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/521f3a1c-f977-4306-9b7f-495858719adf/?format=api
{ "id": "521f3a1c-f977-4306-9b7f-495858719adf", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/521f3a1c-f977-4306-9b7f-495858719adf/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "falcon-heavy-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope", "name": "Falcon Heavy | Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2026-08-30T11:26:04Z", "window_end": "2026-08-30T11:26:19Z", "window_start": "2026-08-30T11:25:49Z", "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": 731, "consecutive_successful_launches": 216, "successful_launches": 716, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 128, "consecutive_successful_landings": 24, "successful_landings": 675, "failed_landings": 29, "attempted_landings": 703, "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": 7615, "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": 731, "consecutive_successful_launches": 216, "successful_launches": 716, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 128, "consecutive_successful_landings": 24, "successful_landings": 675, "failed_landings": 29, "attempted_landings": 703, "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": 13, "consecutive_successful_launches": 13, "successful_launches": 13, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 13 }, "launcher_stage": [ { "id": 918, "type": "Strap-On Booster", "reused": true, "launcher_flight_number": 3, "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": 3, "attempted_landings": 3, "flights": 3, "last_launch_date": "2026-08-30T11:26:04Z", "first_launch_date": "2024-06-25T21:26:00Z" }, "landing": { "id": 1913, "attempt": true, "success": true, "description": "The Falcon Heavy side booster B1072 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 2 after its 3rd 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": 1129, "total_landing_count": 79 }, "successful_landings": 19 }, "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": "2026-04-29T14:13:00Z", "turn_around_time_days": 122, "previous_flight": { "id": "4cc237b2-c61a-491e-9532-466cce81f524", "name": "Falcon Heavy | ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)" } }, { "id": 917, "type": "Strap-On Booster", "reused": false, "launcher_flight_number": 1, "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": 1, "attempted_landings": 1, "flights": 1, "last_launch_date": "2026-08-30T11:26:04Z", "first_launch_date": "2026-08-30T11:26:04Z" }, "landing": { "id": 1912, "attempt": true, "success": true, "description": "The Falcon Heavy side booster B1104 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 40 after its 1st flight.", "location": { "id": 62, "name": "Landing Zone 40", "abbrev": "LZ-40", "description": "Landing Pad at SLC-40 for Falcon 9 boosters. Built as an replacement for LZ-1 & LZ-2.", "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": 1129, "total_landing_count": 79 }, "successful_landings": 6 }, "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": null, "turn_around_time_days": null, "previous_flight": null }, { "id": 916, "type": "Core", "reused": false, "launcher_flight_number": 1, "launcher": { "id": 251, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launcher/251/?format=api", "details": "Falcon Heavy core booster expended during the launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.", "flight_proven": false, "serial_number": "B1105", "status": "expended", "image_url": null, "successful_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "flights": 1, "last_launch_date": "2026-08-30T11:26:04Z", "first_launch_date": "2026-08-30T11:26:04Z" }, "landing": { "id": 1911, "attempt": false, "success": null, "description": "The Falcon Heavy center core B1105 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 } ], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 6105, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope", "description": "The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a NASA infrared space telescope with a 2.4 m (7.9 ft) wide field of view primary mirror and two scientific instruments. The Wide-Field Instrument (WFI) is a 300.8-megapixel multi-band visible and near-infrared camera, providing a sharpness of images comparable to that achieved by the Hubble Space Telescope over a 0.28 square degree field of view, 100 times larger than imaging cameras on the Hubble. The Coronagraphic Instrument (CGI) is a high-contrast, small field of view camera and spectrometer covering visible and near-infrared wavelengths using novel starlight-suppression technology. Roman objectives include a search for extra-solar planets using gravitational microlensing, and probing the expansion history of the Universe and the growth of cosmic structure, with the goal of measuring the effects of dark energy, the consistency of general relativity, and the curvature of spacetime.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Astrophysics", "orbit": { "id": 16, "name": "Sun-Earth L2", "abbrev": "L2" } }, "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": 282, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_87_20200803143537.jpg", "total_launch_count": 223 }, "infoURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "title": "SpaceX", "description": "SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. 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With its wide view and sophisticated host of tools, Roman will help us discover new exoplanets and untangle cosmic mysteries such as the nature of dark matter and dark energy.\n\nIt will make its home in orbit 1 million miles away from Earth at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point, where gravitational forces balanc...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9wq3VHsL_bE/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wq3VHsL_bE" }, { "priority": 10, "title": "Roman Space Telescope Mission", "description": "Livestream on X", "feature_image": "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HQLUbKEWQAA57v3.jpg", "url": "https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1jxXgBanvZeJZ" }, { "priority": 11, "title": "Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launch", "description": "Watch the launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is equipped with tools to detect and study exoplanets orbiting distant stars.", "feature_image": "https://plus.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/roman-launch-day-option-key-art-r2-horizontal-program-tile-16-9-without-title.jpg", "url": "https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-launch/" } ], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon_heavy_on_image_20260830111425.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7379, "location_launch_attempt_count": 282, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 223, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 724, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 206, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 3, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 2, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 105 }
