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/a57aed97-b94f-42e1-905e-9421dbd96ac8/?format=api
{ "id": "a57aed97-b94f-42e1-905e-9421dbd96ac8", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/a57aed97-b94f-42e1-905e-9421dbd96ac8/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "ariane-62-mtg-i2", "name": "Ariane 62 | MTG-I2", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2026-08-27T20:11:00Z", "window_end": "2026-08-27T22:40:00Z", "window_start": "2026-08-27T20:10:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": "VA270", "launch_service_provider": { "id": 115, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/115/?format=api", "name": "Arianespace", "featured": true, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "FRA", "abbrev": "ASA", "description": "Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.", "administrator": "CEO: David Cavaillolès", "founding_year": "1980", "launchers": "Ariane | Vega", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 328, "consecutive_successful_launches": 16, "successful_launches": 313, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 31, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://www.arianespace.com", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianespace", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/arianespace_logo_20210603173752.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ariane_64_lifto_image_20260213070745.jpg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/arianespace_nation_20230530190314.jpg" }, "rocket": { "id": 7514, "configuration": { "id": 121, "launch_library_id": 164, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/121/?format=api", "name": "Ariane 62", "description": "The Ariane 6 family is currently under development by the European Space Agency, with two variations including the Ariane 62 with two solid boosters intended for government and scientific missions.", "family": "Ariane", "full_name": "Ariane 62", "manufacturer": { "id": 1044, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1044/?format=api", "name": "ArianeGroup", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "FRA", "abbrev": "AG", "description": "ArianeGroup (formerly Airbus Safran Launchers) is an aerospace company based in France. A joint venture between Airbus and Safran, the company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux. It consists of three core arms: aerospace, defence and security.", "administrator": "CEO: Christophe Bruneau", "founding_year": "2015", "launchers": "Ariane", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 0, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 0, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://www.ariane.group/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArianeGroup", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/arianegroup_logo_20221130111224.PNG", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ariane_62_on_el_image_20240708201807.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/arianegroup_nation_20230802053255.jpg" }, "program": [], "variant": "62", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 2, "length": 63.0, "diameter": 5.4, "maiden_flight": "2024-07-09", "launch_mass": 530, "leo_capacity": 10900, "gto_capacity": 5100, "to_thrust": 10370, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ariane_62_lifto_image_20240711132056.jpeg", "info_url": "https://www.arianespace.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ariane6_Users-Manual_February2017.pdf", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_6", "total_launch_count": 6, "consecutive_successful_launches": 6, "successful_launches": 6, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 8 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 5924, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "MTG-I2", "description": "Third of EUMETSAT's third generation of weather satellite.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Earth Science", "orbit": { "id": 2, "name": "Geostationary Transfer Orbit", "abbrev": "GTO" } }, "pad": { "id": 67, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/67/?format=api", "agency_id": 115, "name": "Ariane Launch Area 4", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiana_Space_Centre", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=5.256319,-52.786838", "latitude": "5.256319", "longitude": "-52.786838", "location": { "id": 13, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/13/?format=api", "name": "Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana", "country_code": "GUF", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_13_20200803142412.jpg", "total_launch_count": 336, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_67_20200803143559.jpg", "total_launch_count": 9 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "title": "Flight VA270 | MTG-I2 | Ariane 6 | Arianespace", "description": "On August 27, 2026, Arianespace successfully launched the 2nd Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite, MTG-I2, aboard a dedicated Ariane 62.\nBuilding on the long-standing partnership between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), MTG-I2 is part of Europe's next-generation geostationary meteorological satellite system, delivering enhanced imagery for the early detection of rapidly developing storms, weather forecasting and climate monitoring.\nDesignated VA270, this mission marks Ariane 6's fourth launch of the year and its first mission to geostationary transfer orbit.\nOn August 27, 2026, at 5:11 pm local time, Arianespace successfully launched MTG-I2, the second Meteosat Third Generation Imager sat...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CLTbPdGfMJw/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLTbPdGfMJw" }, { "priority": 11, "title": "Vol VA270 | MTG-I2 | Ariane 6 | Arianespace", "description": "Le 27 août 2026, 17h11 heure locale, Arianespace a lancé avec succès le 2ème satellite imageur Meteosat Troisième Génération (MTG-I2) à bord d'une Ariane 6, dans sa configuration à 2 boosters, Ariane 62, depuis le port spatial européen en Guyane française. Le satellite a été placé avec précision en orbite de transfert géostationnaire (GTO) à 2 778 km d'altitude au-dessus de l'équateur. MTG-I2 s'est séparé du lanceur après 36 minutes de vol pour poursuivre sa trajectoire vers son orbite géostationnaire (GEO) opérationnelle à 36 000 km. \n\nDavid Cavaillolès, Président exécutif d'Arianespace, a commenté « La réussite de la mission MTG-I2, premier lancement d'Ariane 6 vers l'orbite de transfert géostationnaire, est une étape clef pour le programme. En assurant le lancement de ce satellit...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bEB-VbMwBuY/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEB-VbMwBuY" }, { "priority": 12, "title": "MTG-I2 launch (Official broadcast)", "description": "MTG-I2, the next Meteosat Third Generation weather satellite, is set for launch on 27 August aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. It will complete the MTG constellation, delivering more detailed and frequent weather observations over Europe and northern Africa.\n\nWatch the launch live from 21:42 CEST, with liftoff expected at 22:10 CEST (17:10 local time).\n\n★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe and click twice on the bell button to receive our notifications.\n\nWe are Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out https://www.esa.int/ to get up to speed on everything space related.\n\nCopyright...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vzytcrGSqUU/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzytcrGSqUU" }, { "priority": 13, "title": "Ariane 6 launches MTG-I2 Weather Satellite for EUMETSAT", "description": "Launch Window: August 27 - Window: 20:10 to 22:40 UTC.\n\nMTG (Meteosat Third Generation) is the follow-up system to the Meteosat MSG series of geostationary satellites.\n\nThe satellite system will consist of a twin configuration of 3-axis-stabilised satellites: the Imaging mission satellite (MTG-I) and the Sounding mission satellite (MTG-S).\n\nThe payload proposed for MTG-I consists of the Flexible Combined Imager (FCI), Lightning Imager (LI), Data Collection System (DCS), and search and rescue (GEOSAR).\n\nThe FCI is expected to outperform MSG Spinning and Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) observations on clouds, aerosol, moisture, and fire by adding new channels in the solar domain and by improving temporal, spatial, and radiometric resolution. For instance, the FCI in its Hi...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eF4s2Zga3uw/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF4s2Zga3uw" } ], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ariane_62_lifto_image_20240711132056.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7378, "location_launch_attempt_count": 335, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 9, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 328, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 205, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 5, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 4, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 4 }
