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=80&ordering=name
{ "count": 337, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/?format=api&limit=10&offset=90&ordering=name", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/?format=api&limit=10&offset=70&ordering=name", "results": [ { "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": 116, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/116/?format=api", "name": "EADS Astrium Space Transportation", "abbrev": "EADS", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 1, "name": "France", "alpha_2_code": "FR", "alpha_3_code": "FRA", "nationality_name": "French", "nationality_name_composed": "Franco" } ], "description": null, "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": null, "social_logo": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 249, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/249/?format=api", "name": "Echostar", "abbrev": "ECHO", "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": 1000, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1000/?format=api", "name": "Energia", "abbrev": "OKB-1", "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": null, "administrator": null, "founding_year": 1946, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": null, "social_logo": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1038, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1038/?format=api", "name": "Equatorial Launch Australia", "abbrev": "ELA", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 34, "name": "Australia", "alpha_2_code": "AU", "alpha_3_code": "AUS", "nationality_name": "Australian", "nationality_name_composed": "Australo" } ], "description": "Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA) is an Australian startup founded in 2015 to provide commercial space launches from the Arnhem Land spaceport.", "administrator": "CEO: Michael Jones", "founding_year": 2015, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": { "id": 129, "name": "[AUTO] Equatorial Launch Australia - logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/equatorial2520launch2520australia_logo_20220912001304.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184945.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": { "id": 54, "name": "[AUTO] Equatorial Launch Australia - social_logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/equatorial2520launch2520australia_nation_20220622154855.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184752.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 117, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/117/?format=api", "name": "Eurockot Launch Services", "abbrev": "ELS", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 1, "name": "France", "alpha_2_code": "FR", "alpha_3_code": "FRA", "nationality_name": "French", "nationality_name_composed": "Franco" }, { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "description": "Eurockot Launch Services GmbH is a commercial spacecraft launch provider and was founded in 1995. Eurockot uses an expendable launch vehicle called the Rockot to place satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO). Eurockot is jointly owned by ArianeGroup, which holds 51 percent, and by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, which holds 49 percent. Eurockot launches from dedicated launch facilities at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": null, "social_logo": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1015, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1015/?format=api", "name": "European Launcher Development Organisation", "abbrev": "ELDO", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 1, "name": "France", "alpha_2_code": "FR", "alpha_3_code": "FRA", "nationality_name": "French", "nationality_name_composed": "Franco" }, { "id": 34, "name": "Australia", "alpha_2_code": "AU", "alpha_3_code": "AUS", "nationality_name": "Australian", "nationality_name_composed": "Australo" }, { "id": 3, "name": "Italy", "alpha_2_code": "IT", "alpha_3_code": "ITA", "nationality_name": "Italian", "nationality_name_composed": "Italo" }, { "id": 4, "name": "Germany", "alpha_2_code": "DE", "alpha_3_code": "DEU", "nationality_name": "German", "nationality_name_composed": "Germano" }, { "id": 10, "name": "United Kingdom", "alpha_2_code": "GB", "alpha_3_code": "GBR", "nationality_name": "British", "nationality_name_composed": "Brito" }, { "id": 20, "name": "Belgium", "alpha_2_code": "BE", "alpha_3_code": "BEL", "nationality_name": "Belgian", "nationality_name_composed": "Belgo" }, { "id": 27, "name": "Netherlands", "alpha_2_code": "NL", "alpha_3_code": "NLD", "nationality_name": "Dutch", "nationality_name_composed": "Dutch" } ], "description": "The European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO) is a former European space research organization. It was first developed in order to establish a satellite launch vehicle for Europe. The three-stage rocket developed was named Europa, after the mythical Greek god. Overall, there were 10 launches that occurred under ELDO's funding.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": 1961, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": null, "social_logo": null }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 232, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/232/?format=api", "name": "European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites", "abbrev": "EUMETSAT", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Multinational" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 11, "name": "Austria", "alpha_2_code": "AT", "alpha_3_code": "AUT", "nationality_name": "Austrian", "nationality_name_composed": "Austro" }, { "id": 20, "name": "Belgium", "alpha_2_code": "BE", "alpha_3_code": "BEL", "nationality_name": "Belgian", "nationality_name_composed": "Belgo" }, { "id": 40, "name": "Bulgaria", "alpha_2_code": "BG", "alpha_3_code": "BGR", "nationality_name": "Bulgarian", "nationality_name_composed": "Bulgaro" }, { "id": 54, "name": "Croatia", "alpha_2_code": "HR", "alpha_3_code": "HRV", "nationality_name": "Croatian", "nationality_name_composed": "Croatian" }, { "id": 46, "name": "Czechia", "alpha_2_code": "CZ", "alpha_3_code": "CZE", "nationality_name": "Czech", "nationality_name_composed": "Czech" }, { "id": 45, "name": "Denmark", "alpha_2_code": "DK", "alpha_3_code": "DNK", "nationality_name": "Danish", "nationality_name_composed": "Dano" }, { "id": 80, "name": "Estonia", "alpha_2_code": "EE", "alpha_3_code": "EST", "nationality_name": "Estonian", "nationality_name_composed": "Estonian" }, { "id": 77, "name": "Finland", "alpha_2_code": "FI", "alpha_3_code": "FIN", "nationality_name": "Finnish", "nationality_name_composed": "Finno" }, { "id": 1, "name": "France", "alpha_2_code": "FR", "alpha_3_code": "FRA", "nationality_name": "French", "nationality_name_composed": "Franco" }, { "id": 4, "name": "Germany", "alpha_2_code": "DE", "alpha_3_code": "DEU", "nationality_name": "German", "nationality_name_composed": "Germano" }, { "id": 78, "name": "Greece", "alpha_2_code": "GR", "alpha_3_code": "GRC", "nationality_name": "Greek", "nationality_name_composed": "Greco" }, { "id": 31, "name": "Hungary", "alpha_2_code": "HU", "alpha_3_code": "HUN", "nationality_name": "Hungarian", "nationality_name_composed": "Hungarian" }, { "id": 81, "name": "Ireland", "alpha_2_code": "IE", "alpha_3_code": "IRL", "nationality_name": "Irish", "nationality_name_composed": "Irish" }, { "id": 82, "name": "Iceland", "alpha_2_code": "IS", "alpha_3_code": "ISL", "nationality_name": "Icelander", "nationality_name_composed": "Icelandic" }, { "id": 3, "name": "Italy", "alpha_2_code": "IT", "alpha_3_code": "ITA", "nationality_name": "Italian", "nationality_name_composed": "Italo" }, { "id": 83, "name": "Latvia", "alpha_2_code": "LV", "alpha_3_code": "LVA", "nationality_name": "Latvian", "nationality_name_composed": "Latvian" }, { "id": 84, "name": "Lithuania", "alpha_2_code": "LT", "alpha_3_code": "LTU", "nationality_name": "Lithuanian", "nationality_name_composed": "Lithuanian" }, { "id": 85, "name": "Luxembourg", "alpha_2_code": "LU", "alpha_3_code": "LUX", "nationality_name": "Luxembourger", "nationality_name_composed": "Luxembourgish" }, { "id": 27, "name": "Netherlands", "alpha_2_code": "NL", "alpha_3_code": "NLD", "nationality_name": "Dutch", "nationality_name_composed": "Dutch" }, { "id": 49, "name": "Norway", "alpha_2_code": "NO", "alpha_3_code": "NOR", "nationality_name": "Norwegian", "nationality_name_composed": "Norwegian" }, { "id": 39, "name": "Poland", "alpha_2_code": "PL", "alpha_3_code": "POL", "nationality_name": "Polish", "nationality_name_composed": "Polono" }, { "id": 23, "name": "Portugal", "alpha_2_code": "PT", "alpha_3_code": "PRT", "nationality_name": "Portuguese", "nationality_name_composed": "Luso" }, { "id": 47, "name": "Romania", "alpha_2_code": "RO", "alpha_3_code": "ROU", "nationality_name": "Romanian", "nationality_name_composed": "Romanian" }, { "id": 43, "name": "Slovakia", "alpha_2_code": "SK", "alpha_3_code": "SVK", "nationality_name": "Slovak", "nationality_name_composed": "Slovak" }, { "id": 86, "name": "Slovenia", "alpha_2_code": "SI", "alpha_3_code": "SVN", "nationality_name": "Slovenian", "nationality_name_composed": "Slovenian" }, { "id": 7, "name": "Spain", "alpha_2_code": "ES", "alpha_3_code": "ESP", "nationality_name": "Spanish", "nationality_name_composed": "Hispano" }, { "id": 15, "name": "Sweden", "alpha_2_code": "SE", "alpha_3_code": "SWE", "nationality_name": "Swedish", "nationality_name_composed": "Swedo" }, { "id": 8, "name": "Switzerland", "alpha_2_code": "CH", "alpha_3_code": "CHE", "nationality_name": "Swiss", "nationality_name_composed": "Swiss" }, { "id": 18, "name": "Turkey", "alpha_2_code": "TR", "alpha_3_code": "TUR", "nationality_name": "Turkish", "nationality_name_composed": "Turco" }, { "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": 27, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/27/?format=api", "name": "European Space Agency", "abbrev": "ESA", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Multinational" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 1, "name": "France", "alpha_2_code": "FR", "alpha_3_code": "FRA", "nationality_name": "French", "nationality_name_composed": "Franco" }, { "id": 3, "name": "Italy", "alpha_2_code": "IT", "alpha_3_code": "ITA", "nationality_name": "Italian", "nationality_name_composed": "Italo" }, { "id": 4, "name": "Germany", "alpha_2_code": "DE", "alpha_3_code": "DEU", "nationality_name": "German", "nationality_name_composed": "Germano" }, { "id": 7, "name": "Spain", "alpha_2_code": "ES", "alpha_3_code": "ESP", "nationality_name": "Spanish", "nationality_name_composed": "Hispano" 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