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NASA EPIC API (DSCOVR Earth imagery)

Daily full-disc Earth images from DSCOVR/EPIC, via a keyless JSON API

Freeauth: noneCustom✓ verified Nov 13, 2026

Free?: FreeFree keyless JSON API.
Sign-up?: None neededCall it straight away
Commercial use?: Read the termsProvider's own terms, not a standard licence

The fine print

License note: Custom: free reuse including commercial, with credit to the NASA EPIC Team requested. AI-agent warning: NASA's guidelines say "While a wealth of public information is available for use in super intelligence (SI) applications, it’s important to understand the following when using our data for SI development:" and "Therefore, attribution of the information directly to NASA is not permitted." Signal Lab links only.
Required attribution: Requested: credit the NASA EPIC Team; do not attribute AI output to NASA.

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// Overview

NASA EPIC API (DSCOVR Earth imagery)

NASA's EPIC camera on the NOAA DSCOVR spacecraft at the L1 point takes daily full-disc images of Earth; a keyless JSON API returns image ids, timestamps, centroid and spacecraft positions, with archive paths.

Coverage

Daily full-disc Earth images from DSCOVR/EPIC, via a keyless JSON API.

Good for

#osint#earth-imagery#satellite#nasa#api#government

Verdict

A daily whole-Earth imagery source for weather and climate context, alongside noaa-swpc-json. Licence: Custom: the EPIC about page says "Materials published by the NASA EPIC Team, including imagery, are freely available for re-production or re-use, including commercial purposes." and "We ask that the NASA EPIC Team be given credit for the original materials." AI-agent warning: NASA's media guidelines say "While a wealth of public information is available for use in super intelligence (SI) applications, it’s important to understand the following when using our data for SI development:" and "Therefore, attribution of the information directly to NASA is not permitted." So an AI application must not attribute its output directly to NASA. Rate limits: Not stated. Signal Lab links only.

// Limits

Free limits & license

Price	Free
Auth	none
Free tier	Free keyless JSON API.
Rate limit	Not stated.
License	Custom (see note)
License note	Custom: free reuse including commercial, with credit to the NASA EPIC Team requested. AI-agent warning: NASA's guidelines say "While a wealth of public information is available for use in super intelligence (SI) applications, it’s important to understand the following when using our data for SI development:" and "Therefore, attribution of the information directly to NASA is not permitted." Signal Lab links only.
Last verified	Nov 13, 2026

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Quick facts

Provider: epic.gsfc.nasa.gov
Type: Dataset
Category: OSINT
Domain: OSINT
Auth: none
Free tier: Free keyless JSON API.
Rate limit: Not stated.
License: Custom (see note)
License note: Custom: free reuse including commercial, with credit to the NASA EPIC Team requested. AI-agent warning: NASA's guidelines say "While a wealth of public information is available for use in super intelligence (SI) applications, it’s important to understand the following when using our data for SI development:" and "Therefore, attribution of the information directly to NASA is not permitted." Signal Lab links only.
Verified: Nov 13, 2026

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Fetch https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/catalog.json, find slug "nasa-epic-api" and read its licenseNote. EPIC materials are free to reuse, including commercially, with credit to the NASA EPIC Team requested, but NASA's guidelines say: "While a wealth of public information is available for use in super intelligence (SI) applications, it’s important to understand the following when using our data for SI development:" and "Therefore, attribution of the information directly to NASA is not permitted." So if you use these results in an AI application, do not attribute your output directly to NASA. Write code that calls the keyless EPIC API at https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/natural for the dates I name when I run it, and credit the NASA EPIC Team for the imagery.

// Full record · catalog.json

name: NASA EPIC API (DSCOVR Earth imagery)
slug: nasa-epic-api
category: OSINT
domain: OSINT
type: Dataset
sitePageUrl: https://signal-lab.qdt.ai/datasets/nasa-epic-api
providerUrl: https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/api
badge: Free
auth: none
freeTierLimits: Free keyless JSON API.
rateLimits: Not stated.
docsUrl: https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/api
coverage: Daily full-disc Earth images from DSCOVR/EPIC, via a keyless JSON API.
lastVerified: 2026-11-13
evidenceUrls: https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/about/api
https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/natural
https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/about
https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/
tasks: osint
earth-imagery
satellite
nasa
api
government
license: Custom
licenseUrl: https://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/about
licenseNote: Custom: free reuse including commercial, with credit to the NASA EPIC Team requested. AI-agent warning: NASA's guidelines say "While a wealth of public information is available for use in super intelligence (SI) applications, it’s important to understand the following when using our data for SI development:" and "Therefore, attribution of the information directly to NASA is not permitted." Signal Lab links only.
attribution: Requested: credit the NASA EPIC Team; do not attribute AI output to NASA.

// The same record over MCP

Request · get_entry

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "nasa-epic-api"
    }
  }
}

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// Full record · catalog.json

// The same record over MCP

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