GET

Location Instance

Modes

Levels of detail in the response - normal, detailed

Example - /locations/?mode=detailed

Filters

Parameters - active, country_code, id, name, name__contains, total_landing_count, total_landing_count__gt, total_landing_count__gte, total_landing_count__lt, total_landing_count__lte, total_launch_count, total_launch_count__gt, total_launch_count__gte, total_launch_count__lt, total_launch_count__lte

Example - /locations/?country_code=NZL

Fields searched - country__alpha_3_code, name

Example - /locations/?search=Cape Canaveral

Ordering

Fields - name, total_landing_count, total_launch_count

Example - /locations/?ordering=-total_launch_count

Number of results

Use limit to control the number of objects in the response (max 100)

Example - /locations/?limit=2

Format

Switch to JSON output - /locations/?format=json

Help

Find all the FAQs and support links on the documentation homepage - lldev.thespacedevs.com/docs

GET /2.3.0/locations/19/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
  "response_mode": "detailed",
  "id": 19,
  "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/locations/19/?format=api",
  "name": "Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China",
  "celestial_body": {
    "response_mode": "normal",
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Earth",
    "type": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Planet"
    },
    "diameter": 12742000.0,
    "mass": 5.972168e+24,
    "gravity": 9.80655,
    "length_of_day": "1 00:00:00",
    "atmosphere": true,
    "image": {
      "id": 2040,
      "name": "Earth (Apollo 17)",
      "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/earth_2528apol_image_20240402194304.jpeg",
      "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/earth_2528apol_image_thumbnail_20240402194305.jpeg",
      "credit": "NASA",
      "license": {
        "id": 4,
        "name": "NASA Image and Media Guidelines",
        "priority": 0,
        "link": "https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/"
      },
      "single_use": true,
      "variants": []
    },
    "description": "Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.",
    "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth",
    "total_attempted_launches": 7651,
    "successful_launches": 7094,
    "failed_launches": 557,
    "total_attempted_landings": 1384,
    "successful_landings": 1335,
    "failed_landings": 49
  },
  "active": true,
  "country": {
    "id": 6,
    "name": "China",
    "alpha_2_code": "CN",
    "alpha_3_code": "CHN",
    "nationality_name": "Chinese",
    "nationality_name_composed": "Sino"
  },
  "description": "The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center is a People's Republic of China space and defense launch facility. It is situated in Kelan County, Xinzhou, Shanxi Province and is the second of four launch sites having been founded in March 1966 and coming into full operation in 1968.",
  "image": {
    "id": 1369,
    "name": "[AUTO] Long March 2D | 6 x Jilin-1, Qilu-2/3 & others - image",
    "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long2520march_image_20230907134308.jpeg",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305192538.jpeg",
    "credit": null,
    "license": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Unknown",
      "priority": 9,
      "link": null
    },
    "single_use": true,
    "variants": []
  },
  "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_19_20200803142421.jpg",
  "longitude": 111.608,
  "latitude": 38.8491,
  "timezone_name": "Asia/Shanghai",
  "total_launch_count": 163,
  "total_landing_count": 0,
  "pads": [
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      "id": 142,
      "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/pads/142/?format=api",
      "active": true,
      "agencies": [],
      "name": "Kaituozhe Launch Pad",
      "image": null,
      "description": null,
      "info_url": null,
      "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiyuan_Satellite_Launch_Center",
      "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=38.835756,111.606406",
      "latitude": 38.835756,
      "longitude": 111.606406,
      "country": {
        "id": 6,
        "name": "China",
        "alpha_2_code": "CN",
        "alpha_3_code": "CHN",
        "nationality_name": "Chinese",
        "nationality_name_composed": "Sino"
      },
      "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_142_20200803143244.jpg",
      "total_launch_count": 3,
      "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 3,
      "fastest_turnaround": "P366D"
    },
    {
      "id": 25,
      "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/pads/25/?format=api",
      "active": true,
      "agencies": [],
      "name": "Launch Complex 9",
      "image": {
        "id": 2125,
        "name": "CZ-4B liftoff from LC-9 (Gaofen-11-05)",
        "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cz-4b_liftoff__image_20240719064703.jpeg",
        "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cz-4b_liftoff__image_thumbnail_20240719064704.jpeg",
        "credit": "中国航天科技集团",
        "license": {
          "id": 1,
          "name": "Unknown",
          "priority": 9,
          "link": null
        },
        "single_use": false,
        "variants": []
      },
      "description": "",
      "info_url": null,
      "wiki_url": null,
      "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=38.863128,111.589567",
      "latitude": 38.863128,
      "longitude": 111.589567,
      "country": {
        "id": 6,
        "name": "China",
        "alpha_2_code": "CN",
        "alpha_3_code": "CHN",
        "nationality_name": "Chinese",
        "nationality_name_composed": "Sino"
      },
      "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_25_20200803143501.jpg",
      "total_launch_count": 80,
      "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 80,
      "fastest_turnaround": "P16DT20H3M"
    },
    {
      "id": 158,
      "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/pads/158/?format=api",
      "active": true,
      "agencies": [],
      "name": "Mobile Launcher Pad",
      "image": null,
      "description": null,
      "info_url": null,
      "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiyuan_Satellite_Launch_Center",
      "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=38.890002,111.608129",
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      "country": {
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        "name": "China",
        "alpha_2_code": "CN",
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        "nationality_name_composed": "Sino"
      },
      "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_158_20200803143440.jpg",
      "total_launch_count": 2,
      "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 2,
      "fastest_turnaround": "P1022DT19H59M14S"
    },
    {
      "id": 200,
      "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/pads/200/?format=api",
      "active": true,
      "agencies": [],
      "name": "Launch Complex 9A",
      "image": {
        "id": 2090,
        "name": "CZ-6C liftoff from LC-9A (Maiden Flight)",
        "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cz-6c_liftoff__image_20240507065634.jpg",
        "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cz-6c_liftoff__image_thumbnail_20240507065635.jpeg",
        "credit": "中国之声",
        "license": {
          "id": 1,
          "name": "Unknown",
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          "link": null
        },
        "single_use": false,
        "variants": []
      },
      "description": "",
      "info_url": null,
      "wiki_url": null,
      "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=38.8583,111.5802",
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      "country": {
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        "name": "China",
        "alpha_2_code": "CN",
        "alpha_3_code": "CHN",
        "nationality_name": "Chinese",
        "nationality_name_composed": "Sino"
      },
      "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_launch_complex_9a_20220330003717.jpg",
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      "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 30,
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      "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/pads/113/?format=api",
      "active": true,
      "agencies": [],
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      "image": null,
      "description": null,
      "info_url": null,
      "wiki_url": null,
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      },
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      "fastest_turnaround": "P24DT2H17M"
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      "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/pads/33/?format=api",
      "active": true,
      "agencies": [],
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      "image": null,
      "description": null,
      "info_url": null,
      "wiki_url": null,
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      "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 32,
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      "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/pads/60/?format=api",
      "active": true,
      "agencies": [],
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      "description": null,
      "info_url": null,
      "wiki_url": "",
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}