TLE Satellite Tracker

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by ivanstan · PHP

Access TLE orbital data for thousands of satellites including ISS, Starlink, and Hubble.

The server provides access to TLE orbital data for thousands of satellites, including ISS, Starlink, and Hubble. It exposes a PHP-based data source and tooling to query, retrieve, and work with satellite orbital elements.

🛠️ Key Features

Access to TLE data for thousands of satellites
Topics: tle, php, satellite
Readme excerpt highlights code repository powering the TLE API

🚀 Use Cases

Retrieve current TLEs for ISS, Starlink, Hubble, and other satellites
Integrate orbital data into tracking, visualization, or analysis workflows
Quick reference via a PHP-based interface

⚡ Developer Benefits

Clear repository context for the TLE API
Open-source code to power satellite data access
Maintains status indicators and coverage badges for reliability

⚠️ Limitations

Data coverage depends on the underlying TLE dataset
Details limited to readme excerpt and topic tags; deeper API contracts not provided in source

Topics

tlephpsatellite

Captured live from the server via tools/list.

search_satellites

Search for satellites by name. Returns a list of satellites matching the search query with their TLE data.

Parameters4

query	string	required	Search query (e.g. "ISS", "Hubble", "Starlink")
page	integer	optional	Page number (default: 1)
page_size	integer	optional	Results per page (default: 10, max: 100)
extra	boolean	optional	Include extra orbital parameters (inclination, eccentricity, period, etc.)

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Search query (e.g. \"ISS\", \"Hubble\", \"Starlink\")"
    },
    "page": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Page number (default: 1)",
      "default": 1
    },
    "page_size": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Results per page (default: 10, max: 100)",
      "default": 10
    },
    "extra": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Include extra orbital parameters (inclination, eccentricity, period, etc.)",
      "default": false
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ]
}

get_satellite

Get detailed information about a specific satellite by its NORAD catalog ID.

Parameters2

satellite_id	integer	required	NORAD catalog ID (e.g. 25544 for ISS)
extra	boolean	optional	Include extra orbital parameters

Raw schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "satellite_id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "NORAD catalog ID (e.g. 25544 for ISS)"
    },
    "extra": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Include extra orbital parameters",
      "default": false
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "satellite_id"
  ]
}

README.md2 KBView on GitHub

TLE API

coverage status status status

Code repository that powers TLE API backend, listed on NASA API catalog https://api.nasa.gov/

API provides up to date two line element set records, the data is updated daily from CelesTrak and served in JSON format. A two-line element set (TLE) is a data format encoding a list of orbital elements of an Earth-orbiting object for a given point in time.

Usage

Further documentation and response examples are available at: https://tle.ivanstanojevic.me/

Available endpoints

The TLE API consists of two endpoints GET http://tle.ivanstanojevic.me

Endpoint	Description
`GET /api/tle?search={query}`	Perform search by satellite name
`GET /api/tle/{id}`	Retrieve a single TLE record where id is satellite number

Example query http://tle.ivanstanojevic.me/api/tle

Third party client libraries

JavaScript https://github.com/ivanstan/tle.js
PHP https://github.com/ivanstan/tle-php
C# https://github.com/nichols-t/TLE.NET

Install

Tools (2)

search_satellitesget_satellite

Remote endpoint

SSE

Hosted server - connect over the network, no local install.

url

https://tle.ivanstanojevic.me/mcp

Add to VS Code Add to Cursor

claude_desktop_config.json

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tle-satellite": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://tle.ivanstanojevic.me/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Desktop config is stdio-only; this bridges via mcp-remote. Native remote: Settings > Connectors.