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.
{
"$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/spacex/refs/heads/main/json-structure/spacex-payload-structure.json",
"name": "SpaceX Payload",
"description": "A launch payload. Derived from the r-spacex/SpaceX-API mongoose model.",
"x-schema-source": "documentation",
"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
}
}
}
}
}
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