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/c6ddf5f6-4d5a-4059-8254-6b9f14bf5b87/?format=api
{ "id": "c6ddf5f6-4d5a-4059-8254-6b9f14bf5b87", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/c6ddf5f6-4d5a-4059-8254-6b9f14bf5b87/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "long-march-7a-shijian-28", "name": "Long March 7A | Shijian 28", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2025-11-30T12:20:00Z", "window_end": "2025-11-30T13:30:00Z", "window_start": "2025-11-30T12:12:00Z", "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": 559, "consecutive_successful_launches": 101, "successful_launches": 545, "failed_launches": 14, "pending_launches": 10, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "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": 8816, "configuration": { "id": 216, "launch_library_id": 247, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/216/?format=api", "name": "Long March 7A", "description": "", "family": "Long March", "full_name": "Long March 7A", "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": 559, "consecutive_successful_launches": 101, "successful_launches": 545, "failed_launches": 14, "pending_launches": 10, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "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": "A", "alias": "", "min_stage": null, "max_stage": null, "length": null, "diameter": null, "maiden_flight": "2020-03-16", "launch_mass": null, "leo_capacity": null, "gto_capacity": null, "to_thrust": null, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cz-7a_launch_2_image_20251206093324.jpeg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": null, "total_launch_count": 13, "consecutive_successful_launches": 12, "successful_launches": 12, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 7407, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Shijian 28", "description": "Classified experimental Chinese satellite of unknown purposes.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Government/Top Secret", "orbit": { "id": 2, "name": "Geostationary Transfer Orbit", "abbrev": "GTO" } }, "pad": { "id": 176, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/176/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "201", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenchang_Spacecraft_Launch_Site", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=19.618452,110.955356", "latitude": "19.618452", "longitude": "110.955356", "location": { "id": 8, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/8/?format=api", "name": "Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China", "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_8_20200803142445.jpg", "total_launch_count": 51, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_176_20200803143412.jpg", "total_launch_count": 27 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "title": "Long March-7A launches Shijian-28", "description": "A Long March-7A launch vehicle (长征七号A) launched the Shijian-28 satellite (实践二十八号卫星) from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site Hainan Province, China, on 30 November 2025, at 12:20 UTC (20:20 local time). According to official sources, the satellite “has entered its preset orbit successfully”.\nCredit: China Central Television (CCTV)/China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I7xqODsVSOE/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7xqODsVSOE" } ], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cz-7a_launch_2_image_20251206093324.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7133, "location_launch_attempt_count": 50, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 27, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 558, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 284, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 16, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 7, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 57 }
