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/17b411a8-a3d6-46f3-8596-28caccac62bc/?format=api
{ "id": "17b411a8-a3d6-46f3-8596-28caccac62bc", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/17b411a8-a3d6-46f3-8596-28caccac62bc/?format=api", "launch_library_id": 726, "slug": "minotaur-iv-tacsat-4", "name": "Minotaur IV+ | TacSat-4", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2011-09-27T15:49:00Z", "window_end": "2011-09-27T15:49:00Z", "window_start": "2011-09-27T15:49:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 100, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/100/?format=api", "name": "Orbital Sciences Corporation", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "OSC", "description": "", "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 72, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 65, "failed_launches": 7, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://www.orbital.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_Sciences_Corporation", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/orbital_science_image_20251120065555.png", "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/orbital_icon_image_20251120065816.png" }, "rocket": { "id": 1555, "configuration": { "id": 85, "launch_library_id": 110, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/85/?format=api", "name": "Minotaur IV", "description": "The Minotaur IV+ launch system is derived from the Peacekeeper ICBM. The first three stages are taken directly from decommissioned Peacekeeper missiles. It is similar to the Minotaur IV, but uses a larger Star-48V upper stage in place of the Orion-38 used on the baseline Minotaur IV.", "family": "Minotaur", "full_name": "Minotaur IV+", "manufacturer": { "id": 100, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/100/?format=api", "name": "Orbital Sciences Corporation", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "OSC", "description": "", "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 72, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 65, "failed_launches": 7, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://www.orbital.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_Sciences_Corporation", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/orbital_science_image_20251120065555.png", "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/orbital_icon_image_20251120065816.png" }, "program": [], "variant": "+", "alias": "Peacekeeper SLV", "min_stage": 4, "max_stage": 4, "length": 23.9, "diameter": 2.35, "maiden_flight": "2011-09-27", "launch_mass": 86, "leo_capacity": 1950, "gto_capacity": 0, "to_thrust": 2200, "apogee": 500, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/minotaur2520iv_image_20190222030607.jpeg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minotaur_IV", "total_launch_count": 1, "consecutive_successful_launches": 1, "successful_launches": 1, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": null, "pad": { "id": 57, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/57/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Launch Pad 1", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Spaceport_Complex_%E2%80%93_Alaska", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=57.435833,-152.337778", "latitude": "57.435833", "longitude": "-152.337778", "location": { "id": 25, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/25/?format=api", "name": "Pacific Spaceport Complex, Alaska, USA", "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_25_20200803142500.jpg", "total_launch_count": 9, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_57_20200803143509.jpg", "total_launch_count": 3 }, "infoURLs": [ { "priority": 0, "title": "Orbital Minotaur IV launches with TacSat-4", "description": "An Orbital Minotaur IV+ rocket has launched from Kodiak Island, Alaska, on Tuesday, carrying an experimental communications satellite for the United States Navy and Operationally Responsive Space Office. Liftoff was on schedule at 15:49 UTC (07:49 local time).\n\nTacSat-4 is the third in a series of e...", "feature_image": null, "url": "https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/09/orbital-minotaur-launch-tacsat4/" } ], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 0, "title": "Sunrise launch for TacSat-4", "description": "Spaceflight Now's camera captures the spectacular sunrise launch of TacSat-4 aboard a Minotaur rocket from Kodiak Island, Alaska.", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UiZaAqPL1As/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiZaAqPL1As" } ], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/minotaur2520iv_image_20190222030607.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 5161, "location_launch_attempt_count": 3, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 3, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 63, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 55, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 4 }
