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/24675e3d-2458-48a3-8c70-5196e44d4dc3/?format=api
{ "id": "24675e3d-2458-48a3-8c70-5196e44d4dc3", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/24675e3d-2458-48a3-8c70-5196e44d4dc3/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "falcon-9-block-5-nrol-95", "name": "Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-95", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2026-07-30T07:10:19Z", "window_end": "2026-07-30T07:21:00Z", "window_start": "2026-07-30T06:37:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": 70, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 121, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/121/?format=api", "name": "SpaceX", "featured": true, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "SpX", "description": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.", "administrator": "CEO: Elon Musk", "founding_year": "2002", "launchers": "Falcon | Starship", "spacecraft": "Dragon", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 711, "consecutive_successful_launches": 196, "successful_launches": 696, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 128, "consecutive_successful_landings": 3, "successful_landings": 654, "failed_landings": 29, "attempted_landings": 682, "info_url": "https://www.spacex.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_logo_20220826094919.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon_9_image_20230807133459.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_social_l_image_20260407054626.jpg" }, "rocket": { "id": 9093, "configuration": { "id": 164, "launch_library_id": 188, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/164/?format=api", "name": "Falcon 9", "description": "Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.", "family": "Falcon", "full_name": "Falcon 9 Block 5", "manufacturer": { "id": 121, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/121/?format=api", "name": "SpaceX", "featured": true, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "SpX", "description": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.", "administrator": "CEO: Elon Musk", "founding_year": "2002", "launchers": "Falcon | Starship", "spacecraft": "Dragon", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 711, "consecutive_successful_launches": 196, "successful_launches": 696, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 128, "consecutive_successful_landings": 3, "successful_landings": 654, "failed_landings": 29, "attempted_landings": 682, "info_url": "https://www.spacex.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_logo_20220826094919.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon_9_image_20230807133459.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_social_l_image_20260407054626.jpg" }, "program": [ { "id": 11, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/program/11/?format=api", "name": "Commercial Resupply Services", "description": "Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) are a series of flights awarded by NASA for the delivery of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.The first CRS contracts were signed in 2008 and awarded $1.6 billion to SpaceX for twelve cargo Dragon and $1.9 billion to Orbital Sciences for eight Cygnus flights, covering deliveries to 2016. The Falcon 9 and Antares rockets were also developed under the CRS program to deliver cargo spacecraft to the ISS.", "agencies": [ { "id": 44, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, { "id": 257, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/257/?format=api", "name": "Northrop Grumman Space Systems", "type": "Commercial" }, { "id": 1020, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1020/?format=api", "name": "Sierra Nevada Corporation", "type": "Commercial" }, { "id": 121, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/121/?format=api", "name": "SpaceX", "type": "Commercial" } ], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/commercial2520_program_20201129212219.png", "start_date": "2008-12-23T00:00:00Z", "end_date": null, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Resupply_Services#Commercial_Resupply_Services" }, { "id": 5, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/program/5/?format=api", "name": "Commercial Crew Program", "description": "The Commercial Crew Program (CCP) is a human spaceflight program operated by NASA, in association with American aerospace manufacturers Boeing and SpaceX. The program conducts rotations between the expeditions of the International Space Station program, transporting crews to and from the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon capsules, in the first crewed orbital spaceflights operated by private companies.", "agencies": [ { "id": 80, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/80/?format=api", "name": "Boeing", "type": "Commercial" }, { "id": 44, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, { "id": 121, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/121/?format=api", "name": "SpaceX", "type": "Commercial" } ], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/commercial2520_program_20200820201209.png", "start_date": "2011-04-18T00:00:00Z", "end_date": null, "info_url": "https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/commercial/crew/index.html", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Crew_Program" } ], "variant": "Block 5", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 2, "length": 70.0, "diameter": 3.65, "maiden_flight": "2018-05-11", "launch_mass": 549, "leo_capacity": 22800, "gto_capacity": 8300, "to_thrust": 7607, "apogee": 200, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon_9_image_20230807133459.jpeg", "info_url": "https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/falcon-9/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9", "total_launch_count": 615, "consecutive_successful_launches": 317, "successful_launches": 614, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 111 }, "launcher_stage": [ { "id": 965, "type": "Core", "reused": true, "launcher_flight_number": 7, "launcher": { "id": 197, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launcher/197/?format=api", "details": "Falcon 9 booster.", "flight_proven": true, "serial_number": "B1096", "status": "active", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/b1096_landing_a_image_20251219190526.jpg", "successful_landings": 7, "attempted_landings": 7, "flights": 7, "last_launch_date": "2026-07-30T07:10:19Z", "first_launch_date": "2025-07-16T06:30:00Z" }, "landing": { "id": 1898, "attempt": true, "success": true, "description": "The Falcon 9 first stage B1096 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 2 after its 7th flight.", "location": { "id": 5, "name": "Landing Zone 2", "abbrev": "LZ-2", "description": "LZ-2 Pad located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at the previous LC-13. Directly next to LZ-1", "location": { "id": 12, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/12/?format=api", "name": "Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA", "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_12_20200803142519.jpg", "total_launch_count": 1123, "total_landing_count": 76 }, "successful_landings": 18 }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Return to Launch Site", "abbrev": "RTLS", "description": "A return to launch site usually means that after stage separation the booster flips and does a burn back towards the launch site, landing near where it initially launched from." } }, "previous_flight_date": "2026-05-15T22:05:41Z", "turn_around_time_days": 75, "previous_flight": { "id": "e60aa241-1f2c-4459-ba94-2f576c3e5632", "name": "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34" } } ], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 7688, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "NROL-95", "description": "Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Government/Top Secret", "orbit": { "id": 25, "name": "Unknown", "abbrev": "N/A" } }, "pad": { "id": 80, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/80/?format=api", "agency_id": 121, "name": "Space Launch Complex 40", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_40", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=28.56194122,-80.57735736", "latitude": "28.56194122", "longitude": "-80.57735736", "location": { "id": 12, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/12/?format=api", "name": "Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA", "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_12_20200803142519.jpg", "total_launch_count": 1123, "total_landing_count": 76 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_80_20200803143323.jpg", "total_launch_count": 395 }, "infoURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "title": "SpaceX", "description": "SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.", "feature_image": null, "url": "https://www.spacex.com/launches/nrol95" } ], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 7, "title": "SpaceX NROL-95", "description": "On Thursday July 30, 2026 at 07:10 UTC, SpaceX launched the NROL-95 mission with a Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.\n\nDescription generated from the Launch Library 2 API.\n——————————————————————\nObject in the Launch Library 2 API: https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/24675e3d-2458-48a3-8c70-5196e44d4dc3/?format=json\nRelated news in the Spaceflight News API: https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?launch=24675e3d-2458-48a3-8c70-5196e44d4dc3\n——————————————————————\n\nRehosted on YouTube by The Space Devs.\nSupport our work on https://www.patreon.com/TheSpaceDevs\n——————————————————————\nWebsite: https://thespacedevs.com\nX: https://x.com/thespacedevs\nDiscord: https://discord.com/invite/p7ntkNA\n——————————————————————\n\nOriginal video: htt...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L6c0OzSQevo/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6c0OzSQevo" }, { "priority": 8, "title": "Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches mission for U.S. spy satellite agency", "description": "Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, the U.S. government spy satellite agency. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for Thursday, July 30, at 3:10 a.m. EDT (0710 UTC).\n\nThe first-stage Falcon 9 booster, serial number B1096, launching for a seventh time, will return to a landing at Landing Zone 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.\n\nThe Falcon 9 will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from Florida's Space Coast.\n\nOur live coverage with commentary from Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith will start about an hour prior to launch.\n\nVideos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to per...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5cokZJ3XQW0/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cokZJ3XQW0" }, { "priority": 9, "title": "SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 with NROL-95", "description": "Instantaneous Launch Window: July 30th at 3:09:01AM EDT (07:09:01 UTC)\n\nMission: Falcon 9 launch of NROL-95 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office\nLaunch location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth.\nTarget orbit: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO)\nBooster: B1096-7; 75d 9h 3min 20s turnaround\nBooster history: Leo Falcon 1, IMAP, Starlink 6-87, NROL-77, GPS-III SV09, CRS-34. \nSatellites Launched: 59, will likely be 60 after this mission\nBooster recovery: Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2)\nFairing recovery: Doug\nRocket trajectory: Northeast\nPayload mass: Unknown\nStats:\n - SpaceX's 700th launch overall (5 F1, 670 F9, 12 FH, 13 Starship)\n - SpaceX's 91st launch of the year.\n - SpaceX's 13th launch of the month.\n - Earth's 180th orbital launch of the year.\n - Fa...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7QchKzHqvOM/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QchKzHqvOM" }, { "priority": 10, "title": "NROL-95 Mission", "description": "Livestream on X", "feature_image": "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HN62PtqXoAAiSvN.jpg", "url": "https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1DxLddLoqayxm" } ], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon_9_at_slc_image_20260729112529.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7353, "location_launch_attempt_count": 1123, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 395, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 710, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 180, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 47, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 41, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 91 }
