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/611/?format=api
{ "id": 611, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/611/?format=api", "name": "Tianzhou-9", "serial_number": "9", "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "Ninth operational Tianzhou spacecraft.", "spacecraft_config": { "id": 25, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/spacecraft/25/?format=api", "name": "Tianzhou", "type": { "id": 4, "name": "Cargo Resupply" }, "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": "Cargo Earth Orbit Logistics", "history": "The Tianzhou is a Chinese automated cargo spacecraft that was first launched on April 20, 2017 to resupply Tiangong-1. It demonstrated autonomous propellant transfer in orbit.", "details": "Autonomous cargo spacecraft used to resupply the Chinese Space Station.", "maiden_flight": "2017-04-20", "height": 9.0, "diameter": 3.35, "human_rated": false, "crew_capacity": null, "payload_capacity": 6700, "flight_life": "180 days in orbit", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tianzhou_image_20210513100807.jpg", "nation_url": null, "wiki_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianzhou_(spacecraft)", "info_link": "" }, "flights": [ { "id": 876, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/flight/876/?format=api", "destination": "Tiangong Space Station", "mission_end": null, "spacecraft": { "id": 611, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/611/?format=api", "name": "Tianzhou-9", "serial_number": "9", "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "Ninth operational Tianzhou spacecraft.", "spacecraft_config": { "id": 25, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/spacecraft/25/?format=api", "name": "Tianzhou", "type": { "id": 4, "name": "Cargo Resupply" }, "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": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tianzhou_image_20210513100807.jpg" } }, "launch": { "id": "5c133377-be3c-41f1-ac6a-c24668d78bc3", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/5c133377-be3c-41f1-ac6a-c24668d78bc3/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "long-march-7-tianzhou-9", "name": "Long March 7 | Tianzhou-9", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2025-07-14T21:34:23Z", "window_end": "2025-07-14T21:47:00Z", "window_start": "2025-07-14T21:30:00Z", "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": 8560, "configuration": { "id": 100, "launch_library_id": 130, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/100/?format=api", "name": "Long March 7", "family": "Long March", "full_name": "Long March 7", "variant": "" } }, "mission": { "id": 7151, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Tianzhou-9", "description": "Eighth cargo delivery mission to the Chinese space station.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Resupply", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" } }, "pad": { "id": 176, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/176/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "201", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenchang_Spacecraft_Launch_Site", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=19.618452,110.955356", "latitude": "19.618452", "longitude": "110.955356", "location": { "id": 8, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/8/?format=api", "name": "Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China", "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_8_20200803142445.jpg", "total_launch_count": 58, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_176_20200803143412.jpg", "total_launch_count": 28 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long_march_7_image_20210513083007.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [ { "id": 19, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/program/19/?format=api", "name": "Tiangong space station", "description": "The Tiangong space station is a space station placed in Low Earth orbit between 340 and 450 km above the surface.", "agencies": [ { "id": 88, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "type": "Government" } ], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/chinese2520spa_program_20210608105528.png", "start_date": "2021-04-29T03:23:00Z", "end_date": null, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiangong_space_station" } ] } } ] }
