What it returns
Current orbital elements for satellites and other tracked space objects from CelesTrak, the long-running public source of US Space Force general perturbations (GP) data.
Common uses
Satellite trackers and pass predictions, constellation analytics, space situational awareness research. Pay per object returned.
Request
POST https://api.pushbuild.com/satellite-orbits/run with a JSON body. Send your key in the X-API-Key header.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
groups | list of strings | CelesTrak groups, e.g. stations, active, starlink, gps-ops, weather, geo, visual, last-30-days. Empty with no IDs or name = stations. |
noradIds | string | Comma separated catalog numbers, e.g. 25544,20580 |
name | string | Name search, e.g. ISS |
intlDesignator | string | e.g. 2024-001 |
maxItems | integer | Maximum items to return (1-500). Default: 100. |
Example
curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/satellite-orbits/run \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"groups": ["stations"], "maxItems": 20}'Response
{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.
Pricing
Pay only for results returned: $0.04 per 1,000 satellites. No charge for errors or empty searches.
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