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ISS Location API (Open Notify) ISS Location API

Endpoints for retrieving the current position of the International Space Station

ISS Location API (Open Notify) ISS Location API is one of 3 APIs that ISS Location API (Open Notify) publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include ISS Location. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a GitHub repository.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, http://api.open-notify.org.

2 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Base URL
http://api.open-notify.org
License
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

ISS Location 2

Endpoints for retrieving the current position of the International Space Station

GET
/iss-now.json
Get Current ISS Location
getISSLocationNow → 200
GET
/iss-now/v1/
Get Current ISS Location (v1)
getISSLocationNowV1 → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ISSLocationResponse (3 properties), ISSPosition (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ISSPosition
object
Earth position coordinates directly beneath the ISS
2 properties 2 required
ISSLocationResponse
object
Response from the ISS current location endpoint
3 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

iss-api-iss-location-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs ISS Location API (Open Notify) publishes across the network.

People in Space Right Now
ISS Location API (Open Notify) Astronauts API