Launch Instance
API endpoint that returns all Launch objects or a single launch.
EXAMPLE - /launch/
GET: Return a list of all Launch objects.
FILTERS: Fields - 'name', 'id(s)', 'lsp_id', 'lsp_name', 'serial_number', 'launcher_config__id', 'rocket__spacecraftflight__spacecraft__name'
MODE: 'normal', 'list', 'detailed' EXAMPLE: ?mode=list
SEARCH: Searches through the launch name, rocket name, launch agency, mission name & spacecraft name. EXAMPLE - ?search=SpaceX
GET /2.0.0/launch/163c666e-6c61-4e10-8110-6d3c33d965f6/?format=api
{ "id": "163c666e-6c61-4e10-8110-6d3c33d965f6", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/163c666e-6c61-4e10-8110-6d3c33d965f6/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "zhuque-3-demo-flight", "name": "Zhuque-3 | Demo Flight", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2025-12-03T04:00:00Z", "window_end": "2025-12-03T04:49:00Z", "window_start": "2025-12-03T03:52:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 259, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/259/?format=api", "name": "LandSpace", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "LS", "description": "LandSpace is a Chinese private space launch company based in Beijing. It was founded in 2015 by Tsinghua University alumni Zhang Changwu.", "administrator": "Founder: Zhang Changwu", "founding_year": "2015", "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 8, "consecutive_successful_launches": 1, "successful_launches": 5, "failed_launches": 3, "pending_launches": 1, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 1, "attempted_landings": 1, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LandSpace", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/landspace_logo_20220822100731.png", "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/landspace_nation_20230702184353.png" }, "rocket": { "id": 8821, "configuration": { "id": 539, "launch_library_id": null, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/539/?format=api", "name": "Zhuque-3", "description": "Zhuque-3 (ZQ-3) is a reusable orbital launch vehicle developed by Chinese private company LandSpace. The rocket is built using stainless steel and shares the same series of gas generator cycle methane/liquid oxygen powered rocket engines as in the currently active ZQ-2E rocket.\r\n\r\nThe first stage uses 9 TQ-12 engines (initially the TQ-12A, then upgraded TQ-12B) while the second stage uses 1 TQ-15 engine (TQ-15A, then TQ-15B).\r\n\r\nOn launch missions where the first stage is recovered, it will land on a down-range landing pad located in Minqin County, Gansu Province.", "family": "Zhuque", "full_name": "Zhuque-3", "manufacturer": { "id": 259, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/259/?format=api", "name": "LandSpace", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "LS", "description": "LandSpace is a Chinese private space launch company based in Beijing. It was founded in 2015 by Tsinghua University alumni Zhang Changwu.", "administrator": "Founder: Zhang Changwu", "founding_year": "2015", "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 8, "consecutive_successful_launches": 1, "successful_launches": 5, "failed_launches": 3, "pending_launches": 1, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 1, "attempted_landings": 1, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LandSpace", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/landspace_logo_20220822100731.png", "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/landspace_nation_20230702184353.png" }, "program": [], "variant": "", "alias": "ZQ-3", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 2, "length": 76.6, "diameter": 4.5, "maiden_flight": "2025-12-03", "launch_mass": 660, "leo_capacity": 21300, "gto_capacity": null, "to_thrust": 9000, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/zq-3_flight_1_l_image_20251203064230.jpg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuque-3", "total_launch_count": 1, "consecutive_successful_launches": 1, "successful_launches": 1, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [ { "id": 852, "type": "Core", "reused": false, "launcher_flight_number": 1, "launcher": { "id": 245, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launcher/245/?format=api", "details": "First stage booster used on the 1st flight of LandSpace's Zhuque-3 rocket. Booster attempted to land downrange on its dedicated landing pad, but impacted the edge of the pad following an abnormal landing burn.", "flight_proven": false, "serial_number": "ZQ-3 F1", "status": "destroyed", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/zq-3_flight_1_l_image_20251203064230.jpg", "successful_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 1, "flights": 1, "last_launch_date": "2025-12-03T04:00:00Z", "first_launch_date": "2025-12-03T04:00:00Z" }, "landing": { "id": 1747, "attempt": true, "success": false, "description": "The Zhuque-3 first stage booster executed its re-entry burn normally, but the landing burn was abnormal and the booster crashed next to its downrange landing pad on its landing attempt.", "location": { "id": 60, "name": "Zhuque-3 Landing Site", "abbrev": "ZQ-3 LZ", "description": "Landing site for first stage boosters of LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 rocket at Minqin County, Gansu Province, China.", "location": { "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/17/?format=api", "name": "Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China", "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_17_20200803142429.jpg", "total_launch_count": 283, "total_landing_count": 2 }, "successful_landings": 0 }, "type": { "id": 9, "name": "Vertical Landing", "abbrev": "VL", "description": "Vertical landing using engines" } }, "previous_flight_date": null, "turn_around_time_days": null, "previous_flight": null } ], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 7412, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Demo Flight", "description": "First test launch of LandSpace’s ZQ-3 rocket, with a dummy payload. The rocket’s 1st stage attempted to land on a landing pad about 300 km downrange of the launch site.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Test Flight", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" } }, "pad": { "id": 243, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/243/?format=api", "agency_id": 259, "name": "Launch Area 96B", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuque-3", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=40.92017,100.25129", "latitude": "40.92017", "longitude": "100.25129", "location": { "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/17/?format=api", "name": "Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China", "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_17_20200803142429.jpg", "total_launch_count": 283, "total_landing_count": 2 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_launch_area_96b_20251128220544.jpg", "total_launch_count": 1 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/zq-3_flight_1_l_image_20251203064230.jpg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7138, "location_launch_attempt_count": 267, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 8, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 289, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 28, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 3 }
