Spacecraft Instance
API endpoint that allows Spacecrafts to be viewed. A Spacecraft is a physically manufactured instance of a Spacecraft Configuration
GET: Return a list of all the existing spacecraft.
FILTERS: Parameters - 'name', 'status', 'spacecraft_config' Example - /2.0.0/spacecraft/?status=Active
SEARCH EXAMPLE: Example - /2.0.0/spacecraft/?search=Dragon
ORDERING: Fields - 'id' Example - /2.0.0/spacecraft/?order=id
GET /2.0.0/spacecraft/560/?format=api
{ "id": 560, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/560/?format=api", "name": "Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle", "serial_number": null, "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "description": "First Chinese reusable spacecraft, apparently a spaceplane with wings per a photo taken by a US satellite. No public information of it is available.\r\n\r\nIts official name is \"Chongfu Shiyong Shiyan Hangtian Qi\", meaning \"Reusable Experimental Spacecraft\".\r\n\r\nNote: It is unknown how many flight vehicles have been built and flown.", "spacecraft_config": { "id": 31, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/spacecraft/31/?format=api", "name": "Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Spaceplane" }, "agency": { "id": 88, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "CASC", "description": "The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.", "administrator": "Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei", "founding_year": "1999", "launchers": "Long March", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_image_20191228094408.jpeg" }, "in_use": true, "capability": "Reusable technology demonstration test bed for orbital and re-entry operations.", "history": "First launched on September 4, 2020 and landed two days later. Launched again on August 4, 2022.", "details": "The Chinese reusable experimental spacecraft is the first Chinese reusable spacecraft.", "maiden_flight": "2020-09-04", "height": null, "diameter": null, "human_rated": false, "crew_capacity": null, "payload_capacity": null, "flight_life": "Multiple months", "image_url": null, "nation_url": null, "wiki_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_reusable_experimental_spacecraft", "info_link": "" }, "flights": [ { "id": 903, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/flight/903/?format=api", "destination": "Low Earth Orbit", "mission_end": null, "spacecraft": { "id": 560, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/560/?format=api", "name": "Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle", "serial_number": null, "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "description": "First Chinese reusable spacecraft, apparently a spaceplane with wings per a photo taken by a US satellite. No public information of it is available.\r\n\r\nIts official name is \"Chongfu Shiyong Shiyan Hangtian Qi\", meaning \"Reusable Experimental Spacecraft\".\r\n\r\nNote: It is unknown how many flight vehicles have been built and flown.", "spacecraft_config": { "id": 31, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/spacecraft/31/?format=api", "name": "Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Spaceplane" }, "agency": { "id": 88, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "type": "Government" }, "in_use": true, "image_url": null } }, "launch": { "id": "a9fd7757-9a51-4607-845d-d830673c4486", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/a9fd7757-9a51-4607-845d-d830673c4486/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "long-march-2fg-chinese-reusable-space-vehicle-4", "name": "Long March 2F/G | Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2026-02-07T03:58:00Z", "window_end": "2026-02-07T04:07:00Z", "window_start": "2026-02-07T03:48:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 88, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 8911, "configuration": { "id": 84, "launch_library_id": 111, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/84/?format=api", "name": "Long March 2F/G", "family": "Long March", "full_name": "Long March 2F/G", "variant": "F/G" } }, "mission": { "id": 7502, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle", "description": "4th flight of the Chinese spaceplane capable of returning to Earth.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Government/Top Secret", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" } }, "pad": { "id": 37, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/37/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921)", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiuquan_Launch_Area_4", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=40.957893,100.290944", "latitude": "40.957893", "longitude": "100.290944", "location": { "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/17/?format=api", "name": "Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China", "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_17_20200803142429.jpg", "total_launch_count": 285, "total_landing_count": 2 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_37_20200803143603.jpg", "total_launch_count": 28 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shenzhou_22_lau_image_20251129175823.jpg", "infographic": null, "program": [] } } ] }
