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/e0ac135c-0ca2-453c-b1e8-7de0750db985/?format=api
{ "id": "e0ac135c-0ca2-453c-b1e8-7de0750db985", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/e0ac135c-0ca2-453c-b1e8-7de0750db985/?format=api", "launch_library_id": 1046, "slug": "long-march-3c-beidou-2-g7", "name": "Long March 3C | Beidou-2 G7", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2016-06-12T15:30:00Z", "window_end": "2016-06-12T16:10:00Z", "window_start": "2016-06-12T15:30:00Z", "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": 624, "consecutive_successful_launches": 15, "successful_launches": 608, "failed_launches": 16, "pending_launches": 8, "consecutive_successful_landings": 1, "successful_landings": 1, "failed_landings": 1, "attempted_landings": 2, "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": 1934, "configuration": { "id": 90, "launch_library_id": 97, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/90/?format=api", "name": "Long March 3C", "description": "", "family": "Long March", "full_name": "Long March 3C", "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": 624, "consecutive_successful_launches": 15, "successful_launches": 608, "failed_launches": 16, "pending_launches": 8, "consecutive_successful_landings": 1, "successful_landings": 1, "failed_landings": 1, "attempted_landings": 2, "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": "C", "alias": "", "min_stage": null, "max_stage": null, "length": null, "diameter": null, "maiden_flight": "2008-04-25", "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/chang2527e_2_l_image_20250906202038.bmp", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_3C", "total_launch_count": 14, "consecutive_successful_launches": 14, "successful_launches": 14, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 209, "launch_library_id": 285, "name": "Beidou-2 G7", "description": "Navigation satellite for China's BeiDou navigation satellite constellation.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Navigation", "orbit": { "id": 2, "name": "Geostationary Transfer Orbit", "abbrev": "GTO" } }, "pad": { "id": 66, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/66/?format=api", "agency_id": 17, "name": "Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=28.247059,102.029008", "latitude": "28.247059", "longitude": "102.029008", "location": { "id": 16, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/16/?format=api", "name": "Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China", "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_16_20200803142513.jpg", "total_launch_count": 243, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_66_20200803143611.jpg", "total_launch_count": 109 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 0, "title": "China Launches 23rd BeiDou Navigation Satellite", "description": "China launched a satellite at 23:30 Sunday to support its global navigation and positioning network.\n\nThe satellite, launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Prov...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S_-FYTICyNw/hqdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_-FYTICyNw" }, { "priority": 0, "title": "Watch: China launches 23rd BeiDou navigation satellite", "description": "China launched the 23rd satellite of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System on Sunday evening from Xichang, in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. 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