spacedevs-mcp

Rocket launches, satellites and space weather - no API key.

Tools

• next_launches — Upcoming orbital launches worldwide: mission, rocket, provider, pad, T-0 and launch weather. Optionally filter by provider, e.g. 'SpaceX' or 'Rocket Lab'.
• launch_countdown — The single soonest launch with a live countdown, its pad, weather, mission summary, how firm the launch time is, and the three launches after it.
• satellite_search — Search the SatNOGS satellite catalogue by name and see NORAD catalog number, status, operator, country and launch date. Use the NORAD number with satellite_orbit or satellite_frequencies.
• satellite_orbit — Orbital elements for one satellite by NORAD catalog number: inclination, eccentricity, period, apogee, perigee, mean orbital velocity and orbit class. The ISS is 25544.
• satellite_frequencies — Uplink and downlink frequencies and modes recorded for one satellite, by NORAD catalog number - what you need to receive or work a satellite by radio.
• space_news — Latest spaceflight news headlines from across the industry, with an optional keyword search.
• space_blogs — Longer spaceflight write-ups and agency blog posts, with an optional keyword search.
• space_weather — Current geomagnetic conditions from NOAA: Kp index, solar wind speed, interplanetary magnetic field, NOAA storm scales and the Kp forecast.
• space_agencies — Space agencies from Launch Library 2 with type, country and description. Optionally search by name or filter by type, e.g. 'Commercial' or 'Government'.
• astronauts — Astronaut and cosmonaut records from Launch Library 2: agency, nationality, status, time in space and spacewalk time. Filter by name or to those currently in space.
• launch_vehicles — Rocket specs from Launch Library 2: size, mass, payload capacity to LEO and GTO, launch history and maiden flight. Search by name, e.g. 'Falcon 9'.
• upcoming_events — Upcoming non-launch space events from Launch Library 2 - dockings, spacewalks, flybys, arrivals - with date, location and webcast flag.

Setup

No setup. Every launch, orbit and weather figure is fetched live from public keyless APIs.

Part of awesome-mcps.

Premium tools

These tools need a license key:

• solar_flux_profile

Buy a key at https://mcp-marketplace.io/server/io-github-mrfentmen-spacedevs-mcp and set it in your MCP client config:

"env": { "MCP_LICENSE_KEY": "mcp_live_..." }

The key is checked against MCP Marketplace, cached for 24 hours, and keeps working offline once one check has succeeded. Every other tool on this server stays free.