# ISS Live Orbital Telemetry (Where The ISS At)

> ISS Live Orbital Telemetry (Where The ISS At) is a paid API for AI agents from proxy.suverse.io, paid per call via x402, $0.08/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-16).

Returns real-time International Space Station orbital data including latitude, longitude, altitude, velocity, visibility, footprint radius, and solar position — no API key required.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://proxy.suverse.io/v1/data/suverse-space-iss-orbit
- Price: $0.08/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-16
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/iss-live-orbital-telemetry-where-the-iss-at-0df966fa
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_IDz4yVqyZLazVHxXRszoH

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability iss-live-orbital-telemetry-where-the-iss-at-0df966fa -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Where is the International Space Station right now? I want its current latitude, longitude, altitude, velocity, and whether it's visible from Earth.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need keyless, pay-per-call access to live ISS orbital data without setting up your own API key with wheretheiss.at. Ideal for agents that need ISS position on demand without managing credentials, and suitable for infrequent or unpredictable polling where a subscription would be wasteful.

## Known failure modes

- Upstream 'Where The ISS At' API is unavailable — proxy may return 502 or timeout
- Payment not processed correctly via x402 — returns 402 Payment Required
- ISS telemetry feed momentarily stale if upstream refreshes slowly
- Network latency at proxy layer causing delayed response

## How this service works

Live ISS orbital telemetry: lat, lon, altitude, velocity, visibility, footprint, solar position. Keyless Where The ISS At API. For agents tracking the station orbit.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with the ISS's current timestamp, latitude, longitude, altitude (in kilometers), velocity (in km/h), visibility status ('daylight', 'eclipsed', or 'visible'), footprint radius (km), solar latitude, and solar longitude.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "properties": {}
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/iss-live-orbital-telemetry-where-the-iss-at-0df966fa/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from proxy.suverse.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/proxy.suverse.io/llms.txt)