions.
  humanURL: https://developers.spire.com/
  baseURL: https://developers.spire.com/
  tags:
  - Space Services
  - Hosted Payloads
  - Satellites
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.spire.com/
- aid: spire-global:rf-geolocation
  name: Spire RF Geolocation
  description: Radio-frequency geolocation data products delivering detected emitter positions for maritime domain awareness,
    security, and dark-vessel detection use cases. Delivered through enterprise data feeds.
  humanURL: https://spire.com/space-services/rf-geolocation/
  baseURL: https://spire.com/space-services/rf-geolocation/
  tags:
  - RF
  - Geolocation
  - Maritime Awareness
  - Security
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://spire.com/space-services/rf-geolocation/
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/spire-global-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://spire.com/
- type: DeveloperResources
  url: https://spire.com/developers/
- type: MaritimeDocs
  url: https://documentation.spire.com/
- type: AviationDocs
  url: https://aviation-docs.spire.com/
- type: WeatherDocs
  url: https://developers.wx.spire.com/
- type: SpaceServicesDocs
  url: https://developers.spire.com/
- type: Products
  url: https://www.spire.com/products/
- type: Newsroom
  url: https://spire.com/newsroom/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/spire-global
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spire-global/
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/SpireGlobal
- url: https://spire.com/feed/
  type: BlogRSS
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com