A side-by-side look at the Bhoonidhi MCP and Navigation Toolkit MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Bhoonidhi MCP for aerospace & astrodynamics work as a local process; choose Navigation Toolkit for aerospace & astrodynamics. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
list_archive, resolve_location, search_scenes.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Aerospace & Astrodynamics | Aerospace & Astrodynamics |
| Quality signal | 53/100 · Good | 29/100 · Emerging |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 3 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 15 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Bhoonidhi MCP | View Navigation Toolkit |
list_archiveThe vocabulary of satellites, sensors, and search tokens the portal supports, live from Bhoonidhi.resolve_locationTurns a place name ("Loktak Lake") into a centroid and bounding box. Rejects inputs that are not place names.search_scenesNatural-language scene search over an area and date range. Resolves a casual satellite name to exact tokens, and reports each scene's availability (Ready / Archived / OnOrder / Priced). Stateless — nothing is saved.preview_downloadA dry run: shows what downloading the results would fetch, and what would be skipped, before anything is downloaded.save_queryPersists a search (same arguments as `search_scenes`) to a reusable slug, so it can be downloaded or staged to the cart later.list_queriesLists saved queries as compact summaries: slug, name, date range, satellites, area, and availability.show_queryReturns one saved query by slug, with its scenes.remove_queryDeletes a saved query by slug.auth_statusReports whether a login is configured. Never handles a password or token.download_queryDownloads a saved query's open-access scenes in the background, to a fixed server-configured root. Returns a `job_id` at once.download_statusOne-off check of a background download by `job_id`: bytes downloaded, transfer rate, percent when the size is known, and per-scene detail.download_waitBlocks until a download finishes (or a capped timeout), then reports — the efficient primitive a background watcher loops on.No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"bhoonidhi-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"--from",
"git+https://github.com/geovicco-dev/bhoonidhi-mcp",
"bhoonidhi-mcp"
]
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for Navigation Toolkit yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.