Payloads List
Modes
Levels of detail in the response - list, normal, detailed
Example - /payloads/?mode=list
Filters
Parameters - manufacturer__id, manufacturer__name, name, operator, operator__id, operator__name, program__id
Example - /payloads/?program__id=18
Search
Fields searched - manufacturer__name, name, operator__name, payloadflight__destination, payloadflight__rocket__launch__name
Example - /payloads/?search=EarthCare
Ordering
Fields - id, name, payloadflight__rocket__launch__net
Example - /payloads/?ordering=-payloadflight__rocket__launch__net
Number of results
Use limit to control the number of objects in the response (max 100)
Example - /payloads/?limit=2
Format
Switch to JSON output - /payloads/?format=json
Help
Find all the FAQs and support links on the documentation homepage - lldev.thespacedevs.com/docs
GET /2.3.0/payloads/?format=api&offset=10&ordering=-payloadflight__rocket__launch__net
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Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": 1953, "launchers": "Titan | Agena", "spacecraft": "Hubble | JUNO | InSight", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": null, "social_logo": null }, "operator": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1086, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1086/?format=api", "name": "NASA Goddard Space Flight Center", "abbrev": "GSFC", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" }, "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": "The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a major NASA space research laboratory located northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, United States.", "administrator": "Director: Makenzie Lystrup", "founding_year": 1959, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "image": null, "logo": null, "social_logo": null }, "image": { "id": 2108, "name": "NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on May 19, 2009. 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It was not the first space telescope, but it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned as a vital research tool and as a public relations boon for astronomy. The Hubble telescope is named after astronomer Edwin Hubble and is one of NASA's Great Observatories. The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) selects Hubble's targets and processes the resulting data, while the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) controls the spacecraft." }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 12, "name": "Hakuto-R M1", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Lunar Lander" }, "manufacturer": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1091, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1091/?format=api", "name": "ispace", "abbrev": "ispace", "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": "ispace Inc. is a publicly traded Japanese company developing robotic spacecraft and other technology to compete for both transportation and exploration mission contracts from space agencies and other private industries. ispace's mission is to enable its clients to discover, map, and use natural lunar 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"single_use": true, "variants": [] } }, "operator": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1091, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1091/?format=api", "name": "ispace", "abbrev": "ispace", "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": "ispace Inc. is a publicly traded Japanese company developing robotic spacecraft and other technology to compete for both transportation and exploration mission contracts from space agencies and other private industries. ispace's mission is to enable its clients to discover, map, and use natural lunar resources.", "administrator": "Founder: Takeshi Hakamada", "founding_year": 2010, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "Hakuto-R", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": { "id": 2305, "name": "ispace logo", "image_url": 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"https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/hakuto-r_model__image_20240518091133.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/hakuto-r_model__image_thumbnail_20240518091134.jpeg", "credit": "Artvill", "license": { "id": 20, "name": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "priority": 6, "link": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/" }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "wiki_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakuto-R_Mission_1", "info_link": "https://ispace-inc.com/m1", "program": [], "cost": null, "mass": 1000.0, "description": "Hakuto-R Mission 1 was a failed private Japanese uncrewed lunar landing mission built and operated by ispace, which was launched in December 2022 for an attempted lunar landing in April 2023." }, { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 7, "name": "Chandrayaan-3", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Lunar Lander" }, "manufacturer": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 31, "url": 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