GET

Space Station Instance

Modes

Levels of detail in the response - normal, detailed

Example - /space_stations/?mode=detailed

Filters

Parameters - docked_vehicles, docked_vehicles__gt, docked_vehicles__gte, docked_vehicles__lt, docked_vehicles__lte, id, name, name__contains, onboard_crew, onboard_crew__gt, onboard_crew__gte, onboard_crew__lt, onboard_crew__lte, orbit, owner__ids, owners, status, status__ids, type

Example - /space_stations/?onboard_crew__gte=1

Fields searched - name, owners__abbrev, owners__name

Example - /space_stations/?search=Salyut

Ordering

Fields - docked_vehicles, founded, id, name, onboard_crew, status, type, volume

Example - /space_stations/?ordering=founded

Number of results

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

Example - /space_stations/?limit=2

Format

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

Help

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

GET /2.3.0/space_stations/8/?format=api
HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 8,
    "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/space_stations/8/?format=api",
    "name": "Tiangong 2",
    "image": {
        "id": 1947,
        "name": "[AUTO] Tiangong 2 - image",
        "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tiangong25202_image_20190215013232.jpeg",
        "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194221.jpeg",
        "credit": null,
        "license": {
            "id": 1,
            "name": "Unknown",
            "priority": 9,
            "link": null
        },
        "single_use": true,
        "variants": []
    },
    "status": {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "De-Orbited"
    },
    "founded": "2016-09-15",
    "deorbited": "2019-07-19",
    "description": "Tiangong-2 (Chinese: 天宫二号; pinyin: Tiāngōng èrhào; literally: \"Celestial Palace 2\") is a Chinese space laboratory and part of the Project 921-2 space station program. Tiangong-2 was launched on 15 September 2016.\r\n\r\nTiangong-2 is neither designed nor planned to be a permanent orbital station; rather, it is intended as a testbed for key technologies that will be used in the Chinese large modular space station, which is planned for launch between 2019 and 2022.",
    "orbit": "Low Earth Orbit",
    "type": {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Government"
    },
    "owners": [
        {
            "response_mode": "normal",
            "id": 17,
            "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/17/?format=api",
            "name": "China National Space Administration",
            "abbrev": "CNSA",
            "type": {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Government"
            },
            "featured": true,
            "country": [
                {
                    "id": 6,
                    "name": "China",
                    "alpha_2_code": "CN",
                    "alpha_3_code": "CHN",
                    "nationality_name": "Chinese",
                    "nationality_name_composed": "Sino"
                }
            ],
            "description": "The China National Space Administration (CNSA) is the national space agency of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for the national space program and for planning and development of space activities. CNSA and China Aerospace Corporation (CASC) assumed the authority over space development efforts previously held by the Ministry of Aerospace Industry. The CNSA has many launch sites around China with their orbital sites located in Jiuquan, Xichang, Taiyuan and Wenchang.",
            "administrator": "Administrator: Tang Dengjie",
            "founding_year": 1993,
            "launchers": "",
            "spacecraft": "Shenzhou",
            "parent": null,
            "image": {
                "id": 9,
                "name": "[AUTO] China National Space Administration - image",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520national2520space2520administration_image_20190207032431.jpeg",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184601.jpeg",
                "credit": null,
                "license": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Unknown",
                    "priority": 9,
                    "link": null
                },
                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
            },
            "logo": {
                "id": 125,
                "name": "[AUTO] China National Space Administration - logo",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520national2520space2520administration_logo_20190207032431.png",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184936.png",
                "credit": null,
                "license": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Unknown",
                    "priority": 9,
                    "link": null
                },
                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
            },
            "social_logo": {
                "id": 51,
                "name": "[AUTO] China National Space Administration - social_logo",
                "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520national2520space2520administration_nation_20190602114400.png",
                "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184747.png",
                "credit": null,
                "license": {
                    "id": 1,
                    "name": "Unknown",
                    "priority": 9,
                    "link": null
                },
                "single_use": true,
                "variants": []
            }
        }
    ],
    "response_mode": "detailed",
    "active_expeditions": [],
    "height": 10.4,
    "width": 3.35,
    "mass": 9.5,
    "volume": 14,
    "onboard_crew": 0,
    "docked_vehicles": 0,
    "docking_location": [
        {
            "id": 31,
            "name": "Tiangong-2 forward",
            "currently_docked": null
        }
    ],
    "active_docking_events": []
}