---
title: ToolRouter — Agent Use Case Guide
description: Step-by-step guide for completing a task with a specific AI agent using ToolRouter.
url: https://toolrouter.com/tools/space-data/use-cases/track-iss-position/copilot
---
# How to Track the ISS with Copilot

Copilot gives developers direct access to structured NASA data from within their IDE, returning APOD imagery metadata, ISS coordinates, and near-Earth object catalogs as typed JSON ready for application integration. Generate React components for space dashboards, build map visualizations of ISS ground tracks, or create TypeScript interfaces from NASA response schemas -- all without leaving your coding environment. This is the fastest path from space data to working features.

## Setup

{"mcpServers":{"toolrouter":{"command":"npx","args":["-y","toolrouter-mcp"]}}}

## Steps

1. Add ToolRouter to Copilot MCP config
2. In Copilot Chat: "Get current ISS position using space-data"
3. Copilot returns latitude, longitude, and altitude
4. Ask: "Generate a map component plotting this position"
5. Build an ISS tracker into your application

## Example Prompt

```
Fetch the current ISS position and generate a Leaflet map marker configuration for it.
```

## Tips

- Build real-time ISS tracking features with periodic position updates
- Generate ground track visualizations from sequential position data
- Combine with reverse geocoding to show what the ISS is flying over
