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/4aa02420-1bcb-4dd9-afa8-06d5ff89d248/?format=api
{ "id": "4aa02420-1bcb-4dd9-afa8-06d5ff89d248", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/4aa02420-1bcb-4dd9-afa8-06d5ff89d248/?format=api", "slug": "zhuque-2e-unknown-payload", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Zhuque-2E | Unknown Payload", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "To Be Determined", "abbrev": "TBD", "description": "Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources." }, "last_updated": "2026-03-30T04:38:47Z", "updates": [ { "id": 14333, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Added launch per NOTAMs; Launch vehicle and payload identities uncertain. (see also https://x.com/raz_liu/status/2033756082590658783)", "info_url": "https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2769046#msg2769046", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2026-03-17T04:13:00Z" }, { "id": 14359, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Apparently scrubbed for the day.", "info_url": "https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=64578.msg2770108#msg2770108", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2026-03-19T05:25:00Z" } ], "net": "2026-04-30T00:00:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 7, "name": "Month", "abbrev": "M", "description": "The T-0 is expected in the given month." }, "window_end": "2026-04-30T00:00:00Z", "window_start": "2026-04-30T00:00:00Z", "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 259, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/259/?format=api", "name": "LandSpace", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "LS", "description": "LandSpace is a Chinese private space launch company based in Beijing. It was founded in 2015 by Tsinghua University alumni Zhang Changwu.", "administrator": "Founder: Zhang Changwu", "founding_year": "2015", "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 8, "consecutive_successful_launches": 1, "successful_launches": 5, "failed_launches": 3, "pending_launches": 1, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 1, "attempted_landings": 1, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LandSpace", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/landspace_logo_20220822100731.png", "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/landspace_nation_20230702184353.png" }, "rocket": { "id": 8944, "configuration": { "id": 519, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/519/?format=api", "name": "Zhuque-2E", "active": true, "reusable": false, "description": "Zhuque-2E (E stands for “enhanced”) is a medium-sized rocket powered by liquid oxygen and methane capable of lifting 6,000 kg of payload into a 200 km low Earth orbit, or 4,000 kg of payload into a 500 km Sun-synchronous orbit. It differs from the baseline Zhuque-2 in using enhanced TQ-12A engines on the 1st stage with higher thrust and specific impulse than the original TQ-12, and a new TQ-15A engine on the 2nd stage that has a moveable nozzle.", "family": "Zhuque", "full_name": "Zhuque-2E", "manufacturer": { "id": 259, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/259/?format=api", "name": "LandSpace", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "LS", "description": "LandSpace is a Chinese private space launch company based in Beijing. It was founded in 2015 by Tsinghua University alumni Zhang Changwu.", "administrator": "Founder: Zhang Changwu", "founding_year": "2015", "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 8, "consecutive_successful_launches": 1, "successful_launches": 5, "failed_launches": 3, "pending_launches": 1, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 1, "attempted_landings": 1, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LandSpace", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/landspace_logo_20220822100731.png", "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/landspace_nation_20230702184353.png" }, "program": [], "variant": "2E", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 2, "length": 49.5, "diameter": 3.35, "maiden_flight": "2024-11-27", "launch_cost": null, "launch_mass": 229, "leo_capacity": 6000, "gto_capacity": null, "to_thrust": 2880, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/zhunque_2e_on_t_image_20241216101643.jpg", "info_url": "https://www.landspace.com/en/product.html", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuque-2", "total_launch_count": 3, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 2, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 1, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 7539, "name": "Unknown Payload", "description": "Details TBD.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Unknown", "orbit": { "id": 25, "name": "Unknown", "abbrev": "N/A" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 9, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/9/?format=api", "agency_id": 259, "name": "Launch Area 96A", "description": "", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LandSpace", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=40.91491,100.245488", "latitude": "40.91491", "longitude": "100.245488", "location": { "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/17/?format=api", "name": "Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China", "country_code": "CHN", "description": "Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is a Chinese spaceport located between the Ejin, Alxa, Inner Mongolia and Hangtian Town, Jinta County, Jiuquan, Gansu Province. It is part of the Dongfeng Aerospace City (Base 10).", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_17_20200803142429.jpg", "timezone_name": "Asia/Shanghai", "total_launch_count": 281, "total_landing_count": 2 }, "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_9_20200803143341.jpg", "total_launch_count": 6, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 6 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [], "webcast_live": false, "timeline": [], "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/zhunque_2e_on_t_image_20241216101643.jpg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7271, "location_launch_attempt_count": 282, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 7, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 9, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 98, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 9, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "pad_turnaround": "P257DT22H43M", "mission_patches": [], "type": "detailed" }
