NASA FIRMS · Rate Limits
Nasa Firms Rate Limits
Rate limiting details for the NASA FIRMS REST API. Limits are enforced per MAP_KEY across all endpoints. Large area or multi-day queries may consume more than one transaction.
Nasa Firms Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for NASA FIRMS on the APIs.io network, in the API Commons Rate Limits shape.
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Tagged areas include NASA, Fire Detection, Satellite, MODIS, and VIIRS.
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Written by API Evangelist and not verified against a page the provider published. Treat every limit as unconfirmed until a dated transcription replaces it.
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NASAFire DetectionSatelliteMODISVIIRSRemote SensingOpen DataEnvironmentalGeospatialScience
Limits
MAP_KEYFree MAP_KEY
The 5,000 transaction limit applies per MAP_KEY per 10-minute rolling window. Queries covering large bounding boxes or multi-day ranges may count as multiple transactions depending on server resource consumption. Monitor usage to avoid temporary key suspension.
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