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/4cc237b2-c61a-491e-9532-466cce81f524/?format=api
{ "id": "4cc237b2-c61a-491e-9532-466cce81f524", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/4cc237b2-c61a-491e-9532-466cce81f524/?format=api", "slug": "unknown-viasat-3-f3-viasat-3-asia-pacific", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Unknown | ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)", "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": "2025-09-13T21:10:12Z", "updates": [ { "id": 12225, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "De-manifested from Ariane 6, new launch vehicle TBD.", "info_url": "https://spaceflightnow.com/2023/04/30/viasat-seeks-replacement-for-ariane-6-for-launch-of-third-viasat-3-satellite/", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2025-09-13T21:10:00Z" }, { "id": 5394, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/arnaud2520muller_profile_20230607144351.jpg", "comment": "NET 2025", "info_url": "https://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/industrie/aeronautique-defense/ariane-6-vers-un-premier-vol-en-avril-mai-2024-977533.html", "created_by": "Nosu", "created_on": "2023-10-12T15:06:39Z" } ], "net": "2025-12-31T00:00:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 14, "name": "Year", "abbrev": "Y", "description": "The T-0 is expected in the given year." }, "window_end": "2025-12-31T00:00:00Z", "window_start": "2025-12-31T00:00:00Z", "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 183, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/183/?format=api", "name": "Unknown", "featured": false, "type": "Unknown", "country_code": "???", "abbrev": "UNK", "description": "The agency or launch service provider is not known yet.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 0, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 0, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 4, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/", "logo_url": null, "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/unknown_agency__image_20240409102110.jpg" }, "rocket": { "id": 2489, "configuration": { "id": 511, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/511/?format=api", "name": "Unknown Launch Vehicle", "active": true, "reusable": false, "description": "", "family": "", "full_name": "Unknown Launch Vehicle", "manufacturer": { "id": 183, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/183/?format=api", "name": "Unknown", "featured": false, "type": "Unknown", "country_code": "???", "abbrev": "UNK", "description": "The agency or launch service provider is not known yet.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 0, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 0, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 4, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/", "logo_url": null, "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/unknown_agency__image_20240409102110.jpg" }, "program": [], "variant": "", "alias": "", "min_stage": null, "max_stage": null, "length": null, "diameter": null, "maiden_flight": null, "launch_cost": null, "launch_mass": null, "leo_capacity": null, "gto_capacity": null, "to_thrust": null, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": null, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": null, "total_launch_count": 0, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 0, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 4, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 6218, "name": "ViaSat-3 F3 (ViaSat-3 Asia-Pacific)", "description": "The ViaSat-3 is a series of three Ka-band satellites is expected to provide vastly superior capabilities in terms of service speed and flexibility for a satellite platform. Each ViaSat-3 class satellite is expected to deliver more than 1-Terabit per second of network capacity, and to leverage high levels of flexibility to dynamically direct capacity to where customers are located.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Communications", "orbit": { "id": 2, "name": "Geostationary Transfer Orbit", "abbrev": "GTO" }, "agencies": [ { "id": 1062, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/1062/?format=api", "name": "Viasat", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "VSAT", "description": "Viasat is an American communications company based in Carlsbad, California, with additional operations across the United States and worldwide. Viasat is a provider of high-speed satellite broadband services and secure networking systems covering military and commercial markets.", "administrator": "CEO: Mark D. Dankberg", "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://viasat.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viasat_(American_company)", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/viasat_logo_20230807092035.png", "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/viasat_nation_20230807092035.jpg" } ], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 72, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/72/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Unknown Pad", "description": null, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=28.458,-80.528", "latitude": "28.458", "longitude": "-80.528", "location": { "id": 12, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/12/?format=api", "name": "Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA", "country_code": "USA", "description": "Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_12_20200803142519.jpg", "timezone_name": "America/New_York", "total_launch_count": 1054, "total_landing_count": 68 }, "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_72_20200803143403.jpg", "total_launch_count": 0, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 0 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [], "webcast_live": false, "timeline": [], "image": null, "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7164, "location_launch_attempt_count": 1079, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 13, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 3, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 315, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 85, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 13, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 3, "pad_turnaround": "P31D", "mission_patches": [], "type": "detailed" }
