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/4be383b3-3997-4bd9-822b-33d9ca83a8fc/?format=api
{ "id": "4be383b3-3997-4bd9-822b-33d9ca83a8fc", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/4be383b3-3997-4bd9-822b-33d9ca83a8fc/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "long-march-4b-ziyuan-3-04", "name": "Long March 4B | Ziyuan-3-04", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2025-12-16T03:17:00Z", "window_end": "2025-12-16T03:39:00Z", "window_start": "2025-12-16T03:10:00Z", "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": 575, "consecutive_successful_launches": 1, "successful_launches": 560, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 9, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 1, "attempted_landings": 1, "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": 8854, "configuration": { "id": 10, "launch_library_id": 16, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/10/?format=api", "name": "Long March 4B", "description": "The Long March 4B (Chinese: 长征四号乙火箭), also known as the Chang Zheng 4B, CZ-4B and LM-4B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Launched from Launch Complex 1 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, it is a 3-stage rocket, used mostly to place satellites into low Earth and sun synchronous orbits.", "family": "Long March", "full_name": "Long March 4B", "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": 575, "consecutive_successful_launches": 1, "successful_launches": 560, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 9, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 1, "attempted_landings": 1, "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": "B", "alias": "", "min_stage": 3, "max_stage": 3, "length": 44.1, "diameter": 3.35, "maiden_flight": "1999-05-10", "launch_mass": 249, "leo_capacity": 4200, "gto_capacity": 1500, "to_thrust": 2961, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long_march_4b_l_image_20251209044050.jpeg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_4B", "total_launch_count": 56, "consecutive_successful_launches": 36, "successful_launches": 55, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 7445, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Ziyuan-3-04", "description": "The ZY-3 (Ziyuan-3, 'Resource-3') series represents China's first high-resolution, stereoscopic mapping satellites for civilian use.\r\n\r\nThe second satellite is managed by the Satellite Surveying and Mapping Application Center (SASMAC).\r\n\r\nThe imaging payload consists of a three-line camera array and a multispectral imager.\r\n\r\nThe three-line panchromatic camera array to acquire stereoscopic imagery consists of three telescopic cameras with one oriented to the nadir and the other two each offset by 22° forward and backward in flight direction. The stereo mapping camera of ZY-3 has a resolution of 2.1 m for the nadir camera, and 2.6 m for the offset cameras. The swath width is 51 km.\r\n\r\nThe multispectral imager for environmental and vegetation monitoring consists of a three-mirror telescope and a cooled detector system sensitive to four wavelength bands to capture full-color imagery as well as near-infrared data. The ground resolution of this system is 5.8 m.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Earth Science", "orbit": { "id": 17, "name": "Sun-Synchronous Orbit", "abbrev": "SSO" } }, "pad": { "id": 25, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/25/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Launch Complex 9", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": null, "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=38.863128,111.589567", "latitude": "38.863128", "longitude": "111.589567", "location": { "id": 19, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/19/?format=api", "name": "Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China", "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_19_20200803142421.jpg", "total_launch_count": 150, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_25_20200803143501.jpg", "total_launch_count": 77 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long_march_4b_l_image_20251209044050.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7156, "location_launch_attempt_count": 149, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 77, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 564, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 307, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 12, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 63 }
