Space data (ISS, asteroids, launches) API

Live space data: the International Space Station's current position (op=iss), today's near-Earth asteroids with size/miss-distance/hazard flag from NASA (op=asteroids), or upcoming rocket launches with provider and pad (op=launches). Answers 'where is the ISS right now', 'asteroids passing Earth today', 'next rocket launch', 'upcoming SpaceX launches'.

Price$0.01per request

MethodPOST

Route/v1/science/space

StatusLive

MIME typeapplication/json

Rate limit60/minute

Cache300s public

sciencespaceissasteroidsnasarocket-launchastronomyneo

API URLhttps://x402.hexl.dev/v1/science/space

Integration docs

Example request

{
  "op": "iss"
}

Example response

{
  "op": "iss",
  "latitude": -45.12,
  "longitude": 132.4,
  "timestamp": "2026-06-02T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "op"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "op": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "iss",
        "asteroids",
        "launches"
      ]
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 15
    }
  }
}

Output schema

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