International Space Station Current Location¶
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GET
/iss-now/v1/
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GET
/iss-now/
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GET
/iss-now.json
¶ The International Space Station (ISS) is moving at close to 28,000 km/h so its location changes really fast! Where is it right now?
This is a simple api to return the current location above the Earth of the ISS. It returns the current latitude and longitude of the space station with a unix timestamp for the time the location was valid. This API takes no inputs.
Status Codes: - 200 OK – when successful
Response JSON Object: - message (str) – Operation status.
- timestamp (int) – Unix timestamp for this location.
- iss_position (obj) – Position on Earth directly below the ISS.
- iss_position.latitude (int) – Latitude
- iss_position.longitude (int) – Longitude
Example response:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: application/json { "iss_position": { "latitude": -19.783929798887073, "longitude": -72.29753187401747 }, "message": "success", "timestamp": 1454357342 }