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/98451321-cd10-4ca7-a0d1-4076db5fa73d/?format=api
{ "id": "98451321-cd10-4ca7-a0d1-4076db5fa73d", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/98451321-cd10-4ca7-a0d1-4076db5fa73d/?format=api", "slug": "tianlong-3-demo-flight", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Tianlong-3 | Demo Flight", "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Launch Failure", "abbrev": "Failure", "description": "Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate." }, "last_updated": "2026-04-03T06:29:50Z", "updates": [ { "id": 14562, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Launch failure.", "info_url": "https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Y-W2gHQd5ZV0UGnS3M49fQ", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2026-04-03T06:29:00Z" }, { "id": 14463, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Updated launch date and time per NOTAMs; Assignment of this launch to the launch at the date and time listed is highly uncertain.", "info_url": "https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2772444#msg2772444", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2026-03-27T15:27:00Z" }, { "id": 14470, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Reverted update due to high uncertainties with linking potential launch on March 30 with Tianlong-3.", "info_url": "https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=59132.msg2773112#msg2773112", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2026-03-28T12:25:00Z" }, { "id": 13091, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Added launch.", "info_url": "https://x.com/AJ_FI/status/1976289984102400005", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2025-12-01T16:44:00Z" }, { "id": 14491, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Added tentative launch date and time per NOTAMs; Assignment of this launch to the launch listed in this launch window is highly uncertain.", "info_url": "https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2773549#msg2773549", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2026-03-30T04:50:00Z" }, { "id": 14531, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Delayed to April 3.", "info_url": "https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2773976#msg2773976", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2026-03-31T07:01:00Z" } ], "net": "2026-04-03T04:17:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 1, "name": "Minute", "abbrev": "MIN", "description": "The T-0 is accurate to the minute." }, "window_end": "2026-04-03T06:09:00Z", "window_start": "2026-04-03T03:52:00Z", "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "Apparently failed around stage separation.", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 1049, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/1049/?format=api", "name": "Space Pioneer", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "SP", "description": "Space Pioneer is a Chinese private space launch company based in Beijing. It was founded in 2015 by Kang Yonglai.", "administrator": "CEO: Kang Yonglai", "founding_year": "2015", "launchers": "Tianlong", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 2, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 1, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://www.spacepioneer.cc/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Pioneer", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space_pioneer_l_image_20260330045334.png", "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space_pioneer_s_image_20260330045632.png" }, "rocket": { "id": 8822, "configuration": { "id": 540, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/540/?format=api", "name": "Tianlong-3", "active": true, "reusable": true, "description": "", "family": "", "full_name": "Tianlong-3", "manufacturer": { "id": 1049, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/1049/?format=api", "name": "Space Pioneer", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "SP", "description": "Space Pioneer is a Chinese private space launch company based in Beijing. It was founded in 2015 by Kang Yonglai.", "administrator": "CEO: Kang Yonglai", "founding_year": "2015", "launchers": "Tianlong", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 2, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 1, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://www.spacepioneer.cc/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Pioneer", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space_pioneer_l_image_20260330045334.png", "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space_pioneer_s_image_20260330045632.png" }, "program": [], "variant": "", "alias": "TL-3", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 3, "length": 72.0, "diameter": 3.8, "maiden_flight": "2026-04-03", "launch_cost": null, "launch_mass": 600, "leo_capacity": 17000, "gto_capacity": null, "to_thrust": 8100, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tianlong-3_full_image_20260330045730.jpg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianlong-3", "total_launch_count": 1, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 0, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 7413, "name": "Demo Flight", "description": "First test launch of Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-3 rocket.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Test Flight", "orbit": { "id": 13, "name": "Polar Orbit", "abbrev": "PO" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 245, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/245/?format=api", "agency_id": 1049, "name": "Tianlong-3 Launch Pad", "description": "", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianlong-3", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=40.80720,100.13644", "latitude": "40.8072", "longitude": "100.13644", "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_tianlong-3_launch_pad_20251128223349.jpg", "total_launch_count": 1, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 1 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [], "webcast_live": false, "timeline": [], "image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tianlong-3_full_image_20260330045730.jpg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7248, "location_launch_attempt_count": 281, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 2, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 75, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 8, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "pad_turnaround": "P0D", "mission_patches": [], "type": "detailed" }
