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/3eb3a9c4-65b8-49fa-afb3-8eee0c3ddfd2/?format=api
{ "id": "3eb3a9c4-65b8-49fa-afb3-8eee0c3ddfd2", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/3eb3a9c4-65b8-49fa-afb3-8eee0c3ddfd2/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "long-march-5-tjsw-23", "name": "Long March 5 | TJSW-23", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2025-12-20T12:30:00Z", "window_end": "2025-12-20T13:40:00Z", "window_start": "2025-12-20T12:22:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 88, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "CASC", "description": "The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.", "administrator": "Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei", "founding_year": "1999", "launchers": "Long March", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 565, "consecutive_successful_launches": 107, "successful_launches": 551, "failed_launches": 14, "pending_launches": 7, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://english.spacechina.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_logo_20220826093937.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_image_20191228094408.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_nation_20230604193716.png" }, "rocket": { "id": 8855, "configuration": { "id": 128, "launch_library_id": 116, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/128/?format=api", "name": "Long March 5", "description": "Long March 5 is a Chinese heavy lift launch system developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). CZ-5 is the first Chinese vehicle designed from the ground up to focus on non-hypergolic liquid rocket propellants. Currently, two CZ-5 vehicle configurations are planned, with maximum payload capacities of ~25,000 kilograms (55,000 lb) to LEO and ~14,000 kilograms (31,000 lb) to GTO. The Long March 5 roughly matches the capabilities of American EELV heavy-class vehicles such as the Delta IV Heavy.", "family": "Long March", "full_name": "Long March 5", "manufacturer": { "id": 88, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "CASC", "description": "The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.", "administrator": "Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei", "founding_year": "1999", "launchers": "Long March", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 565, "consecutive_successful_launches": 107, "successful_launches": 551, "failed_launches": 14, "pending_launches": 7, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://english.spacechina.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_logo_20220826093937.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_image_20191228094408.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_nation_20230604193716.png" }, "program": [], "variant": "", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 2, "length": 57.0, "diameter": 5.0, "maiden_flight": "2016-11-03", "launch_mass": 867, "leo_capacity": 25000, "gto_capacity": 14000, "to_thrust": 10600, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long2520march_image_20201119165033.png", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_5", "total_launch_count": 8, "consecutive_successful_launches": 8, "successful_launches": 8, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 2 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 7446, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "TJSW-23", "description": "Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Government/Top Secret", "orbit": { "id": 2, "name": "Geostationary Transfer Orbit", "abbrev": "GTO" } }, "pad": { "id": 175, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/175/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "101", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenchang_Spacecraft_Launch_Site", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=19.614334,110.951011", "latitude": "19.614334", "longitude": "110.951011", "location": { "id": 8, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/8/?format=api", "name": "Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China", "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_8_20200803142445.jpg", "total_launch_count": 53, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_175_20200803143424.jpg", "total_launch_count": 17 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "title": "Long March-5 launches TJSW-23", "description": "The Long March-5 Y10 launch vehicle (长征五号遥十) launched TJSW-23 (通信技术试验卫星二十三号, Communication Technology Test Satellite 23) from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site Hainan Province, China, on 20 December 2025, at 12:30 UTC (20:30 local time). According to official sources, the satellite entered the planned orbit and will be “mainly used to carry out multi-band and high-speed communication technology validation tests”. \nCredit: China Central Television (CCTV)/China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WBDOzm30Psg/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBDOzm30Psg" } ], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long2520march_image_20201119165033.png", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7162, "location_launch_attempt_count": 53, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 17, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 565, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 313, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 19, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 4, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 64 }
