Agency List
Modes
Levels of detail in the response - list, normal, detailed
Example - /agencies/?mode=list
Filters
Parameters - abbrev, abbrev__contains, attempted_landings, attempted_landings__gt, attempted_landings__gte, attempted_landings__lt, attempted_landings__lte, consecutive_successful_landings, consecutive_successful_landings__gt, consecutive_successful_landings__gte, consecutive_successful_landings__lt, consecutive_successful_landings__lte, consecutive_successful_launches, consecutive_successful_launches__gt, consecutive_successful_launches__gte, consecutive_successful_launches__lt, consecutive_successful_launches__lte, country_code, description, description__contains, failed_landings, failed_landings__gt, failed_landings__gte, failed_landings__lt, failed_landings__lte, failed_launches, failed_launches__gt, failed_launches__gte, failed_launches__lt, failed_launches__lte, featured, founding_year, founding_year__gt, founding_year__gte, founding_year__lt, founding_year__lte, id, name, name__contains, parent__id, pending_launches, pending_launches__gt, pending_launches__gte, pending_launches__lt, pending_launches__lte, spacecraft, successful_landings, successful_landings__gt, successful_landings__gte, successful_landings__lt, successful_landings__lte, successful_launches, successful_launches__gt, successful_launches__gte, successful_launches__lt, successful_launches__lte, total_launch_count, total_launch_count__gt, total_launch_count__gte, total_launch_count__lt, total_launch_count__lte, type__id
Example - /agencies/?abbrev=NASA
Search
Fields searched - abbrev, name
Example - /agencies/?search=SpaceX
Ordering
Fields - attempted_landings, consecutive_successful_landings, consecutive_successful_launches, failed_landings, failed_launches, featured, id, name, pending_launches, successful_landings, successful_launches, total_launch_count
Example - /agencies/?ordering=-total_launch_count
Number of results
Use limit to control the number of objects in the response (max 100)
Example - /agencies/?limit=2
Format
Switch to JSON output - /agencies/?format=json
Help
Find all the FAQs and support links on the documentation homepage - lldev.thespacedevs.com/docs
GET /2.3.0/agencies/?format=api&offset=150&ordering=-failed_launches
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Three unmanned MRLV launch attempts were made between November 1960 and March 1961, two of which were successful. The MRLV successfully launched the chimpanzee Ham, and astronauts Alan Shepard and Gus Grissom on three suborbital flights in January, May and July 1961, respectively.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": 1950, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": null, "social_logo": { "id": 52, "name": "[AUTO] Chrysler - social_logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/chrysler_nation_20190701071744.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184749.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1073, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1073/?format=api", "name": "DSN Corporation", "abbrev": "", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 28, "name": "Japan", "alpha_2_code": "JP", "alpha_3_code": "JPN", "nationality_name": "Japanese", "nationality_name_composed": "Nippo" } ], "description": "DSN Corporation Japanese: 株式会社ディー・エス・エヌ is a corporation owned by SKY Perfect JSAT Group, NEC and NTT Com. It was founded on December 19, 2012 for the sole purpose of acting as an investment vehicle in the private finance initiative that would handle the Japanese military X-band DSN satellite network from 2015 to 2031.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": 2012, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": "SKY Perfect JSAT Group", "image": null, "logo": null, "social_logo": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 139, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/139/?format=api", "name": "Armadillo Aerospace", "abbrev": "Armadillo", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "description": null, "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": null, "social_logo": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 239, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/239/?format=api", "name": "Satmex", "abbrev": "SATMEX", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 25, "name": "Mexico", "alpha_2_code": "MX", "alpha_3_code": "MEX", "nationality_name": "Mexican", "nationality_name_composed": "Mexico" } ], "description": null, "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": null, "social_logo": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1051, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1051/?format=api", "name": "Payload Aerospace S.L.", "abbrev": "PLD Space", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 7, "name": "Spain", "alpha_2_code": "ES", "alpha_3_code": "ESP", "nationality_name": "Spanish", "nationality_name_composed": "Hispano" } ], "description": "Payload Aerospace S.L. is a Spanish company developing two partially-reusable launch vehicles called Miura 1 and Miura 5.", "administrator": "CEO: Raúl Torres", "founding_year": 2011, "launchers": "Miura 1 | Miura 5", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": { "id": 169, "name": "[AUTO] Payload Aerospace S.L. - logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/payload2520aerospace2520s.l._logo_20230530095525.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185100.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": { "id": 83, "name": "PLD Space social logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/pld_space_socia_image_20260217091104.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/pld_space_socia_image_thumbnail_20260217091105.jpeg", "credit": "PLD Space", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1079, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1079/?format=api", "name": "Agency for Defense Development", "abbrev": "ADD", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 35, "name": "South Korea", "alpha_2_code": "KR", "alpha_3_code": "KOR", "nationality_name": "South Korean", "nationality_name_composed": "South Korean" } ], "description": "The Agency for Defense Development (ADD) is the South Korean national agency for research and development in defense technology, funded by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA). Its purpose is contributing to enforcing the national defence, to improving the national R&D capacity, and to fostering the domestic defense industry.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": 1970, "launchers": "South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": { "id": 105, "name": "[AUTO] Agency for Defense Development - logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/agency2520for2520defense2520development_logo_20231204144839.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184905.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": { "id": 36, "name": "[AUTO] Agency for Defense Development - social_logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/agency2520for2520defense2520development_nation_20231204144840.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184722.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1062, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1062/?format=api", "name": "Viasat", "abbrev": "VSAT", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "description": "Viasat is an American communications company based in Carlsbad, California, with additional operations across the United States and worldwide. Viasat is a provider of high-speed satellite broadband services and secure networking systems covering military and commercial markets.", "administrator": "CEO: Mark D. 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In 2008, Yi So-yeon became the first and only Korean to go to space for 10 days.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": 2006, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": null, "social_logo": null } ] }
