Space Station List
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
Search
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/?format=api&offset=10&ordering=-status
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Launched on 29 September 1977 by a Proton rocket, the station was the first of the \"second-generation\" type of space station. Salyut 6 possessed several revolutionary advances over the earlier Soviet space stations, which it nevertheless resembled in overall design. These included the addition of a second docking port, a new main propulsion system and the station's primary scientific instrument, the BST-1M multispectral telescope. The addition of the second docking port made crew handovers and station resupply by unmanned Progress freighters possible for the first time.", "orbit": "Low Earth Orbit", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "owners": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 63, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "abbrev": "RFSA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" }, "featured": true, "country": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "description": "The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.", "administrator": "Administrator: Yuri Borisov", "founding_year": 1992, "launchers": "Soyuz", "spacecraft": "Soyuz", "parent": null, "image": { "id": 25, "name": "[AUTO] Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/russian2520federal2520space2520agency25202528roscosmos2529_image_20190207032459.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184652.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "logo": { "id": 177, "name": "[AUTO] Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) - logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/russian2520federal2520space2520agency25202528roscosmos2529_logo_20190207032459.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185118.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": { "id": 89, "name": "[AUTO] Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) - social_logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/russian2520federal2520space2520agency25202528roscosmos2529_nation_20230531052758.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184841.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } } ], "response_mode": "normal", "active_expeditions": [] }, { "id": 11, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/space_stations/11/?format=api", "name": "Salyut 3", "image": { "id": 1945, "name": "[AUTO] Salyut 2 - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/salyut25202_image_20190217082304.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194218.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": false, "variants": [] }, "status": { "id": 2, "name": "De-Orbited" }, "founded": "1974-06-25", "deorbited": "1975-01-24", "description": "Salyut 3 (Russian: Салют-3; English: Salute 3; also known as OPS-2 or Almaz 2) was a Soviet space station launched on 25 June 1974. It was the second Almaz military space station, and the first such station to be launched successfully. It was included in the Salyut program to disguise its true military nature. Due to the military nature of the station, the Soviet Union was reluctant to release information about its design, and about the missions relating to the station.\r\n\r\nIt attained an altitude of 219 to 270 km on launch and NASA reported its final orbital altitude was 268 to 272 km. Only one of the three intended crews successfully boarded and manned the station, brought by Soyuz 14; Soyuz 15 attempted to bring a second crew but failed to dock.\r\n\r\nAlthough little official information has been released about the station, several sources report that it contained multiple Earth-observation cameras, as well as an on-board gun. The station was deorbited, and re-entered the atmosphere on 24 January 1975. The next space station launched by the Soviet Union was the civilian station Salyut 4; the next military station was Salyut 5, which was the final Almaz space station.", "orbit": "Low Earth Orbit", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "owners": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 63, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "abbrev": "RFSA", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Government" }, "featured": true, "country": [ { "id": 5, "name": "Russia", "alpha_2_code": "RU", "alpha_3_code": "RUS", "nationality_name": "Russian", "nationality_name_composed": "Russo" } ], "description": "The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. 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It will be roughly one-fifth the mass of the International Space Station and about the size of the Mir space station.", "orbit": "Low Earth Orbit", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "owners": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 88, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "abbrev": "CASC", "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 Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.", "administrator": "Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei", "founding_year": 1999, "launchers": "Long March", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": { "id": 8, "name": "[AUTO] China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - image", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_image_20191228094408.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184558.jpeg", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "logo": { "id": 124, "name": "[AUTO] China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_logo_20220826093937.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184933.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": { "id": 50, "name": "[AUTO] China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation - social_logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_nation_20230604193716.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305184746.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } } ], "response_mode": "normal", "active_expeditions": [ { "id": 163, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/expeditions/163/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou 20", "start": "2025-04-24T15:49:00Z", "end": null } ] }, { "id": 4, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/space_stations/4/?format=api", "name": "International Space Station", "image": { "id": 1952, "name": "ISS as seen from Shuttle Atlantis (STS-132)", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/international2520space2520station_image_20190220215716.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305194230.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": false, "variants": [] }, "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "founded": "1998-11-20", "deorbited": null, "description": "The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. 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