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/c3116e20-3fad-47e7-bed9-5ab52e7cf196/?format=api
{ "id": "c3116e20-3fad-47e7-bed9-5ab52e7cf196", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/c3116e20-3fad-47e7-bed9-5ab52e7cf196/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "long-march-4b-yaogan-47", "name": "Long March 4B | Yaogan 47", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2025-12-09T03:41:00Z", "window_end": "2025-12-09T03:56:00Z", "window_start": "2025-12-09T03:33:00Z", "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", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "CASC", "description": "The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.", "administrator": "Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei", "founding_year": "1999", "launchers": "Long March", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 575, "consecutive_successful_launches": 1, "successful_launches": 560, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 9, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 1, "attempted_landings": 1, "info_url": "https://english.spacechina.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_logo_20220826093937.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_image_20191228094408.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_nation_20230604193716.png" }, "rocket": { "id": 8833, "configuration": { "id": 10, "launch_library_id": 16, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/10/?format=api", "name": "Long March 4B", "description": "The Long March 4B (Chinese: 长征四号乙火箭), also known as the Chang Zheng 4B, CZ-4B and LM-4B is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. Launched from Launch Complex 1 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, it is a 3-stage rocket, used mostly to place satellites into low Earth and sun synchronous orbits.", "family": "Long March", "full_name": "Long March 4B", "manufacturer": { "id": 88, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "CASC", "description": "The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.", "administrator": "Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei", "founding_year": "1999", "launchers": "Long March", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 575, "consecutive_successful_launches": 1, "successful_launches": 560, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 9, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 1, "attempted_landings": 1, "info_url": "https://english.spacechina.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_logo_20220826093937.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_image_20191228094408.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_nation_20230604193716.png" }, "program": [], "variant": "B", "alias": "", "min_stage": 3, "max_stage": 3, "length": 44.1, "diameter": 3.35, "maiden_flight": "1999-05-10", "launch_mass": 249, "leo_capacity": 4200, "gto_capacity": 1500, "to_thrust": 2961, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long_march_4b_l_image_20251209044050.jpeg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_4B", "total_launch_count": 56, "consecutive_successful_launches": 36, "successful_launches": 55, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 7424, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Yaogan 47", "description": "The Yaogan 47 is a Chinese military “remote sensing” satellite of unknown purposes.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Government/Top Secret", "orbit": { "id": 17, "name": "Sun-Synchronous Orbit", "abbrev": "SSO" } }, "pad": { "id": 22, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/22/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiuquan_Launch_Area_4", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=40.960482,100.298059", "latitude": "40.960482", "longitude": "100.298059", "location": { "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/17/?format=api", "name": "Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China", "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_17_20200803142429.jpg", "total_launch_count": 275, "total_landing_count": 2 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_22_20200803143437.jpg", "total_launch_count": 133 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "title": "Long March-4B launches Yaogan-47", "description": "A Long March-4B launch vehicle launched the Yaogan-47 remote sensing satellite (遥感四十七号卫星) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, on 9 December 2025, at 03:41 UTC (11:41 local time). According to official sources, the satellite has entered the preset orbit successfully and “will be primarily used in national land surveys, urban planning, road network design, crop yield estimation, environmental management, and disaster prevention and mitigation”.\nCredit: China Central Television (CCTV)/China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1GzOI3Omef0/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GzOI3Omef0" } ], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long_march_4b_l_image_20251209044050.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7145, "location_launch_attempt_count": 269, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 131, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 561, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 296, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 30, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 12, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 60 }
