Launch Library 2

API endpoint that allows Launcher instances to be viewed.

GET: Return a list of all the existing launcher instances.

FILTERS: Parameters - 'id', 'serial_number', 'flight_proven', 'launcher_config', 'launcher_config__manufacturer' Example - /2.0.0/launcher/?serial_number=B1046

SEARCH EXAMPLE: /2.0.0/launcher/?search=expended Searches through serial number or status

ORDERING: Fields - 'id', 'flight_proven', Example - /2.0.0/launcher/?order=flight_proven

GET /2.0.0/launcher/246/?format=api

HTTP 200 OK
Allow: GET
Content-Type: application/json
Vary: Accept

{
    "id": 246,
    "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launcher/246/?format=api",
    "flight_proven": false,
    "serial_number": "LM-12A F1",
    "status": "destroyed",
    "details": "First stage booster used on the 1st flight of CASC's Long March 12A rocket. Booster attempted to land downrange on its dedicated landing pad, but the entry-landing burn was abnormal and it impacted the ground several kilometers from the landing pad.",
    "launcher_config": {
        "id": 538,
        "launch_library_id": null,
        "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/538/?format=api",
        "name": "Long March 12A",
        "description": "Long March 12A/Changzheng 12A (LM-12A/CZ-12A) is a reusable orbital launch vehicle developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST) of the state-owned China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). The rocket is based on the Long March 12, but extensively re-designed for first stage re-usability, and use of gas generator cycle methane/liquid oxygen powered rocket engines in both stages.\r\n\r\nThe first stage uses 7 Longyun-70 engines designed and manufactured by the private company Jiuzhou Yunjian (JZYJ), while the second stage uses 1 YF-209V engine from CASC's Academy of Aerospace Liquid Propulsion Technology (AALPT).\r\n\r\nOn launch missions where the first stage is recovered, it will land on a down-range landing pad located in Minqin County, Gansu Province.",
        "family": "Long March",
        "full_name": "Long March 12A",
        "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": 568,
            "consecutive_successful_launches": 110,
            "successful_launches": 554,
            "failed_launches": 14,
            "pending_launches": 7,
            "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": "",
        "alias": "CZ-12A",
        "min_stage": 2,
        "max_stage": 2,
        "length": 69.0,
        "diameter": 3.8,
        "maiden_flight": "2025-12-23",
        "launch_mass": null,
        "leo_capacity": 12000,
        "gto_capacity": null,
        "to_thrust": 5250,
        "apogee": null,
        "vehicle_range": null,
        "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long_march_12a__image_20251224005749.jpg",
        "info_url": null,
        "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_12A",
        "total_launch_count": 1,
        "consecutive_successful_launches": 1,
        "successful_launches": 1,
        "failed_launches": 0,
        "pending_launches": 0
    },
    "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long_march_12a__image_20251224005749.jpg",
    "successful_landings": 0,
    "attempted_landings": 1,
    "flights": 1,
    "last_launch_date": "2025-12-23T02:00:00Z",
    "first_launch_date": "2025-12-23T02:00:00Z"
}

Launcher Instance