ORBITAL API

SATELLITE & PLANETARY TRACKING
Live Orbital Data
Where to point, and where things are.

Query real-time positions for any tracked satellite or solar-system body. Get sky coordinates for a ground station, ground-track projections, or raw state vectors for propagation.

ALT / AZ LAT / LON STATE VECTORS TIME SERIES
Satellite APIs

Alt/Az Distance — where to look from where you're standing

Lat/Lon Distance — projection onto Earth

State Vectors — for propagation

Planet APIs

Alt/Az Distance — where to look from where you're standing

Lat/Lon Distance — projection onto Earth

Parameters
Documentation

Not all input values are required for every API endpoint. The system automatically fills in defaults for missing values when appropriate.

Time Arrays

APIs with "Time Array" require:

  • Sample Size: number of data points
  • Interval Time: seconds into the future

Formula: dt = (interval time) / (sample size - 1)

Alt/Az Distance

Returns sky coordinates for locating objects from your position:

  • Altitude: degrees above horizon (0-90°)
  • Azimuth: degrees from north, clockwise (0-360°)

Note: use negative values for West longitude and South latitude

Lat/Lon Distance

Returns Earth-centered coordinates of celestial objects.

State Vector

Inertial reference frame with:

  • x-axis: points to lat 0°, lon 0°
  • z-axis: points to North Pole