Launch List
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/?format=api&offset=40&ordering=name
{ "count": 518, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/?format=api&limit=10&offset=50&ordering=name", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/?format=api&limit=10&offset=30&ordering=name", "results": [ { "id": "426bd2a5-02dd-4fbd-9f4d-2b8439c3a1ff", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/426bd2a5-02dd-4fbd-9f4d-2b8439c3a1ff/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "electron-iqps-launch-9", "name": "Electron | iQPS Launch 9", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "TBD" }, "net": "2026-12-31T00:00:00Z", "window_end": "2026-12-31T00:00:00Z", "window_start": "2026-12-31T00:00:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": true, "tbddate": true, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 147, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/147/?format=api", "name": "Rocket Lab", "type": "Commercial" }, "rocket": { "id": 8761, "configuration": { "id": 26, "launch_library_id": 148, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/26/?format=api", "name": "Electron", "family": "", "full_name": "Electron", "variant": "" } }, "mission": { "id": 7352, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "iQPS Launch 9", "description": "Synthetic aperture radar Earth observation satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company iQPS.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Earth Science", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" } }, "pad": { "id": 210, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/210/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Unknown Pad", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": null, "map_url": null, "latitude": "-39.260881", "longitude": "177.865826", "location": { "id": 10, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/10/?format=api", "name": "Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand", "country_code": "NZL", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_10_20200803142509.jpg", "total_launch_count": 84, "total_landing_count": 17 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_210_20230819165718.jpg", "total_launch_count": 0 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/electron_image_20190705175640.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [] }, { "id": "9281afa8-140d-425b-a560-2fa59feef814", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/9281afa8-140d-425b-a560-2fa59feef814/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "electron-kakushin-rising-jaxa-rideshare", "name": "Electron | Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare)", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2026-04-23T03:09:00Z", "window_end": "2026-04-23T03:09:00Z", "window_start": "2026-04-23T03:09:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 147, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/147/?format=api", "name": "Rocket Lab", "type": "Commercial" }, "rocket": { "id": 8765, "configuration": { "id": 26, "launch_library_id": 148, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/26/?format=api", "name": "Electron", "family": "", "full_name": "Electron", "variant": "" } }, "mission": { "id": 7356, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Kakushin Rising (JAXA Rideshare)", "description": "JAXA-manifested rideshare of eight separate spacecraft that includes educational small sats, an ocean monitoring satellite, a demonstration satellite for ultra-small multispectral cameras, and a deployable antenna that can be packed tightly using origami folding techniques and unfurled to 25 times its size.\r\n\r\nThe satellites were originally planned to launch with RAISE-4 on a Japanese Epsilon-S rocket, but the Epsilon-S was heavily delayed due to test firing failures.\r\n\r\nThe 8 satellites are:\r\n\r\n* MAGNARO-II\r\n* KOSEN-2R\r\n* WASEDA-SAT-ZERO-II\r\n* FSI-SAT2\r\n* OrigamiSat-2\r\n* Mono-Nikko\r\n* ARICA-2\r\n* PRELUDE", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Technology", "orbit": { "id": 17, "name": "Sun-Synchronous Orbit", "abbrev": "SSO" } }, "pad": { "id": 65, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/65/?format=api", "agency_id": 147, "name": "Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Lab_Launch_Complex_1", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=-39.262833,177.864469", "latitude": "-39.262833", "longitude": "177.864469", "location": { "id": 10, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/10/?format=api", "name": "Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand", "country_code": "NZL", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_10_20200803142509.jpg", "total_launch_count": 84, "total_landing_count": 17 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_65_20200803143549.jpg", "total_launch_count": 43 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/electron_image_20190705175640.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [] }, { "id": "599ba2df-7483-4b2f-a083-2b5ddc06e069", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/599ba2df-7483-4b2f-a083-2b5ddc06e069/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "electron-loxsat-1", "name": "Electron | LOXSAT 1", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "TBD" }, "net": "2026-12-31T00:00:00Z", "window_end": "2026-12-31T00:00:00Z", "window_start": "2026-12-31T00:00:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": true, "tbddate": true, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 147, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/147/?format=api", "name": "Rocket Lab", "type": "Commercial" }, "rocket": { "id": 8764, "configuration": { "id": 26, "launch_library_id": 148, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/26/?format=api", "name": "Electron", "family": "", "full_name": "Electron", "variant": "" } }, "mission": { "id": 7355, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "LOXSAT 1", "description": "LOXSAT 1 is a demonstration satellite of a complete cryogenic oxygen fluid management system in orbit, developed by Eta Space and sponsored by NASA's Tipping Point program.\r\n\r\nThe system will be integrated on a Rocket Lab Photon-LEO satellite bus and collect critical cryogenic fluid management data in orbit for 9 months, demonstrating capabilities of in-space cryogenic storage and transferal. Eta Space plans to use technology developed for this mission to develop a truly commercial depot intended to serve multiple customers in the future.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Technology", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" } }, "pad": { "id": 210, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/210/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Unknown Pad", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": null, "map_url": null, "latitude": "-39.260881", "longitude": "177.865826", "location": { "id": 10, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/10/?format=api", "name": "Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand", "country_code": "NZL", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_10_20200803142509.jpg", "total_launch_count": 84, "total_landing_count": 17 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_210_20230819165718.jpg", "total_launch_count": 0 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/electron_image_20190705175640.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [] }, { "id": "9f5a4cb6-63f9-47e1-9512-b468bae2a8e6", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/9f5a4cb6-63f9-47e1-9512-b468bae2a8e6/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "electron-owl-around-the-world-strix-launch-11", "name": "Electron | Owl Around The World (StriX Launch 11)", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2026-09-02T12:01:00Z", "window_end": "2026-09-02T12:01:00Z", "window_start": "2026-09-02T11:12:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": 70, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 147, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/147/?format=api", "name": "Rocket Lab", "type": "Commercial" }, "rocket": { "id": 8267, "configuration": { "id": 26, "launch_library_id": 148, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/26/?format=api", "name": "Electron", "family": "", "full_name": "Electron", "variant": "" } }, "mission": { "id": 6848, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Owl Around The World (StriX Launch 11)", "description": "Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Earth Science", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" } }, "pad": { "id": 185, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/185/?format=api", "agency_id": 147, "name": "Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Lab_Launch_Complex_1", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=-39.262833,177.864469", "latitude": "-39.262833", "longitude": "177.864469", "location": { "id": 10, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/10/?format=api", "name": "Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand", 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"2027-06-30T00:00:00Z", "window_end": "2027-06-30T00:00:00Z", "window_start": "2027-06-30T00:00:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": true, "tbddate": true, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 147, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/147/?format=api", "name": "Rocket Lab", "type": "Commercial" }, "rocket": { "id": 9074, "configuration": { "id": 26, "launch_library_id": 148, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/26/?format=api", "name": "Electron", "family": "", "full_name": "Electron", "variant": "" } }, "mission": { "id": 7669, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "PolSIR-1", "description": "The PoISIR (Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer) mission will help provide a better understanding of ice clouds that form at high altitudes throughout tropical and subtropical regions.\r\n\r\nConsisting of two small satellites, both of PoISIR’s 16U CubeSats have a scientific 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