Spacex Payload Structure

A launch payload. Derived from the r-spacex/SpaceX-API mongoose model.

Type: object Properties: 28

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SpaceX Payload is a JSON Structure definition published by SpaceX (Community API), describing 28 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

id name type reused launch customers norad_ids nationalities manufacturers mass_kg mass_lbs orbit reference_system regime longitude semi_major_axis_km eccentricity periapsis_km apoapsis_km inclination_deg period_min lifespan_years epoch mean_motion raan arg_of_pericenter mean_anomaly dragon

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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  "name": "SpaceX Payload",
  "description": "A launch payload. Derived from the r-spacex/SpaceX-API mongoose model.",
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  "x-source-url": "https://github.com/r-spacex/SpaceX-API/tree/master/docs",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "reused": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": false
    },
    "launch": {
      "type": "string",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "customers": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "norad_ids": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "int32"
      }
    },
    "nationalities": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "manufacturers": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "mass_kg": {
      "type": "double",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "mass_lbs": {
      "type": "double",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "orbit": {
      "type": "string",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "reference_system": {
      "type": "string",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "regime": {
      "type": "string",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "longitude": {
      "type": "double",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "semi_major_axis_km": {
      "type": "double",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "eccentricity": {
      "type": "double",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "periapsis_km": {
      "type": "double",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "apoapsis_km": {
      "type": "double",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "inclination_deg": {
      "type": "double",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "period_min": {
      "type": "double",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "lifespan_years": {
      "type": "double",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "epoch": {
      "type": "datetime",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "mean_motion": {
      "type": "double",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "raan": {
      "type": "double",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "arg_of_pericenter": {
      "type": "double",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "mean_anomaly": {
      "type": "double",
      "nullable": true
    },
    "dragon": {
      "type": "object",
      "nullable": true,
      "properties": {
        "capsule": {
          "type": "string",
          "nullable": true
        },
        "mass_returned_kg": {
          "type": "double",
          "nullable": true
        },
        "mass_returned_lbs": {
          "type": "double",
          "nullable": true
        },
        "flight_time_sec": {
          "type": "int32",
          "nullable": true
        },
        "manifest": {
          "type": "string",
          "nullable": true
        },
        "water_landing": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "nullable": true
        },
        "land_landing": {
          "type": "boolean",
          "nullable": true
        }
      }
    }
  }
}