---
title: "Tle Sprite Elve Detect"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/cross/tle-sprite-elve/detect"
tags: ["TLE Sprite + ELVE (Tier 4 Lightning)"]
---

# Tle Sprite Elve Detect

`POST /api/v1/cross/tle-sprite-elve/detect`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.deepmapai.com`
- URL: `https://www.deepmapai.com/api/v1/cross/tle-sprite-elve/detect`
- Auth: none declared

Detect TLE activity in a 24-hour window centered on (lat, lon).

Returns the per-location feature dict + spatial swarm flag.
Falls back to deterministic synthetic when no real catalog is
currently published.

## Query parameters

- `x_api_key` string, nullable

## Request body

- BodyTleSpriteElveDetectApiV1CrossTleSpriteElveDetectPost
  - `lat` number: Latitude (deg)
  - `lon` number: Longitude (deg)
  - `radius_km` number: Search radius for catalog probe (km, max 3000)

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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