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/1b9bed2f-7e00-4d95-b5d1-7b71c36a4ab1/?format=api
{ "id": "1b9bed2f-7e00-4d95-b5d1-7b71c36a4ab1", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/1b9bed2f-7e00-4d95-b5d1-7b71c36a4ab1/?format=api", "slug": "ariane-62-metop-sg-a1", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Ariane 62 | Metop-SG A1", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Go for Launch", "abbrev": "Go", "description": "Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources." }, "last_updated": "2025-08-10T22:01:58Z", "updates": [ { "id": 11645, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/arnaud2520muller_profile_20230607144351.jpg", "comment": "Adding launch day and time and setting GO", "info_url": "https://newsroom.arianespace.com/arianespace-to-launch-eumetsats-metop-sga1-satellite-on-august-12-2025-with-ariane-6", "created_by": "Nosu", "created_on": "2025-07-28T08:04:00Z" }, { "id": 9934, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/arnaud2520muller_profile_20230607144351.jpg", "comment": "Targeting August 2025", "info_url": "https://newsroom.arianespace.com/la-commission-europeenne-lesa-et-eumetsat-signent-deux-accords-de-lancement-avec-arianespace-sur-ariane-6et", "created_by": "Nosu", "created_on": "2025-01-28T13:12:00Z" }, { "id": 8810, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "NET September 2025.", "info_url": "https://www.eumetsat.int/planned-launches", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2024-10-10T10:59:00Z" }, { "id": 2862, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/arnaud2520muller_profile_20230607144351.jpg", "comment": "NET Q1 2025", "info_url": "https://www.eumetsat.int/our-satellites/metop-series", "created_by": "Nosu", "created_on": "2022-11-21T20:00:50Z" }, { "id": 5984, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "NET Q2 2025.", "info_url": "https://www.eumetsat.int/planned-launches", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2023-12-15T02:04:53Z" } ], "net": "2025-08-13T00:37:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 1, "name": "Minute", "abbrev": "MIN", "description": "The T-0 is accurate to the minute." }, "window_end": "2025-08-13T00:37:00Z", "window_start": "2025-08-13T00:37:00Z", "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 115, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/115/?format=api", "name": "Arianespace", "featured": true, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "FRA", "abbrev": "ASA", "description": "Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.", "administrator": "CEO: David Cavaillolès", "founding_year": "1980", "launchers": "Ariane | Vega", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 320, "consecutive_successful_launches": 8, "successful_launches": 305, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 44, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://www.arianespace.com", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianespace", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/arianespace_logo_20210603173752.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ariane_62_on_el_image_20240708201807.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/arianespace_nation_20230530190314.jpg" }, "rocket": { "id": 169, "configuration": { "id": 121, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/121/?format=api", "name": "Ariane 62", "active": true, "reusable": false, "description": "The Ariane 6 family is currently under development by the European Space Agency, with two variations including the Ariane 62 with two solid boosters intended for government and scientific missions.", "family": "Ariane", "full_name": "Ariane 62", "manufacturer": { "id": 1044, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/1044/?format=api", "name": "ArianeGroup", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "FRA", "abbrev": "AG", "description": "ArianeGroup (formerly Airbus Safran Launchers) is an aerospace company based in France. A joint venture between Airbus and Safran, the company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux. It consists of three core arms: aerospace, defence and security.", "administrator": "CEO: Martin Sion", "founding_year": "2015", "launchers": "Ariane", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 0, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 0, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://www.ariane.group/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArianeGroup", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/arianegroup_logo_20221130111224.PNG", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ariane_62_on_el_image_20240708201807.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/arianegroup_nation_20230802053255.jpg" }, "program": [], "variant": "62", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 2, "length": 63.0, "diameter": 5.4, "maiden_flight": "2024-07-09", "launch_cost": "85000000", "launch_mass": 530, "leo_capacity": 10350, "gto_capacity": 5000, "to_thrust": 10370, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/ariane_62_lifto_image_20240711132056.jpeg", "info_url": "http://www.arianespace.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Ariane6_Users-Manual_February2017.pdf", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_6", "total_launch_count": 2, "consecutive_successful_launches": 2, "successful_launches": 2, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 12, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 5920, "name": "Metop-SG A1", "description": "First of EUMETSAT's second generation of Metop weather satellites.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Earth Science", "orbit": { "id": 17, "name": "Sun-Synchronous Orbit", "abbrev": "SSO" }, "agencies": [ { "id": 232, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/232/?format=api", "name": "European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites", "featured": false, "type": "Multinational", "country_code": "FRA,ITA,DEU,ESP,CHE,GBR,AUT,SWE,TUR,BEL,PRT,NLD,HUN,POL,BGR,SVK,DNK,CZE,ROU,NOR,HRV,FIN,GRC,EST,IRL,ISL,LVA,LTU,LUX,SVN", "abbrev": "EUMETSAT", "description": "The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) is an intergovernmental organisation created through an international convention agreed by a current total of 30 European Member States.\r\n\r\nEUMETSAT's primary objective is to establish, maintain and exploit European systems of operational meteorological satellites. EUMETSAT is responsible for the launch and operation of the satellites and for delivering satellite data to end-users as well as contributing to the operational monitoring of climate and the detection of global climate changes.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": "1986", "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 0, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 0, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://www.eumetsat.int/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EUMETSAT", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/eumetsat_logo_image_20250723121030.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/eumetsat_hq_image_20250723121241.jpg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/eumetsat_social_image_20250723121041.jpg" } ], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 67, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/67/?format=api", "agency_id": 115, "name": "Ariane Launch Area 4", "description": "ELA-4, is a launch pad and associated facilities at the Centre Spatial Guyanais in French Guiana. The complex is composed of a launch pad with mobile gantry, an horizontal assembly building and a dedicated launch operations building. ELA-4 is operated by Arianespace as part of the Ariane 6 program.", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiana_Space_Centre", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=5.256319,-52.786838", "latitude": "5.256319", "longitude": "-52.786838", "location": { "id": 13, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/13/?format=api", "name": "Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana", "country_code": "GUF", "description": "The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_13_20200803142412.jpg", "timezone_name": "America/Cayenne", "total_launch_count": 326, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "country_code": "GUF", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_67_20200803143559.jpg", "total_launch_count": 2, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 2 }, "infoURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "source": "newsroom.arianespace.com", "title": "Ariane 6 Flight VA264", "description": "Allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. 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