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/cf7e747b-ec32-4f96-a1ee-fbdf4fc15ac1/?format=api
{ "id": "cf7e747b-ec32-4f96-a1ee-fbdf4fc15ac1", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/cf7e747b-ec32-4f96-a1ee-fbdf4fc15ac1/?format=api", "launch_library_id": 1177, "slug": "pegasus-xl-scisat-1", "name": "Pegasus XL | SCISAT-1", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2003-08-13T02:09:33Z", "window_end": "2003-08-13T02:09:33Z", "window_start": "2003-08-13T02:09:33Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 100, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/100/?format=api", "name": "Orbital Sciences Corporation", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "OSC", "description": "", "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 72, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 65, "failed_launches": 7, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://www.orbital.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_Sciences_Corporation", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/orbital_science_image_20251120065555.png", "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/orbital_icon_image_20251120065816.png" }, "rocket": { "id": 497, "configuration": { "id": 173, "launch_library_id": 8, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/173/?format=api", "name": "Pegasus XL", "description": "The Pegasus is an air-launched rocket developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (now part of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems). Capable of carrying small payloads of up to 443 kilograms (977 lb) into low Earth orbit, the vehicle consists of three solid propellant stages and an optional monopropellant fourth stage. Pegasus is released from its carrier aircraft at approximately 40,000 ft (12,000 m), and its first stage has a wing and a tail to provide lift and attitude control while in the atmosphere.", "family": "Pegasus", "full_name": "Pegasus XL", "manufacturer": { "id": 100, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/100/?format=api", "name": "Orbital Sciences Corporation", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "OSC", "description": "", "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 72, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 65, "failed_launches": 7, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://www.orbital.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_Sciences_Corporation", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/orbital_science_image_20251120065555.png", "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/orbital_icon_image_20251120065816.png" }, "program": [], "variant": "", "alias": "", "min_stage": 0, "max_stage": 3, "length": 17.6, "diameter": 1.27, "maiden_flight": "1994-06-27", "launch_mass": 23, "leo_capacity": 443, "gto_capacity": 0, "to_thrust": 580, "apogee": 4000, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/pegasus_xl_moun_image_20240307124328.jpeg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(rocket)", "total_launch_count": 32, "consecutive_successful_launches": 26, "successful_launches": 29, "failed_launches": 3, "pending_launches": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": null, "pad": { "id": 62, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/62/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Vandenberg Space Force Base", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Force_Base", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=34.732778,-120.568056", "latitude": "34.732778", "longitude": "-120.568056", "location": { "id": 20, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/20/?format=api", "name": "Air launch to orbit", "country_code": "???", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_20_20200803142433.jpg", "total_launch_count": 52, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_62_20200803143441.jpg", "total_launch_count": 22 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 0, "title": "Pegasus Air Launch From L-1011", "description": "This 36-second video taken August 12, 2003 shows the Pegasus® launch vehicle being released from the L-1011 carrier aircraft, the ignition of its solid rocket motor, and then the beginning of the long...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cnsGZg8AvsA/hqdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnsGZg8AvsA" } ], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/pegasus_xl_moun_image_20240307124328.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 4612, "location_launch_attempt_count": 34, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 16, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 43, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 36, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 4, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 2, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 4 }
