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/98f70f28-397a-4c0d-aeb2-e7f8a88e0323/?format=api
{ "id": "98f70f28-397a-4c0d-aeb2-e7f8a88e0323", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/98f70f28-397a-4c0d-aeb2-e7f8a88e0323/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "falcon-9-block-5-gps-iii-sv09", "name": "Falcon 9 Block 5 | GPS III SV09", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2026-01-28T04:53:16Z", "window_end": "2026-01-28T04:53:16Z", "window_start": "2026-01-28T04:38:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": 99, "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": 648, "consecutive_successful_launches": 133, "successful_launches": 633, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 124, "consecutive_successful_landings": 132, "successful_landings": 593, "failed_landings": 27, "attempted_landings": 619, "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": 7899, "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": 648, "consecutive_successful_launches": 133, "successful_launches": 633, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 124, "consecutive_successful_landings": 132, "successful_landings": 593, "failed_landings": 27, "attempted_landings": 619, "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": 555, "consecutive_successful_launches": 257, "successful_launches": 554, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 105 }, "launcher_stage": [ { "id": 875, "type": "Core", "reused": true, "launcher_flight_number": 5, "launcher": { "id": 197, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launcher/197/?format=api", "details": "Falcon 9 booster.", "flight_proven": true, "serial_number": "B1096", "status": "active", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/b1096_landing_a_image_20251219190526.jpg", "successful_landings": 5, "attempted_landings": 5, "flights": 5, "last_launch_date": "2026-01-28T04:53:16Z", "first_launch_date": "2025-07-16T06:30:00Z" }, "landing": { "id": 1799, "attempt": true, "success": true, "description": "The Falcon 9 first stage B1096 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 5th 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": 145 }, "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": "2025-12-09T19:16:25Z", "turn_around_time_days": 49, "previous_flight": { "id": "c203e807-0955-4e32-abfe-d5c71cdf5c31", "name": "Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-77" } } ], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 6408, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "GPS III SV09", "description": "Ninth of ten GPS III missions.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Navigation", "orbit": { "id": 12, "name": "Medium Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "MEO" } }, "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": 1092, "total_landing_count": 71 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_80_20200803143323.jpg", "total_launch_count": 369 }, "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/gpsiii9" } ], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 7, "title": "SpaceX GPS III SV09", "description": "On Wednesday January 28, 2026, SpaceX launched the GPS III SV09 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/98f70f28-397a-4c0d-aeb2-e7f8a88e0323/?format=json\nRelated news in the Spaceflight News API: https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?launch=98f70f28-397a-4c0d-aeb2-e7f8a88e0323\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/QkGXtdaIOjM/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkGXtdaIOjM" }, { "priority": 8, "title": "Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches GPS navigation satellite from Cape Canaveral", "description": "Watch live coverage as a Falcon 9 rocket launches carrying the GPS 3-9 navigation satellite. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 11:53 p.m. EST (0453 UTC) on Tuesday, Jan. 27. The first-stage booster, making its fifth flight, will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, about eight and a half minutes after launch.\n\nThe mission will take a north-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\nVideos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrs...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gLtxlG9cwpQ/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLtxlG9cwpQ" }, { "priority": 9, "title": "SpaceX Falcon 9 launches GPS-III SV09", "description": "Launch window: January 27th from 11:38PM to 11:53PM EST (04:38-04:53 UTC on the 28th)\nCurrent T0: January 27th at 11:38PM EST (04:38 UTC on the 28th)\n\nMission: Falcon 9 launch of the GPS-III SV09 satellite, named Ellison Onizuka, for the US Space Force. \nLaunch location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth. \nTarget orbit: Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO)\nBooster: B1096-5; 48d 9h 30min 3s turnaround\nBooster history: Leo-Falcon 1 (LF-01), IMAP, Starlink Group 6-87, NROL-77.\nBooster recovery: A Shortfall Of Gravitas (ASOG)\nFairing halves: SN234-2 (passive) and SN241-2 (active). Both previously flew together on the NROL-77 mission with a ~48d turnaround.\nFairing recovery: Doug\nRocket trajectory: Northeast hugging the US east coast\nPayload mass: Approximatel...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nJmrzwrbjGI/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJmrzwrbjGI" }, { "priority": 10, "title": "GPS III-9 Mission", "description": "Livestream on X", "feature_image": "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G_Mc2ytWUAAP6pQ.jpg", "url": "https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1BRJjgnqYWpxw" } ], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon_9_on_slc_image_20260128051232.jpg", "infographic": null, "program": [ { "id": 29, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/program/29/?format=api", "name": "Global Positioning System", "description": "The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. 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