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=7650
{ "count": 8136, "next": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/?format=api&limit=10&offset=7660", "previous": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/?format=api&limit=10&offset=7640", "results": [ { "id": "57ce0a39-d035-4f16-a418-bd6108f78199", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/57ce0a39-d035-4f16-a418-bd6108f78199/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "falcon-9-block-5-starlink-group-15-18", "name": "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-18", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2026-10-31T04:04:34Z", "window_end": "2026-10-31T07:48:00Z", "window_start": "2026-10-31T03:48:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 121, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/121/?format=api", "name": "SpaceX", "type": "Commercial" }, "rocket": { "id": 9281, "configuration": { "id": 164, "launch_library_id": 188, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/164/?format=api", "name": "Falcon 9", "family": "Falcon", "full_name": "Falcon 9 Block 5", "variant": "Block 5" } }, "mission": { "id": 7880, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Starlink Group 15-18", "description": "A batch of 27 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Communications", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" } }, "pad": { "id": 16, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/16/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Space Launch Complex 4E", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Launch_Complex_4#SLC-4E", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=34.632,-120.611", "latitude": "34.632", "longitude": "-120.611", "location": { "id": 11, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/11/?format=api", "name": "Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA", "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_11_20200803142416.jpg", "total_launch_count": 924, "total_landing_count": 37 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_16_20200803143532.jpg", "total_launch_count": 308 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon2520925_image_20221009234147.png", "infographic": null, "program": [ { "id": 25, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/program/25/?format=api", "name": "Starlink", "description": "Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by American aerospace company SpaceX", "agencies": [ { "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/starlink_program_20231228154508.jpeg", "start_date": "2018-02-22T14:17:00Z", "end_date": null, "info_url": "https://starlink.com", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink" } ] }, { "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-the-sea-god-surveys-iqps-launch-9", "name": "Electron | The Sea God Surveys (iQPS Launch 9)", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2026-11-02T16:41:00Z", "window_end": "2026-11-02T18:20:00Z", "window_start": "2026-11-02T16:30:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": 90, "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": 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"country_code": "NZL", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_10_20200803142509.jpg", "total_launch_count": 86, "total_landing_count": 17 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_65_20200803143549.jpg", "total_launch_count": 45 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/electron_image_20190705175640.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [] }, { "id": "f3f201cd-0ff9-4ff7-9aaa-1d22c399c75a", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/f3f201cd-0ff9-4ff7-9aaa-1d22c399c75a/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "kinetica-2-spacesail-polar-group-17", "name": "Kinetica 2 | SpaceSail Polar Group #17", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2026-11-03T00:15:00Z", "window_end": "2026-11-03T00:33:00Z", "window_start": "2026-11-03T00:05:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, 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"https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/kinetica_2_firs_image_20260330153456.jpg", "infographic": null, "program": [] }, { "id": "711de6bc-f755-475b-a12f-ec5240da3a11", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/711de6bc-f755-475b-a12f-ec5240da3a11/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "long-march-2c-yaogan-51-07-to-09", "name": "Long March 2C | Yaogan 51-07 to 09", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2026-11-05T15:58:00Z", "window_end": "2026-11-05T16:16:00Z", "window_start": "2026-11-05T15:52:00Z", "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", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 9291, "configuration": { "id": 61, "launch_library_id": 75, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/61/?format=api", "name": "Long March 2C", "family": "Long March", "full_name": "Long March 2C", "variant": "C" } }, "mission": { "id": 7890, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Yaogan 51-07 to 09", "description": "3 Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Government/Top Secret", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" } }, "pad": { "id": 66, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/66/?format=api", "agency_id": 17, "name": "Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=28.247059,102.029008", "latitude": "28.247059", "longitude": "102.029008", "location": { "id": 16, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/16/?format=api", "name": "Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China", "country_code": 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