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/dc1b1aea-7a5f-4b39-9df5-1fd38dd670cf/?format=api
{ "id": "dc1b1aea-7a5f-4b39-9df5-1fd38dd670cf", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/dc1b1aea-7a5f-4b39-9df5-1fd38dd670cf/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "h3-22-michibiki-5-qzs-5", "name": "H3-22 | Michibiki 5 (QZS-5)", "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Failure" }, "net": "2025-12-22T01:51:30Z", "window_end": "2025-12-22T02:04:33Z", "window_start": "2025-12-22T01:51:30Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "2nd stage liquid hydrogen tank pressure abnormally start decreasing after fairing separation, leading up to 2nd stage 1st burn 27 seconds longer than planned & engine shutting down 1 second into 2nd burn. Payload stranded in LEO and re-entered shortly after.", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 98, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/98/?format=api", "name": "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "JPN", "abbrev": "MHI", "description": "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group.\r\n\r\nMHI's products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, printing machines, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world's 23rd-largest defense contractor measured by 2011 defense revenues and the largest based in Japan.", "administrator": "President: Seiji Izumisawa", "founding_year": "1884", "launchers": "H-I, H-II, H-III", "spacecraft": "Kounotori | HTV", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 56, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 54, "failed_launches": 2, "pending_launches": 10, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://www.mhi.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mitsubishi2520heavy2520industries_logo_20200117065724.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mitsubishi2520heavy2520industries_image_20200117065724.jpg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mitsubishi2520heavy2520industries_nation_20240112111043.jpg" }, "rocket": { "id": 7766, "configuration": { "id": 486, "launch_library_id": null, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/486/?format=api", "name": "H3-22", "description": "The H3 Launch Vehicle is a Japanese expendable launch system.\r\nEach H3 booster configuration has a two-digit and a letter designation that indicates the features of that configuration. The first digit represents the number of LE-9 engines on the main stage, either \"2\" or \"3\". The second digit indicates the number of SRB-3 solid rocket boosters attached to the base of the rocket, and can be \"0\", \"2\" or \"4\". All layouts of solid boosters are symmetrical. The letter in the end shows the length of the payload fairing, either short \"S\" or long \"L\". For example, an H3-24L has two engines, four solid rocket boosters, and a long fairing, whereas an H3-30S has three engines, no solid rocket boosters, and a short fairing.", "family": "H3", "full_name": "H3-22", "manufacturer": { "id": 98, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/98/?format=api", "name": "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "JPN", "abbrev": "MHI", "description": "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group.\r\n\r\nMHI's products include aerospace components, air conditioners, aircraft, automotive components, forklift trucks, hydraulic equipment, machine tools, missiles, power generation equipment, printing machines, ships and space launch vehicles. Through its defense-related activities, it is the world's 23rd-largest defense contractor measured by 2011 defense revenues and the largest based in Japan.", "administrator": "President: Seiji Izumisawa", "founding_year": "1884", "launchers": "H-I, H-II, H-III", "spacecraft": "Kounotori | HTV", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 56, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 54, "failed_launches": 2, "pending_launches": 10, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://www.mhi.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mitsubishi2520heavy2520industries_logo_20200117065724.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mitsubishi2520heavy2520industries_image_20200117065724.jpg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/mitsubishi2520heavy2520industries_nation_20240112111043.jpg" }, "program": [], "variant": "22", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 2, "length": 63.0, "diameter": 5.27, "maiden_flight": "2023-03-07", "launch_mass": null, "leo_capacity": null, "gto_capacity": 5400, "to_thrust": 7542, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/h3-22_liftoff__image_20251028183835.jpg", "info_url": "https://global.jaxa.jp/press/2015/07/20150702_h3.html", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H3_(rocket)", "total_launch_count": 6, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 4, "failed_launches": 2, "pending_launches": 2 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 6284, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Michibiki 5 (QZS-5)", "description": "QZSS (Quasi Zenith Satellite System) is a Japanese satellite navigation system operating from inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits to achieve optimal high-elevation visibility in urban canyons and mountainous areas. The navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation.\r\n\r\nThe navigation system objective is to broadcast GPS-interoperable and augmentation signals as well as original Japanese (QZSS) signals from a three-spacecraft constellation in inclined, elliptical geosynchronous orbits.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Navigation", "orbit": { "id": 4, "name": "Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit", "abbrev": "GSTO" } }, "pad": { "id": 209, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/209/?format=api", "agency_id": 37, "name": "Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshinobu_Launch_Complex", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=30.400938,130.97564", "latitude": "30.400938", "longitude": "130.97564", "location": { "id": 26, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/26/?format=api", "name": "Tanegashima Space Center, Japan", "country_code": "JPN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_26_20200803142507.jpg", "total_launch_count": 97, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_yoshinobu_launch_complex_lp-2_20230707124715.jpg", "total_launch_count": 16 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "title": "準天頂衛星システム「みちびき5号機」／H3ロケット8号機打上げライブ中継", "description": "準天頂衛星システム「みちびき5号機」を搭載したH3ロケット8号機の打上げの様子を、種子島宇宙センターよりライブ配信します。\n※12月17日のライブ配信と同様の構成で配信いたします。\nThe live coverage of the launch of the 8th H3 Launch Vehicle (H3 F8: Flight No.8) with MICHIBIKI No.5, Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZS-5) onboard from Tanegashima Space Center.\n*The stream will be include same contents that of live stream on December 17th.\n \n配信予定：2025年12月22日9時55分頃～\n打上げ時間帯：10時51分30秒～11時04分33秒（日本標準時、24時間表記）\n場所：種子島宇宙センター\nBroadcast Start: around 09:55 a.m. (JST)* / 0:55 a.m. (UTC)* on Dec 22\nLaunch Window: 10:51:30-11:04:33 (JST)*\nLaunch Site: JAXA Tanegashima Space Center\n(*)The time is the 24-hour clock", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p9WlvRyJaW0/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9WlvRyJaW0" } ], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/h3-22_liftoff__image_20251028183835.jpg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7164, "location_launch_attempt_count": 97, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 16, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 56, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 315, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 4, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 3, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 3 }
