Space Station List
API endpoint that allows Space Stations to be viewed.
GET: Return a list of all the existing space stations.
FILTERS: Parameters - 'name', 'status', 'owners', 'orbit', 'type', 'owners__name', 'owners__abbrev' Example - /api/2.2.0/spacestation/?status=Active
SEARCH EXAMPLE: Example - /api/2.2.0/spacestation/?search=ISS Searches through 'name', 'owners__name', 'owners__abbrev'
ORDERING: Fields - 'id', 'name', status', 'type', 'founded', 'volume' Example - /api/2.2.0/spacestation/?ordering=id
GET /2.2.0/spacestation/?format=api&offset=10&ordering=-status
{ "count": 15, "next": null, "previous": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacestation/?format=api&limit=10&ordering=-status", "results": [ { "id": 7, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacestation/7/?format=api", "name": "Tiangong 1", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "De-Orbited" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "founded": "2011-09-29", "deorbited": "2018-04-02", "description": "Tiangong-1 (Chinese: 天宫一号; pinyin: Tiāngōng yīhào; literally: \"Heavenly Palace 1\" or \"Celestial Palace 1\") was China's first prototype space station. It orbited Earth from September 2011 to April 2018, serving as both a manned laboratory and an experimental testbed to demonstrate orbital rendezvous and docking capabilities during its two years of active operational life.\r\n\r\nTiangong-1 was visited by a series of Shenzhou spacecraft during its two-year operational lifetime. The first of these, the unmanned Shenzhou 8, successfully docked with the module in November 2011, while the manned Shenzhou 9 mission docked in June 2012. A third and final mission to Tiangong-1, the manned Shenzhou 10, docked in June 2013. The manned missions to Tiangong-1 were notable for including China's first female astronauts, Liu Yang and Wang Yaping.\r\n\r\nOn 21 March 2016, after a lifespan extended by two years, the China Manned Space Engineering Office announced that Tiangong-1 had officially ended its service. They went on to state that the telemetry link with Tiangong-1 had been lost. A couple of months later, amateur satellite trackers watching Tiangong-1 found that China's space agency had lost control of the station. In September, after conceding they had lost control over the station, officials speculated that the station would re-enter and burn up in the atmosphere late in 2017. According to the China Manned Space Engineering Office, Tiangong-1 started reentry over the southern Pacific Ocean, northwest of Tahiti, on 2 April 2018 at 00:15 UTC.", "orbit": "Low Earth Orbit", "owners": [ { "id": 17, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "abbrev": "CNSA" } ], "active_expeditions": [], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tiangong25201_image_20190215013038.jpeg" }, { "id": 11, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacestation/11/?format=api", "name": "Salyut 3", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "De-Orbited" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "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", "owners": [ { "id": 63, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "abbrev": "RFSA" } ], "active_expeditions": [], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/salyut25202_image_20190217082304.jpeg" }, { "id": 8, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacestation/8/?format=api", "name": "Tiangong 2", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "De-Orbited" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "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", "owners": [ { "id": 17, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "abbrev": "CNSA" } ], "active_expeditions": [], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tiangong25202_image_20190215013232.jpeg" }, { "id": 4, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacestation/4/?format=api", "name": "International Space Station", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "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. Its first component was launched into orbit in 1998, with the first long-term residents arriving in November 2000. It has been inhabited continuously since that date. The last pressurised module was fitted in 2011, and an experimental inflatable space habitat was added in 2016. The station is expected to operate until 2030. Development and assembly of the station continues, with several new elements scheduled for launch in 2019. The ISS is the largest human-made body in low Earth orbit and can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth. The ISS consists of pressurised habitation modules, structural trusses, solar arrays, radiators, docking ports, experiment bays and robotic arms. ISS components have been launched by Russian Proton and Soyuz rockets, and American Space Shuttles.", "orbit": "Low Earth Orbit", "owners": [ { "id": 16, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/16/?format=api", "name": "Canadian Space Agency", "abbrev": "CSA" }, { "id": 27, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/27/?format=api", "name": "European Space Agency", "abbrev": "ESA" }, { "id": 37, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/37/?format=api", "name": "Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency", "abbrev": "JAXA" }, { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "abbrev": "NASA" }, { "id": 63, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "abbrev": "RFSA" } ], "active_expeditions": [ { "id": 160, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/expedition/160/?format=api", "name": "Expedition 72", "start": "2024-09-23T08:36:30Z", "end": null } ], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/international2520space2520station_image_20190220215716.jpeg" }, { "id": 18, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacestation/18/?format=api", "name": "Tiangong space station", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "founded": "2021-04-29", "deorbited": null, "description": "The Tiangong space station is a space station placed in Low Earth orbit between 340 and 450 km above the surface. 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", "owners": [ { "id": 88, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "abbrev": "CASC" } ], "active_expeditions": [ { "id": 161, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/expedition/161/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou 19", "start": "2024-10-30T03:00:00Z", "end": null } ], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tiangong_space__image_20231031004146.png" } ] }
