Live ISS ground position with crew + orbital context API

Current ISS sub-satellite point from Open-Notify, joined with the live crew roster (count aboard the ISS) and enriched with hemisphere, an inclination-limit validity flag, approximate orbital speed/altitude, and a map link. Answers 'where is the ISS now', 'how many people are aboard the ISS', 'is the ISS over land or ocean'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/science/iss-position

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit60/minute

Cache30s public

sciencespaceisstrackingground-trackorbitcrewopen-notify

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/science/iss-position

Integration docs

Example request

{}

Example response

{
  "latitude": 47.2228,
  "longitude": 162.1527,
  "hemisphere": "NE",
  "aboveInclinationLimit": false,
  "timestamp": "2026-06-05T00:14:09.000Z",
  "crewAboardIss": 9,
  "approxOrbitalSpeedKmh": 27600,
  "approxAltitudeKm": 420,
  "mapUrl": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=47.2228&mlon=162.1527#map=3/47.2228/162.1527"
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}

Output schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "additionalProperties": true
}