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/c203e807-0955-4e32-abfe-d5c71cdf5c31/?format=api
{ "id": "c203e807-0955-4e32-abfe-d5c71cdf5c31", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/c203e807-0955-4e32-abfe-d5c71cdf5c31/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "falcon-9-block-5-nrol-77", "name": "Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-77", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2025-12-09T19:16:25Z", "window_end": "2025-12-09T19:16:25Z", "window_start": "2025-12-09T19:16:25Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": 98, "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": 629, "consecutive_successful_launches": 114, "successful_launches": 614, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 124, "consecutive_successful_landings": 113, "successful_landings": 574, "failed_landings": 27, "attempted_landings": 600, "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": 8074, "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": 629, "consecutive_successful_launches": 114, "successful_launches": 614, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 124, "consecutive_successful_landings": 113, "successful_landings": 574, "failed_landings": 27, "attempted_landings": 600, "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": 536, "consecutive_successful_launches": 238, "successful_launches": 535, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 105 }, "launcher_stage": [ { "id": 850, "type": "Core", "reused": true, "launcher_flight_number": 4, "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": 4, "attempted_landings": 4, "flights": 4, "last_launch_date": "2025-12-09T19:16:25Z", "first_launch_date": "2025-07-16T06:30:00Z" }, "landing": { "id": 1745, "attempt": true, "success": true, "description": "The Falcon 9 first stage B1096 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) after its 4th flight.", "location": { "id": 5, "name": "Landing Zone 2", "abbrev": "LZ-2", "description": "LZ-2 Pad located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at the previous LC-13. Directly next to LZ-1", "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": 1081, "total_landing_count": 70 }, "successful_landings": 16 }, "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Return to Launch Site", "abbrev": "RTLS", "description": "A return to launch site usually means that after stage separation the booster flips and does a burn back towards the launch site, landing near where it initially launched from." } }, "previous_flight_date": "2025-11-11T03:21:30Z", "turn_around_time_days": 28, "previous_flight": { "id": "a63253be-6084-4151-81db-57fe4d13b164", "name": "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-87" } } ], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 6627, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "NROL-77", "description": "Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Government/Top Secret", "orbit": { "id": 25, "name": "Unknown", "abbrev": "N/A" } }, "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": 1081, "total_landing_count": 70 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_80_20200803143323.jpg", "total_launch_count": 359 }, "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/nrol77" }, { "priority": 11, "title": null, "description": null, "feature_image": null, "url": "https://www.nro.gov/Portals/135/Documents/news/Press%20Kits/10441_Press%20Kit%20book_Launch_NROL-77_11.25.25_WEB.pdf" } ], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 7, "title": "SpaceX NROL-77", "description": "On Tuesday December 09, 2025, SpaceX launched the NROL-77 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/c203e807-0955-4e32-abfe-d5c71cdf5c31/?format=json\nRelated news in the Spaceflight News API: https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?launch=c203e807-0955-4e32-abfe-d5c71cdf5c31\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://x.com...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FqKMaGrn874/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqKMaGrn874" }, { "priority": 8, "title": "Watch Live: SpaceX launches and lands Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral on spy satellite mission", "description": "Watch live coverage from Cape Canaveral as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a classified payload for the U.S. spy satellite agency, the National Reconnaissance Office. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 is scheduled for 2:16 p.m. EST (1916 UTC) on Tuesday, Dec. 9. The first-stage booster for this mission, B1096, making its fourth flight will return to land at Cape Canaveral's Landing Zone 2, about eight and a half minutes after leaving the launch pad.\n\nThe mission, NROL-77, will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from Florida's Space Coast.\n\nOur live coverage with commentary by 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 per...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HSLH8L42da4/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSLH8L42da4" }, { "priority": 9, "title": "SpaceX Falcon 9 launches NROL-77", "description": "Falcon 9 launch of a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office from SLC-40.\n\nInstantaneous launch window: December 9th at 2:16:25PM EST (19:26:25 UTC)\n\nMission: Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-77 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office\nLaunch location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth.\nTarget orbit: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO)\nBooster: B1096-4; 28d 15h 54min 55s turnaround\nBooster history: LF-01, IMAP, and Starlink Group 6-87.\nBooster recovery: Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2)\nFairing recovery: Unknown\nRocket trajectory: Northeast\nPayload mass: Classified\nStats:\n - SpaceX's 603rd launch overall.\n - SpaceX's 164th launch of the year.\n - SpaceX's 7th launch of the month.\n - Earth's X orbital launch of the year.\n - Falcon's 223rd launch s...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CMJz_kRcQZE/maxresdefault_live.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMJz_kRcQZE" }, { "priority": 10, "title": "NROL-77 Mission", "description": "Livestream on X", "feature_image": "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G6jq8vVWgAA9QAZ.jpg", "url": "https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1YpJkkWpjQEJj" } ], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon_9_on_slc_image_20251209085834.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7147, "location_launch_attempt_count": 1073, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 352, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 613, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 298, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 79, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 72, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 164 }
