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=240&ordering=-featured
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The company was formed in 2017 to develop the air-launched LauncherOne rocket, launched from Cosmic Girl, which had previously been a project of Virgin Galactic. Based in Long Beach, California, Virgin Orbit has more than 300 employees led by president Dan Hart, a former vice president of government satellite systems at Boeing.\r\n\r\nVirgin Orbit focuses on small satellite launch, which is one of three capabilities being focused on by Virgin Galactic. These capabilities are: human spaceflight operations, small satellite launch, and advanced aerospace design, manufacturing, and test", "administrator": "President: Dan Hart", "founding_year": 2017, "launchers": "LauncherOne", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": { "id": 33, "name": "Virgin Orbit LauncherOne", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/virgin2520orbit_image_20200101110056.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184714.jpeg", "credit": "Virgin Orbit", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "logo": { "id": 197, "name": "[AUTO] Virgin Orbit - logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/virgin2520orbit_logo_20200101102856.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185202.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": { "id": 102, "name": "[AUTO] Virgin Orbit - social_logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/virgin2520orbit_nation_20200101103026.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184859.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 142, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/142/?format=api", "name": "Copenhagen Suborbitals", "abbrev": "CSU", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 45, "name": "Denmark", "alpha_2_code": "DK", "alpha_3_code": "DNK", "nationality_name": "Danish", "nationality_name_composed": "Dano" } ], "description": "Copenhagen Suborbitals is the world's only manned, amateur, crowd funded space program. Their stated goal is to have one of the members fly into space (above 100 km), on a sub-orbital spaceflight, in a space capsule on the Spica rocket.As an amateur organisation, the 55 members use their spare time on the project, while at the same time having regular day jobs.", "administrator": "Chairman: Jørgen Skyt", "founding_year": 2008, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": { "id": 127, "name": "[AUTO] Copenhagen Suborbitals - logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/copenhagen2520suborbitals_logo_20190207032433.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184940.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 118, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/118/?format=api", "name": "International Launch Services", "abbrev": "ILS", "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": "International Launch Services, Inc. (ILS) is a joint venture with exclusive rights to the worldwide sale of commercial Angara and Proton rocket launch services. Proton launches take place at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan while Angara is planned to launch from the Plesetsk and Vostochny Cosmodromes in Russia.", "administrator": "President: Tiphaine Louradour", "founding_year": 1995, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": "Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center", "image": null, "logo": { "id": 142, "name": "[AUTO] International Launch Services - logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/international2520launch2520services_logo_20200714154120.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185008.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 112, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/112/?format=api", "name": "Yuzhnoye Design Bureau", "abbrev": "OKB-586", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 12, "name": "Ukraine", "alpha_2_code": "UA", "alpha_3_code": "UKR", "nationality_name": "Ukrainian", "nationality_name_composed": "Ukro" } ], "description": "Yuzhnoye Design Office, located in Dnipro, Ukraine, is a designer of satellites and rockets, and formerly of Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) established by Mikhail Yangel in 1951. The Zenit launch vehicle currently launches from Baikonur Cosmodrome but also used to launch from an ocean platform, Odyssey.", "administrator": "Director: Alexander Degtyarev", "founding_year": 1951, "launchers": "Zenit", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": { "id": 34, "name": "[AUTO] Yuzhnoye Design Bureau - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/yuzhnoye2520design2520bureau_image_20190207032505.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184717.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "logo": { "id": 198, "name": "[AUTO] Yuzhnoye Design Bureau - logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/yuzhnoye2520design2520bureau_logo_20190207032505.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185204.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": { "id": 103, "name": "[AUTO] Yuzhnoye Design Bureau - social_logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/yuzhnoye2520design2520bureau_nation_20190207032505.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184901.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 196, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/196/?format=api", "name": "Land Launch", "abbrev": "LL", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "description": null, "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": null, "social_logo": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 242, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/242/?format=api", "name": "Paradigm Secure Communications", "abbrev": "PSCOM", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 10, "name": "United Kingdom", "alpha_2_code": "GB", "alpha_3_code": "GBR", "nationality_name": "British", "nationality_name_composed": "Brito" } ], "description": null, "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": null, "social_logo": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 65, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/65/?format=api", "name": "TUBITAK Space Technologies Research Institute", "abbrev": "TUBITAK UZAY", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 18, "name": "Turkey", "alpha_2_code": "TR", "alpha_3_code": "TUR", "nationality_name": "Turkish", "nationality_name_composed": "Turco" } ], "description": null, "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": null, "social_logo": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 193, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/193/?format=api", "name": "Russian Space Forces", "abbrev": "VKS", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "description": "The Russian Space Forces are a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Russia. Having been reestablished following August 1, 2015 merger between the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces after a 2011 dissolving of the branch. 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