AWS Ground Station

amazonaws · Cloud

Cloud No Auth Free & Open cloud Sandbox

Welcome to the AWS Ground Station API Reference. AWS Ground Station is a fully managed service that enables you to control satellite communications, downlink and process satellite data, and scale your satellite operations efficiently and cost-effectively without having to build or manage your own ground station infrastructure.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET ListConfigs

Returns a list of Config objects.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/config?nextToken=example&maxResults=1

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/config?nextToken=example&maxResults=1"

import requests
params = {
    "nextToken": "example",
    "maxResults": "1"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/config",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/config');
url.searchParams.set('nextToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('maxResults', '1');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/config")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("nextToken", "example")
	q.Set("maxResults", "1")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/config")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "nextToken" => "example",
  "maxResults" => "1"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/config?" . http_build_query([
    "nextToken" => "example",
    "maxResults" => "1"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET ListDataflowEndpointGroups

Returns a list of DataflowEndpoint groups.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/dataflowEndpointGroup?nextToken=example&maxResults=1

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/dataflowEndpointGroup?nextToken=example&maxResults=1"

import requests
params = {
    "nextToken": "example",
    "maxResults": "1"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/dataflowEndpointGroup",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/dataflowEndpointGroup');
url.searchParams.set('nextToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('maxResults', '1');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/dataflowEndpointGroup")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("nextToken", "example")
	q.Set("maxResults", "1")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/dataflowEndpointGroup")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "nextToken" => "example",
  "maxResults" => "1"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/dataflowEndpointGroup?" . http_build_query([
    "nextToken" => "example",
    "maxResults" => "1"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET ListMissionProfiles

Returns a list of mission profiles.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/missionprofile?nextToken=example&maxResults=1

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/missionprofile?nextToken=example&maxResults=1"

import requests
params = {
    "nextToken": "example",
    "maxResults": "1"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/missionprofile",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/missionprofile');
url.searchParams.set('nextToken', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('maxResults', '1');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/missionprofile")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("nextToken", "example")
	q.Set("maxResults", "1")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/missionprofile")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "nextToken" => "example",
  "maxResults" => "1"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/amazonaws.com/groundstation/2019-05-23/missionprofile?" . http_build_query([
    "nextToken" => "example",
    "maxResults" => "1"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

Postman Setup Guide

Get Postman ↗

See official documentation for authentication and setup.

What can you build with AWS Ground Station?

AWS Ground Station is a Cloud API. Developers commonly use cloud APIs for:

provisioning and managing cloud infrastructure
automating deployments and container orchestration
monitoring uptime and performance metrics
managing storage buckets and databases
setting up auto-scaling and load balancing

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. AWS Ground Station is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

New to APIs? Read our beginner's guide · Learn about API keys · What is REST?

Open documentation ↗