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/6da58dd3-57bf-4c0a-a003-c56268db3e59/?format=api
{ "id": "6da58dd3-57bf-4c0a-a003-c56268db3e59", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/6da58dd3-57bf-4c0a-a003-c56268db3e59/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "long-march-2fg-shenzhou-22", "name": "Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 22", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Go" }, "net": "2025-11-25T04:11:00Z", "window_end": "2025-11-25T04:41:00Z", "window_start": "2025-11-25T04:01:00Z", "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": 556, "consecutive_successful_launches": 98, "successful_launches": 542, "failed_launches": 14, "pending_launches": 5, "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": 8806, "configuration": { "id": 84, "launch_library_id": 111, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/84/?format=api", "name": "Long March 2", "description": "The Long March 2F is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket, part of the Long March 2 rocket family. Designed to launch the crewed Shenzhou spacecraft, the Long March 2F is a human-rated two-stage version of the Long March 2E rocket, which in turn was based on the Long March 2C launch vehicle. It is launched from complex SLS at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.", "family": "Long March", "full_name": "Long March 2F/G", "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": 556, "consecutive_successful_launches": 98, "successful_launches": 542, "failed_launches": 14, "pending_launches": 5, "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": "F/G", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 2, "length": 62.0, "diameter": 3.35, "maiden_flight": "2011-10-31", "launch_mass": 464, "leo_capacity": 8399, "gto_capacity": null, "to_thrust": null, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long_march_2_image_20210908195835.jpeg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_2F/G", "total_launch_count": 19, "consecutive_successful_launches": 19, "successful_launches": 19, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 1 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": { "id": 900, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/flight/900/?format=api", "mission_end": null, "destination": "Tiangong space station", "launch_crew": [], "onboard_crew": [], "landing_crew": [ { "id": 5166, "role": "Operator", "astronaut": { "id": 864, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/864/?format=api", "name": "Fei Wu", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1993-10-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Chinese", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Wu Fei is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. He enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force in January 2021, and joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in October 2015. He was a engineer at the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) prior to joining the astronaut corps.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/fei_wu_image_20251030081821.jpg", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2025-10-31T15:44:46Z", "first_flight": "2025-10-31T15:44:46Z" } }, { "id": 5167, "role": "Operator", "astronaut": { "id": 865, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/865/?format=api", "name": "Hongzhang Zhang", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1986-04-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Chinese", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Zhang Hongzhang is a Chinese astronaut selected as a payload specialist as part of the Shenzhou program. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in August 2004. He was a researcher on battery technology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics prior to joining the astronaut corps.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/hongzhang_zhang_image_20251030081806.jpg", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2025-10-31T15:44:46Z", "first_flight": "2025-10-31T15:44:46Z" } }, { "id": 3751, "role": "Operator", "astronaut": { "id": 752, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/astronaut/752/?format=api", "name": "Zhang Lu", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1976-11-01", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Chinese", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Zhang Lu is a Chinese pilot selected in 2010 to be an astronaut.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/zhang_lu_offici_image_20251030081918.jpg", "wiki": null, "last_flight": "2025-10-31T15:44:46Z", "first_flight": "2022-11-29T15:08:17Z" } } ], "spacecraft": { "id": 624, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/spacecraft/624/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou 22", "serial_number": "22", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "description": "Spacecraft to be launched without crew to replace Shenzhou 20 that was damaged by orbital debris on the descent module porthole window, and thus deemed unsuitable for crew re-entry. 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