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/4651fd8a-43de-4166-bf8f-c168b3bd1d2c/?format=api
{ "id": "4651fd8a-43de-4166-bf8f-c168b3bd1d2c", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/4651fd8a-43de-4166-bf8f-c168b3bd1d2c/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "falcon-heavy-nrol-97", "name": "Falcon Heavy | NROL-97", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2026-10-02T03:54:00Z", "window_end": "2026-10-02T04:42:00Z", "window_start": "2026-10-02T03:53:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": 90, "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": 745, "consecutive_successful_launches": 230, "successful_launches": 730, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 136, "consecutive_successful_landings": 39, "successful_landings": 690, "failed_landings": 29, "attempted_landings": 718, "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": 8574, "configuration": { "id": 161, "launch_library_id": 58, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/161/?format=api", "name": "Falcon Heavy", "description": "The Falcon Heavy is a variant of the Falcon 9 full thrust launch vehicle and consists of a standard Falcon 9 rocket core, with two additional boosters derived from the Falcon 9 first stage.", "family": "Falcon", "full_name": "Falcon Heavy", "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": 745, "consecutive_successful_launches": 230, "successful_launches": 730, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 136, "consecutive_successful_landings": 39, "successful_landings": 690, "failed_landings": 29, "attempted_landings": 718, "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": [], "variant": "Heavy", "alias": "", "min_stage": 3, "max_stage": 3, "length": 70.0, "diameter": 12.2, "maiden_flight": "2018-02-06", "launch_mass": 1400, "leo_capacity": 63800, "gto_capacity": 26700, "to_thrust": 22819, "apogee": 200, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon_heavy_image_20220129192819.jpeg", "info_url": "https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/falcon-heavy/index.html", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Heavy", "total_launch_count": 14, "consecutive_successful_launches": 14, "successful_launches": 14, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 12 }, "launcher_stage": [ { "id": 987, "type": "Core", "reused": false, "launcher_flight_number": 1, "launcher": { "id": 261, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launcher/261/?format=api", "details": "Falcon Heavy core booster expended during the launch of the NROL-97 mission.", "flight_proven": false, "serial_number": "B1106", "status": "expended", "image_url": null, "successful_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "flights": 1, "last_launch_date": "2026-10-02T03:54:00Z", "first_launch_date": "2026-10-02T03:54:00Z" }, "landing": { "id": 1960, "attempt": false, "success": null, "description": "The Falcon Heavy center core B1106 will be expended.", "location": { "id": 6, "name": "Atlantic Ocean", "abbrev": "ATL", "description": "Atlantic Ocean", "location": null, "successful_landings": 38 }, "type": { "id": 8, "name": "Expended", "abbrev": "EXP", "description": "Vehicle did not perform any landing operations after launch" } }, "previous_flight_date": null, "turn_around_time_days": null, "previous_flight": null }, { "id": 988, "type": "Strap-On Booster", "reused": true, "launcher_flight_number": 2, "launcher": { "id": 250, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launcher/250/?format=api", "details": "Falcon 9 booster.", "flight_proven": true, "serial_number": "B1104", "status": "active", "image_url": null, "successful_landings": 2, "attempted_landings": 2, "flights": 2, "last_launch_date": "2026-10-02T03:54:00Z", "first_launch_date": "2026-08-30T11:26:04Z" }, "landing": { "id": 1959, "attempt": true, "success": true, "description": "The Falcon Heavy side booster B1104 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 1 after its 2nd flight.", "location": { "id": 4, "name": "Landing Zone 1", "abbrev": "LZ-1", "description": "LZ-1 Pad located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at the previous LC-13.", "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": 1132, "total_landing_count": 83 }, "successful_landings": 54 }, "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": "2026-08-30T11:26:04Z", "turn_around_time_days": 32, "previous_flight": { "id": "521f3a1c-f977-4306-9b7f-495858719adf", "name": "Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope" } }, { "id": 989, "type": "Strap-On Booster", "reused": true, "launcher_flight_number": 4, "launcher": { "id": 111, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launcher/111/?format=api", "details": "Falcon Heavy side booster first flown during the GOES-U mission.", "flight_proven": true, "serial_number": "B1072", "status": "active", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/b1072_and_b1086_image_20240626195649.jpeg", "successful_landings": 4, "attempted_landings": 4, "flights": 4, "last_launch_date": "2026-10-02T03:54:00Z", "first_launch_date": "2024-06-25T21:26:00Z" }, "landing": { "id": 1958, "attempt": true, "success": true, "description": "The Falcon Heavy side booster B1072 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 2 after its 4th 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": 1132, "total_landing_count": 83 }, "successful_landings": 20 }, "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": "2026-08-30T11:26:04Z", "turn_around_time_days": 32, "previous_flight": { "id": "521f3a1c-f977-4306-9b7f-495858719adf", "name": "Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope" } } ], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 7165, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "NROL-97", "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": 87, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/87/?format=api", "agency_id": 121, "name": "Launch Complex 39A", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39#Launch_Pad_39A", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=28.60822681,-80.60428186", "latitude": "28.60822681", "longitude": "-80.60428186", "location": { "id": 27, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/27/?format=api", "name": "Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA", "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_27_20200803142447.jpg", "total_launch_count": 283, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_87_20200803143537.jpg", "total_launch_count": 224 }, "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/nrol97" } ], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 7, "title": "SpaceX NROL-97", "description": "On Friday October 02, 2026 at 03:54 UTC, SpaceX launched the NROL-97 mission with a Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, 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/4651fd8a-43de-4166-bf8f-c168b3bd1d2c/?format=json\nRelated news in the Spaceflight News API: https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?launch=4651fd8a-43de-4166-bf8f-c168b3bd1d2c\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: https://x...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5ypJLI6uwNs/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ypJLI6uwNs" }, { "priority": 8, "title": "SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches its first mission for U.S. spy satellite agency", "description": "Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center on a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, at 11:53 p.m. EDT (0353 UTC on Oct. 2).\n\nThe Falcon Heavy's side boosters will return to land at Cape Canaveral just under eight minutes after launch. The rocket will take an north-easterly trajectory upon departure from Florida's Space Coast. \n\nLive commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now’s Will Robinson-Smith starting about 2 hours prior to launch.\n\nVideos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4KZtaO-VtrI/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KZtaO-VtrI" }, { "priority": 9, "title": "SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launches NROL-97", "description": "Launch Window: October 1st from 23:53 to 00:42 EDT (03:53-04:42 UTC on the 2nd)\nCurrent T0: October 1st at 23:53 EDT (03:53 UTC on the 2nd)\n\nMission: Falcon Heavy launch of NROL-97 for the National Reconnaissance Office\nLaunch location: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Earth.\nTarget orbit: Classified - But suspected to be Medium Earth Orbit\nCenter Core: B1106-1\nCenter Core history: New Booster\nCenter Core Recovery: None, will be expended\nMY Side Booster: B1072-4; 32d 16h 26min 56s turnaround\nMY Side Booster history: GOES-U, Viasat-3 F3, NASA's Roman\nPY Side Booster: B1104-2; 32d 16h 26min 56s turnaround\nPY Side Booster history: NASA's Roman\nSide boosters recovery: Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) and Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2)\nFairing halves: SN240-4 (passive) and SN241-5 (active)\nFairing re...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aqYtiH1UduQ/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqYtiH1UduQ" }, { "priority": 10, "title": "NROL-97 Mission", "description": "Livestream on X", "feature_image": "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HS6leNzXIAAeUXh.jpg", "url": "https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1oJMvNkPPXlxQ" } ], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon_heavy_image_20220129192819.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7409, "location_launch_attempt_count": 283, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 224, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 735, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 236, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 4, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 3, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 116 }
