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/4d61413a-5fb6-4d68-8719-d247e95a76bd/?format=api
{ "id": "4d61413a-5fb6-4d68-8719-d247e95a76bd", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/4d61413a-5fb6-4d68-8719-d247e95a76bd/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "falcon-9-block-5-starlink-group-6-86", "name": "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-86", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2025-12-01T07:44:10Z", "window_end": "2025-12-01T09:00:00Z", "window_start": "2025-12-01T05:00:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "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": 611, "consecutive_successful_launches": 96, "successful_launches": 596, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 117, "consecutive_successful_landings": 95, "successful_landings": 556, "failed_landings": 27, "attempted_landings": 582, "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/spacex_image_20190207032501.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_nation_20230531064544.jpg" }, "rocket": { "id": 8810, "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": 611, "consecutive_successful_launches": 96, "successful_launches": 596, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 117, "consecutive_successful_landings": 95, "successful_landings": 556, "failed_landings": 27, "attempted_landings": 582, "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/spacex_image_20190207032501.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_nation_20230531064544.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": 518, "consecutive_successful_launches": 220, "successful_launches": 517, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 99 }, "launcher_stage": [ { "id": 846, "type": "Core", "reused": true, "launcher_flight_number": 4, "launcher": { "id": 196, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launcher/196/?format=api", "details": "Falcon 9 booster debuting on Starlink Group 12-15.", "flight_proven": true, "serial_number": "B1095", "status": "active", "image_url": null, "successful_landings": 4, "attempted_landings": 4, "flights": 4, "last_launch_date": "2025-12-01T07:44:10Z", "first_launch_date": "2025-05-21T03:19:10Z" }, "landing": { "id": 1741, "attempt": true, "success": true, "description": "The Falcon 9 first stage B1095 has landed on ASDS JRTI after its 4th flight.", "location": { "id": 3, "name": "Just Read the Instructions", "abbrev": "JRTI", "description": "Third (Marmac 303) ASDS barge, Just Read the Instructions (JRTI) is currently used to recover Falcon 9 and Heavy boosters in the Atlantic Ocean.", "location": null, "successful_landings": 143 }, "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship", "abbrev": "ASDS", "description": "An autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) is an ocean-going vessel derived from a deck barge, outfitted with station-keeping engines and a large landing platform. Construction of such ships was commissioned by aerospace company SpaceX to allow for recovery of rocket first-stages at sea for high-velocity missions which do not carry enough fuel to return to the launch site after lofting spacecraft onto an orbital trajectory." } }, "previous_flight_date": "2025-10-16T09:27:10Z", "turn_around_time_days": 45, "previous_flight": { "id": "02348ca1-d937-441b-86fe-5002275907db", "name": "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-52" } } ], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 7401, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Starlink Group 6-86", "description": "A batch of 29 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Communications", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" } }, "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": 277, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_87_20200803143537.jpg", "total_launch_count": 219 }, "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/sl-6-86" } ], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 7, "title": "SpaceX Starlink Group 6-86", "description": "On Monday December 01, 2025, SpaceX launched the Starlink Group 6-86 mission with a Falcon 9 Block 5 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/4d61413a-5fb6-4d68-8719-d247e95a76bd/?format=json\nRelated news in the Spaceflight News API: https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?launch=4d61413a-5fb6-4d68-8719-d247e95a76bd\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...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jGEw8i2G2Wg/hqdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGEw8i2G2Wg" }, { "priority": 8, "title": "Watch Live: SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center", "description": "Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 29 satellites for the company's Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A is scheduled during a launch window than opens at 2:44 a.m. EST (0744 UTC) on Monday, Dec 1. The first-stage booster for this mission, B1095, making its fourth flight will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'Just Read the Instructions', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.\n\nThe missions, designated Starlink 6-86 will take a south-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 one hour prior to the first 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...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1fcjjaBDUJA/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fcjjaBDUJA" }, { "priority": 9, "title": "SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 6-86", "description": "SpaceX launch of a batch of 29 Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second-generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation.\n\nLaunch window: November 30th from 00:00 EST to 4;00 AM EST (05:00-09:00 UTC)\nCurrent T0: November 30th at 00:00AM EST (05:00 UTC)\n\nMission: Falcon 9 launch of 29 Starlink v2 Mini satellites into orbit.\nLaunch location: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Earth.\nTarget orbit: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO); 258x269km 43° orbit\nBooster: B1095-4; 45d 19h 33min 20s turnaround\nBooster history: Starlink Group 12-15, Starlink Group 10-56, and Starlink Grouo 10-52.\nSatellites launched: 79, will be 108 after this mission.\nBooster recovery: Just Read The Instructions (JRTI)\nFairing recovery: Bob\nRocket trajectory: Southeast passing northeast of the Ba...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xc23FchmmTQ/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc23FchmmTQ" }, { "priority": 10, "title": "Livestream on X", "description": "Livestream on X", "feature_image": null, "url": "https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1yNxabknEvRKj" } ], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon2520925_image_20221009234147.png", "infographic": null, "program": [ { "id": 25, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/program/25/?format=api", "name": "Starlink", "description": "Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX", "agencies": [ { "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/starlink_program_20231228154508.jpeg", "start_date": "2018-02-22T14:17:00Z", "end_date": null, "info_url": "https://starlink.com", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink" } ], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7134, "location_launch_attempt_count": 277, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 219, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 607, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 285, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 25, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 25, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 158 }
