# ISS Real-Time Position Tracker

> ISS Real-Time Position Tracker is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns the International Space Station's current latitude, longitude, altitude, velocity, and whether it is in sunlight or eclipse, as JSON.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clonecho.builda.company/x402/iss-position
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/iss-real-time-position-tracker-36636156
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_0f3txqZXbSZyykvX-vDCC

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-real-time-position-tracker-36636156 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Where is the International Space Station right now? Give me its current latitude, longitude, altitude, velocity, and whether it's in sunlight.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need live, up-to-the-moment ISS position and orbital status data including sunlit/eclipse state in a single lightweight JSON call, with no query parameters required. Ideal for apps, dashboards, or agents that need real-time space station tracking without managing authentication beyond x402 micropayment.

## Known failure modes

- Upstream ISS telemetry feed unavailable — service may return 503 or stale data
- Payment failure due to insufficient USDC balance — returns 402
- Network timeout if ISS data provider is slow
- Rate limiting if called too frequently

## How this service works

SCIENCE: real-time ISS position, altitude, velocity and sunlit status. Returns JSON.

## Output

A JSON object containing the ISS's current geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude), orbital altitude, velocity, and a boolean or status flag indicating whether the station is in sunlight or in Earth's shadow, reflecting real-time telemetry data.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/iss-real-time-position-tracker-36636156/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from clonecho.builda.company](https://www.zero.xyz/host/clonecho.builda.company/llms.txt)