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Smallsat Constellation Chain — 3-Leg Distress Gauge
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Smallsat Constellation Chain — 3-Leg Distress Gauge is a paid API for AI agents from api.truthbear.co, paid per call via x402, $0.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).
Returns a sequential 3-leg chain assessment of a smallsat operator's status: financing/deployment stress → current constellation state → realized lifecycle outcome (bankruptcy, wind-down, or deorbit).
Price / call$0.25
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
[3-LEG] Smallsat constellation chain, one operator (?entity=oneweb): leading financing and deployment stress -> current current constellation state -> realized lifecycle to bankruptcy, wind-down or deorbit (confirmation gate). A chain, not one reading: confidence = how many legs are lit, in order. Sources: FCC and ITU filings, operator disclosures. Descriptive only, never a forecast or advice. No data -> 422 no_charge, not billed. $0.25 per call.
Output
A JSON object with up to three sequential chain legs: (1) leading financing and deployment stress indicators, (2) current constellation operational state, and (3) realized lifecycle outcome such as bankruptcy, wind-down, or deorbit confirmation. A confidence score reflects how many legs are fully supported by data (FCC/ITU filings, operator disclosures). Returns 422 no_charge with no billing if data is unavailable.
Example use cases
Monitoring OneWeb constellation distress
“Check the smallsat distress chain for OneWeb — I need to know whether they're showing financing stress, what the current state of their constellation is, and whether there's been any confirmed bankruptcy or wind-down signal.”
Competitive due diligence on Spire Global
“Run the 3-leg smallsat chain on Spire Global for me. I want to know how many distress legs are active — financing pressure, fleet status, and any lifecycle outcome like deorbit or dissolution.”
Tracking BlackSky constellation lifecycle
“What does the constellation chain gauge say about BlackSky right now? Walk me through each leg — are they under financial or deployment stress, what's the current state of their satellites, and has any wind-down been confirmed?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://api.truthbear.co/gauge/smallsat-regionWhen to prefer
Use this endpoint when you need a structured, multi-stage distress chain view of a specific smallsat operator grounded in FCC/ITU regulatory filings and operator disclosures — not a forecast but a descriptive, data-anchored chain. Prefer this over generic news searches or financial databases when you want a machine-readable, confidence-scored sequential assessment of a LEO constellation operator's lifecycle stage.
Side effects
- 422 no_charge returned when no data is available for the requested entity — not billed
- Invalid or unrecognized entity ID returns an error; valid IDs can be fetched from GET /gauge/catalog
- Missing required 'entity' query parameter causes request failure
- Partial chain: one or more legs may be unlit if underlying data sources lack current filings
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| input | object | |
| output | object |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"legs": {
"lifecycle": {
"band": "operating",
"source_ref": "https://www.planet.com/",
"record_hash": "sha256:917cfd29452d8c30cb6243a5f838817b27b6cd2868190553e88b28148d1bb2f3"
},
"orbital_decay": {
"band": "fleet_nominal",
"source_ref": "https://www.planet.com/",
"record_hash": "sha256:0a10f4e09f30c32bd302b60862570dc3d2348b496195665aa6d8fc217c452031"
},
"spectrum_milestone": {
"band": "licensed_current",
"source_ref": "https://www.planet.com/",
"record_hash": "sha256:0887f838e9a41c1745b4823bdbb7ea792ad1731713e5b6996f8e408342a9a79b"
}
},
"name": "Planet Labs PBC",
"grade": "screening-level, not decision-grade",
"scope": {
"full": "https://api.truthbear.co/scope/v1",
"verifiability": "unknown",
"monitoring_not_forecast": true,
"intelligence_not_command": true
},
"entity": "planet-labs",
"nature": "This API supplies data organisation and trend description only. It is not a recommendation to act; the decision is yours. Purely descriptive - no judgement, no prediction. Official source plus record_hash; verify with the free /gauge/verify.",
"provenance": {
"freshness": "recent",
"age_hours_now": 120.5,
"freshness_basis": "cadence=default; fresh<=24h; recent<=192h; dead_source>1440h; age_basis=request-time(now minus observed_at)"
}
}
}Tags
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