Launch Instance
AN API endpoint that returns all Launch objects or a single launch.
EXAMPLE - /launch/[id]/ or /launch/?mode=list&search=SpaceX
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', 'is_crewed', 'include_suborbital', 'spacecraft_config__ids', 'related', 'location__ids', 'lsp__ids', 'pad__ids', 'status__ids'
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 /2.2.0/launch/0a8bf8c3-9f75-4fe9-a13d-9419eb09f432/?format=api
{ "id": "0a8bf8c3-9f75-4fe9-a13d-9419eb09f432", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/0a8bf8c3-9f75-4fe9-a13d-9419eb09f432/?format=api", "slug": "ceres-1s-tianqi-16-18-20", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Ceres-1S | Tianqi 16-18 & 20", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2025-05-21T09:52:13Z", "updates": [ { "id": 11029, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/ll2_profile_20230311134739.png", "comment": "Unofficial Re-stream by International Rocket Launches has started", "info_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61XEkZWxwEU", "created_by": "LL2", "created_on": "2025-05-19T07:04:00Z" }, { "id": 11031, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Liftoff.", "info_url": "https://weibo.com/l/wblive/p/show/1022:2321325167977472852177", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2025-05-19T07:39:00Z" }, { "id": 11032, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Launch success.", "info_url": "https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5168047247328166", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2025-05-19T08:19:00Z" }, { "id": 10988, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain.", "info_url": "https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2686041#msg2686041", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2025-05-14T17:21:00Z" } ], "net": "2025-05-19T07:38:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 1, "name": "Minute", "abbrev": "MIN", "description": "The T-0 is accurate to the minute." }, "window_end": "2025-05-19T07:57:00Z", "window_start": "2025-05-19T07:29:00Z", "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 1021, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/1021/?format=api", "name": "Galactic Energy", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "GE", "description": "Galactic Energy is a private aerospace company headquartered in Beijing, China. Established by senior engineers in 2018, Galactic Energy engages in low-cost commercial space launch business.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": "2018", "launchers": "Ceres-1 | Pallas-1", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 20, "consecutive_successful_launches": 10, "successful_launches": 19, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://www.galactic-energy.cn/index.php/En", "wiki_url": null, "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/galactic2520energy_logo_20201106095229.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/galactic_energy_image_20201106095228.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/galactic2520energy_nation_20230703094321.png" }, "rocket": { "id": 8613, "configuration": { "id": 500, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/500/?format=api", "name": "Ceres-1S", "active": true, "reusable": false, "description": "Ceres-1S is the sea launched version of Ceres-1 from Galactic Energy.", "family": "Ceres-1", "full_name": "Ceres-1S", "manufacturer": { "id": 1021, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/1021/?format=api", "name": "Galactic Energy", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "GE", "description": "Galactic Energy is a private aerospace company headquartered in Beijing, China. Established by senior engineers in 2018, Galactic Energy engages in low-cost commercial space launch business.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": "2018", "launchers": "Ceres-1 | Pallas-1", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 20, "consecutive_successful_launches": 10, "successful_launches": 19, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://www.galactic-energy.cn/index.php/En", "wiki_url": null, "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/galactic2520energy_logo_20201106095229.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/galactic_energy_image_20201106095228.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/galactic2520energy_nation_20230703094321.png" }, "program": [], "variant": "Ceres-1S", "alias": "", "min_stage": 3, "max_stage": 4, "length": null, "diameter": null, "maiden_flight": "2023-09-05", "launch_cost": null, "launch_mass": null, "leo_capacity": 350, "gto_capacity": null, "to_thrust": 598, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ceres-1s_image_20230905114324.jpeg", "info_url": "http://www.galactic-energy.cn/index.php/En/List/cid/14", "wiki_url": null, "total_launch_count": 5, "consecutive_successful_launches": 5, "successful_launches": 5, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 7205, "name": "Tianqi 16-18 & 20", "description": "4 small satellites for LEO Internet of Things (IoT) communication purposes.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Communications", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 221, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/221/?format=api", "agency_id": 88, "name": "Oriental Spaceport mobile launch ship", "description": "", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": null, "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=35.391667%2C119.598667", "latitude": "35.391667", "longitude": "119.598667", "location": { "id": 3, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/3/?format=api", "name": "Sea Launch", "country_code": "???", "description": "", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_3_20200803142448.jpg", "timezone_name": "", "total_launch_count": 56, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_oriental_spaceport_mobile_launch_ship_20240529085416.jpg", "total_launch_count": 3, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 3 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 9, "source": "youtube.com", "publisher": "International Rocket Launches", "title": "Live: Ceres-1S Tianqi 37 Launch (No Commentary)", "description": "Footage courtesy of SpaceLens/头号公路/海阳融媒/日照游艇租赁中心/DJI大疆日照盛州王府大街授权店\n\n\nInternational Rocket Launches provides commentary-free coverage of select global rocket launches.\n\nFollow @IntRocketLaunch on Twitte...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/61XEkZWxwEU/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61XEkZWxwEU", "type": { "id": 4, "name": "Unofficial Re-stream" }, "language": { "id": 1, "name": "English", "code": "en" }, "start_time": "2025-05-19T05:30:33Z", "end_time": "2025-05-19T07:45:33Z" }, { "priority": 10, "source": "weibo.com", "publisher": "Weibo", "title": "微博直播", "description": "", "feature_image": null, "url": "https://weibo.com/l/wblive/p/show/1022:2321325167977472852177", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Unofficial Webcast" }, "language": { "id": 2, "name": "Chinese", "code": "zn" }, "start_time": null, "end_time": null } ], "webcast_live": false, "timeline": [], "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ceres-1s_image_20230905114324.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 6958, "location_launch_attempt_count": 56, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 3, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 20, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 109, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 2, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 4, "pad_turnaround": "P150DT21H20M", "mission_patches": [ { "id": 1125, "name": "Ceres-1S Y5 Patch", "priority": 10, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/mission_patch_images/ceres-1s2520y5_mission_patch_20250519083512.png", "agency": { "id": 1021, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/1021/?format=api", "name": "Galactic Energy", "type": "Commercial" } } ], "type": "detailed" }
