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/74bf8472-9ba1-42d6-9245-b014f8e91de9/?format=api
{ "id": "74bf8472-9ba1-42d6-9245-b014f8e91de9", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/74bf8472-9ba1-42d6-9245-b014f8e91de9/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "falcon-9-block-5-project-starfall-demonstration-mi", "name": "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Project Starfall Demonstration Mission", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2026-06-23T10:53:00Z", "window_end": "2026-06-23T11:43:00Z", "window_start": "2026-06-23T10:43:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": 95, "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": 714, "consecutive_successful_launches": 199, "successful_launches": 699, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 126, "consecutive_successful_landings": 6, "successful_landings": 657, "failed_landings": 29, "attempted_landings": 685, "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": 9063, "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": 714, "consecutive_successful_launches": 199, "successful_launches": 699, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 126, "consecutive_successful_landings": 6, "successful_landings": 657, "failed_landings": 29, "attempted_landings": 685, "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": [ { "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": 618, "consecutive_successful_launches": 320, "successful_launches": 617, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 109 }, "launcher_stage": [ { "id": 949, "type": "Core", "reused": true, "launcher_flight_number": 29, "launcher": { "id": 120, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launcher/120/?format=api", "details": "Falcon 9 Block 5 booster first used for the Crew-6 mission.", "flight_proven": true, "serial_number": "B1078", "status": "active", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/b1078_landing_o_image_20250912151734.jpeg", "successful_landings": 29, "attempted_landings": 29, "flights": 29, "last_launch_date": "2026-06-23T10:53:00Z", "first_launch_date": "2023-03-02T05:34:14Z" }, "landing": { "id": 1877, "attempt": true, "success": true, "description": "The Falcon 9 first stage B1078 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 29th flight.", "location": { "id": 17, "name": "A Shortfall of Gravitas", "abbrev": "ASOG", "description": "The fourth ASDS barge, A Shortfall of Gravitas (ASOG) is currently used to recover Falcon 9 and Heavy boosters in the Altantic Ocean.", "location": null, "successful_landings": 163 }, "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": "2026-05-25T11:48:04Z", "turn_around_time_days": 28, "previous_flight": { "id": "e6159040-124e-4a2a-91db-41f5a48acfd8", "name": "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-47" } } ], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 7658, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Project Starfall Demonstration Mission", "description": "Note: Mission profile and payload details are TBD.\r\n\r\nDemonstration mission for SpaceX’s Project Starfall, which aims to mass-produce reentry capsules designed to autonomously transport valuable customer experiments and other payloads safely back from space to Earth, including for in-orbit manufacturing. \r\n\r\nStarfall is a cylindrical shaped capsule approximately 0.75 meters tall with a diameter of 3.1 meters, weighing approximately 2100 kilograms, and capable of carrying 1000 kilograms of payload. It is designed to be carried on Starship flights.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Technology", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" } }, "pad": { "id": 80, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/80/?format=api", "agency_id": 121, "name": "Space Launch Complex 40", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Space_Launch_Complex_40", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=28.56194122,-80.57735736", "latitude": "28.56194122", "longitude": "-80.57735736", "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": 1124, "total_landing_count": 76 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_80_20200803143323.jpg", "total_launch_count": 396 }, "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/starfalldemo" } ], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 7, "title": "SpaceX Project Starfall Demonstration Mission", "description": "On Tuesday June 23, 2026 at 10:53 UTC, SpaceX launched the Project Starfall Demonstration Mission mission with a Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, 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/74bf8472-9ba1-42d6-9245-b014f8e91de9/?format=json\nRelated news in the Spaceflight News API: https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?launch=74bf8472-9ba1-42d6-9245-b014f8e91de9\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—————————————...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BKicbMA9pyM/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKicbMA9pyM" }, { "priority": 8, "title": "Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starfall reentry demonstration mission from Cape Canaveral", "description": "Watch live coverage as a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a demonstration mission for a new SpaceX re-entry vehicle called Starfall.. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for Tuesday, June 23, at 6:53 a.m. EDT (1053 UTC).\n\nThe first-stage Falcon 9 booster, serial number B1078, launching for a 29th time, will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, roughly 8.5 minutes after leaving the launch pad.\n\nThe Starfall mission, 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 launch.\n\nThumbnail image: John Pisani/Spaceflight Now.\n\nVideos like this are made possibl...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0Xh_OTyzxOY/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xh_OTyzxOY" }, { "priority": 9, "title": "SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starfall Demo", "description": "Starfall is SpaceX's mass-produced reentry vehicle designed to autonomously transport valuable customer experiments and other payloads safely back from space to Earth, including for in-orbit manufacturing. Starfall is a cylindrical-shaped capsule approximately 0.75 meters tall with a diameter of 3.1 meters, weighing approximately 2,100 kilograms, and capable of carrying 1,000 kilograms of payload. It is designed to be carried on Starship flights.\n\nLaunch Window: June 23rd from 6:43AM to 7:43AM EDT (10:43-11:43 UTC)\nCurrent T0: June 23rd at 6:53AM EDT (10:53 UTC)\n\nMission: Falcon 9 launch of Starfall Demo mission\nLaunch location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth.\nTarget orbit: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO)\nBooster: B1078-29; 28d 23h 4min 56s turnaroun...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TBmijMsjv04/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBmijMsjv04" }, { "priority": 10, "title": "Starfall Demo Mission", "description": "Livestream on X", "feature_image": null, "url": "https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1kKzDDVdEdvJv" } ], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon_9_liftof_image_20241206131356.jpg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7323, "location_launch_attempt_count": 1116, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 389, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 694, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 150, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 40, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 35, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 75 }
