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', 'is_placeholder', 'in_space' Example - /2.2.0/spacecraft/?in_space=true
SEARCH EXAMPLE: Example - /2.2.0/spacecraft/?search=Dragon
ORDERING: Fields - 'id', 'time_in_space', 'time_docked', 'flights_count', 'mission_ends_count' Example - /2.2.0/spacecraft/?ordering=id
GET /2.2.0/spacecraft/560/?format=api
{ "id": 560, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/560/?format=api", "name": "Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle", "serial_number": null, "is_placeholder": false, "in_space": true, "time_in_space": "P601DT13H58M56S", "time_docked": "P0D", "flights_count": 4, "mission_ends_count": 3, "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/2.2.0/config/spacecraft/31/?format=api", "name": "Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Spaceplane" }, "agency": { "id": 88, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/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", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_logo_20220826093937.png" }, "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, "payload_return_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/2.2.0/spacecraft/flight/903/?format=api", "destination": "Low Earth Orbit", "mission_end": null, "spacecraft": { "id": 560, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/560/?format=api", "name": "Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle", "serial_number": null, "is_placeholder": false, "in_space": true, "time_in_space": "P601DT13H58M56S", "time_docked": "P0D", "flights_count": 4, "mission_ends_count": 3, "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/2.2.0/config/spacecraft/31/?format=api", "name": "Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Spaceplane" }, "agency": { "id": 88, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/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/2.2.0/launch/a9fd7757-9a51-4607-845d-d830673c4486/?format=api", "slug": "long-march-2fg-chinese-reusable-space-vehicle-4", "name": "Long March 2F/G | Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2026-02-10T09:42:37Z", "net": "2026-02-07T03:58:00Z", "window_end": "2026-02-07T04:07:00Z", "window_start": "2026-02-07T03:48:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 1, "name": "Minute", "abbrev": "MIN", "description": "The T-0 is accurate to the minute." }, "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 88, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 8911, "configuration": { "id": 84, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/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, "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" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 37, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/37/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921)", "description": "", "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/2.2.0/location/17/?format=api", "name": "Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China", "country_code": "CHN", "description": "Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is a Chinese spaceport located between the Ejin, Alxa, Inner Mongolia and Hangtian Town, Jinta County, Jiuquan, Gansu Province. It is part of the Dongfeng Aerospace City (Base 10).", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_17_20200803142429.jpg", "timezone_name": "Asia/Shanghai", "total_launch_count": 281, "total_landing_count": 2 }, "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_37_20200803143603.jpg", "total_launch_count": 28, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 28 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shenzhou_22_lau_image_20251129175823.jpg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7200, "location_launch_attempt_count": 277, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 28, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 577, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 27, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 4, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 7, "type": "normal" }, "landing": { "id": 1810, "attempt": false, "success": null, "description": "The reusable space plane will land on the Lop Nur dried salt lake.", "downrange_distance": null, "location": { "id": 30, "name": "Lop Nur Airbase", "abbrev": "LNA", "description": "Military airbase located on a dried salt lake in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.", "location": null, "successful_landings": 3 }, "type": { "id": 6, "name": "Horizontal Landing", "abbrev": "HL", "description": "Horizontal landing on a runway or flat surface." } } } ] }
