# Space Weather Intelligence – Current Conditions

> Space Weather Intelligence – Current Conditions is a paid API for AI agents from space-weather.use.x402atlas.com, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns real-time normalized NOAA SWPC space weather data including Kp index, solar wind plasma, magnetic field, and X-ray flux for solar flare and geomagnetic storm monitoring.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://space-weather.use.x402atlas.com/now
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/space-weather-intelligence-current-conditions-3ab4e14b
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_whBJb78rBOoxtAJAaKGx7

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 space-weather-intelligence-current-conditions-3ab4e14b
```

Example prompt: What are the current space weather conditions right now — give me the Kp index, solar wind, magnetic field, and X-ray flux so I can tell if there's a geomagnetic storm or solar flare activity in progress.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a single, normalized, up-to-the-minute snapshot of all key space weather indicators (Kp, plasma, B-field, X-ray) in one call, especially when you need freshness metadata (stale flag, source age) and NOAA source field traceability. Prefer it over raw NOAA SWPC APIs when you want pre-normalized numeric values with units, combined multi-parameter response, and built-in staleness detection. Use the sibling forecast endpoint if you need 1–3-day outlooks rather than current conditions.

## Known failure modes

- Stale data: NOAA SWPC feed may be delayed, indicated by stale=true and elevated source_age_seconds
- Null X-ray field: X-ray flux may be null if satellite data is unavailable
- Payment required: returns HTTP 402 if x402 payment header is missing or invalid
- NOAA upstream outage: SWPC data feed may be temporarily unavailable causing fetch failure
- Schema version mismatch: consumer must handle schema_version changes gracefully

## How this service works

Current space-weather conditions — normalized NOAA SWPC Kp, solar wind, magnetic field, and X-ray flux used for solar-flare monitoring, with observation times and freshness.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with current normalized space weather observations sourced from NOAA SWPC, including: Kp index (integer and estimated float with observation timestamp), solar wind plasma parameters, magnetic field vector data, X-ray flux with energy band and satellite source, a staleness flag with source age in seconds, schema version, and any active NOAA warnings. All values carry their physical units and the exact NOAA source field name for traceability.

## 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"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {},
     "additionalProperties": false
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "operation",
      "schema_version",
      "query",
      "kp",
      "plasma",
      "magnetic",
      "xray",
      "source",
      "stale",
      "source_age_seconds",
      "warnings"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "kp": {
       "type": "object",
       "required": [
        "estimated_kp"
       ],
       "properties": {
        "text": {
         "type": "string",
         "description": "Source textual Kp representation when present"
        },
        "kp_index": {
         "type": "integer",
         "maximum": 9,
         "minimum": 0,
         "description": "Source integer Kp index when present"
        },
        "estimated_kp": {
         "type": "object",
         "required": [
          "value",
          "unit",
          "observed_at",
          "source_field"
         ],
         "properties": {
          "unit": {
           "type": "string",
           "description": "Physical or dimensionless unit"
          },
          "value": {
           "type": "number",
           "description": "Normalized numeric observation"
          },
          "observed_at": {
           "type": "string",
           "format": "date-time",
           "description": "Official source observation time"
          },
          "source_field": {
           "type": "string",
           "description": "Exact NOAA SWPC source field"
          }
         },
         "description": "Dimensionless estimated planetary K index",
         "additionalProperties": false
        }
       },
       "description": "Required planetary K-index observation controlling route freshness",
       "additionalProperties": false
      },
      "xray": {
       "type": [
        "object",
        "null"
       ],
       "required": [
        "flux",
        "energy",
      
… (truncated)
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/space-weather-intelligence-current-conditions-3ab4e14b/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from space-weather.use.x402atlas.com](https://www.zero.xyz/host/space-weather.use.x402atlas.com/llms.txt)