Launch Instance
Modes
Levels of detail in the response - list, normal, detailed
Example - /launches/?mode=list
Filters
Parameters - agency_launch_attempt_count, agency_launch_attempt_count__gt, agency_launch_attempt_count__gte, agency_launch_attempt_count__lt, agency_launch_attempt_count__lte, agency_launch_attempt_count_year, agency_launch_attempt_count_year__gt, agency_launch_attempt_count_year__gte, agency_launch_attempt_count_year__lt, agency_launch_attempt_count_year__lte, day, id, include_suborbital, is_crewed, last_updated__gte, last_updated__lte, launch_designator, launcher_config__id, location__ids, location_launch_attempt_count, location_launch_attempt_count__gt, location_launch_attempt_count__gte, location_launch_attempt_count__lt, location_launch_attempt_count__lte, location_launch_attempt_count_year, location_launch_attempt_count_year__gt, location_launch_attempt_count_year__gte, location_launch_attempt_count_year__lt, location_launch_attempt_count_year__lte, lsp__id, lsp__name, mission__agency__ids, mission__orbit__celestial_body__id, mission__orbit__name, mission__orbit__name__icontains, month, name, net__gt, net__gte, net__lt, net__lte, orbital_launch_attempt_count, orbital_launch_attempt_count__gt, orbital_launch_attempt_count__gte, orbital_launch_attempt_count__lt, orbital_launch_attempt_count__lte, orbital_launch_attempt_count_year, orbital_launch_attempt_count_year__gt, orbital_launch_attempt_count_year__gte, orbital_launch_attempt_count_year__lt, orbital_launch_attempt_count_year__lte, pad, pad__location, pad__location__celestial_body__id, pad_launch_attempt_count, pad_launch_attempt_count__gt, pad_launch_attempt_count__gte, pad_launch_attempt_count__lt, pad_launch_attempt_count__lte, pad_launch_attempt_count_year, pad_launch_attempt_count_year__gt, pad_launch_attempt_count_year__gte, pad_launch_attempt_count_year__lt, pad_launch_attempt_count_year__lte, program, related_lsp__id, related_lsp__name, rocket__configuration__full_name, rocket__configuration__full_name__icontains, rocket__configuration__id, rocket__configuration__manufacturer__name, rocket__configuration__manufacturer__name__icontains, rocket__configuration__name, rocket__spacecraftflight__spacecraft__id, rocket__spacecraftflight__spacecraft__name, rocket__spacecraftflight__spacecraft__name__icontains, serial_number, slug, spacecraft_config__ids, status, status__ids, video_url, window_end__gt, window_end__gte, window_end__lt, window_end__lte, window_start__gt, window_start__gte, window_start__lt, window_start__lte, year
Example - /launches/?pad__location=13
Search
Fields searched - launch_designator, launch_service_provider__name, mission__name, name, pad__location__name, pad__name, rocket__configuration__manufacturer__abbrev, rocket__configuration__manufacturer__name, rocket__configuration__name, rocket__spacecraftflight__spacecraft__name
Example - /launches/?search=Starlink
Ordering
Fields - id, last_updated, name, net
Example - /launches/?ordering=-last_updated
Number of results
Use limit to control the number of objects in the response (max 100)
Example - /launches/?limit=2
Format
Switch to JSON output - /launches/?format=json
Help
Find all the FAQs and support links on the documentation homepage - lldev.thespacedevs.com/docs
GET /2.3.0/launches/260a062e-ddff-410f-a17a-cc3241a5df47/?format=api
{ "id": "260a062e-ddff-410f-a17a-cc3241a5df47", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/260a062e-ddff-410f-a17a-cc3241a5df47/?format=api", "name": "Nova | Demo Flight", "response_mode": "detailed", "slug": "nova-demo-flight", "launch_designator": null, "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": "2025-11-15T20:49:30Z", "net": "2026-12-31T00:00:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 14, "name": "Year", "abbrev": "Y", "description": "The T-0 is expected in the given year." }, "window_end": "2026-12-31T00:00:00Z", "window_start": "2026-12-31T00:00:00Z", "image": { "id": 2543, "name": "Stoke Space Nova Illustration", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stoke_space_nov_image_20251115203820.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stoke_space_nov_image_thumbnail_20251115203821.jpeg", "credit": "Stoke Space", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "infographic": null, "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1048, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1048/?format=api", "name": "Stoke Space", "abbrev": "Stoke", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Private" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "description": "Stoke Space Technologies is an American space launch company based in the Seattle suburb of Kent, Washington.", "administrator": "CEO: Andy Lapsa", "founding_year": 2020, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": { "id": 187, "name": "[AUTO] Stoke Space - logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stoke2520space_logo_20230308081301.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185139.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": { "id": 2544, "name": "Stoke Space Logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stoke_space_log_image_20251115205144.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stoke_space_log_image_thumbnail_20251115205144.png", "credit": "Stoke Space", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "total_launch_count": 0, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 0, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 1, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings_spacecraft": 0, "failed_landings_spacecraft": 0, "attempted_landings_spacecraft": 0, "successful_landings_payload": 0, "failed_landings_payload": 0, "attempted_landings_payload": 0, "info_url": "https://www.stokespace.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoke_Space", "social_media_links": [] }, "rocket": { "id": 8800, "configuration": { "response_mode": "detailed", "id": 533, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launcher_configurations/533/?format=api", "name": "Nova", "families": [ { "response_mode": "detailed", "id": 210, "name": "Nova", "manufacturer": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1048, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1048/?format=api", "name": "Stoke Space", "abbrev": "Stoke", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Private" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "description": "Stoke Space Technologies is an American space launch company based in the Seattle suburb of Kent, Washington.", "administrator": "CEO: Andy Lapsa", "founding_year": 2020, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": { "id": 187, "name": "[AUTO] Stoke Space - logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stoke2520space_logo_20230308081301.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185139.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": { "id": 2544, "name": "Stoke Space Logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stoke_space_log_image_20251115205144.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stoke_space_log_image_thumbnail_20251115205144.png", "credit": "Stoke Space", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "total_launch_count": 0, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 0, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 1, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings_spacecraft": 0, "failed_landings_spacecraft": 0, "attempted_landings_spacecraft": 0, "successful_landings_payload": 0, "failed_landings_payload": 0, "attempted_landings_payload": 0, "info_url": "https://www.stokespace.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoke_Space", "social_media_links": [] } ], "parent": null, "description": "", "active": true, "maiden_flight": null, "total_launch_count": 0, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 0, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 1, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0 } ], "full_name": "Nova", "variant": "", "active": true, "is_placeholder": false, "manufacturer": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1048, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1048/?format=api", "name": "Stoke Space", "abbrev": "Stoke", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Private" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "description": "Stoke Space Technologies is an American space launch company based in the Seattle suburb of Kent, Washington.", "administrator": "CEO: Andy Lapsa", "founding_year": 2020, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": { "id": 187, "name": "[AUTO] Stoke Space - logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stoke2520space_logo_20230308081301.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185139.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": { "id": 2544, "name": "Stoke Space Logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stoke_space_log_image_20251115205144.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stoke_space_log_image_thumbnail_20251115205144.png", "credit": "Stoke Space", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "total_launch_count": 0, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 0, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 1, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings_spacecraft": 0, "failed_landings_spacecraft": 0, "attempted_landings_spacecraft": 0, "successful_landings_payload": 0, "failed_landings_payload": 0, "attempted_landings_payload": 0, "info_url": "https://www.stokespace.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoke_Space", "social_media_links": [] }, "program": [], "reusable": true, "image": { "id": 2543, "name": "Stoke Space Nova Illustration", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stoke_space_nov_image_20251115203820.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stoke_space_nov_image_thumbnail_20251115203821.jpeg", "credit": "Stoke Space", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "info_url": "https://www.stokespace.com/nova/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoke_Space_Nova", "description": "Stoke Space’s Nova launch vehicle is a planned fully reusable 2-stage rocket.\r\n\r\nThe 1st stage uses 7 Zenith Full-flow staged-combustion (FFSC) engines using Liquified natural gas/liquid oxygen (LNG/LOX) as fuel, with restartable capability and landing legs for landing. \r\n\r\nThe 2nd stage is unconventionally designed around a 24-thrust chamber liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen (LH2/LOX) expander cycle rocket engine that surrounds a regeneratively cooled heat shield, thus enabling the upper stage to return to Earth from orbit without thermal tiles. The nozzle accommodates deep throttle operation even in the presence of atmospheric pressure and serves as an actively cooled metallic heat shield during atmospheric reentry. There is also a center passive bleed that aims to create an aerospike engine-like effect for improved efficiency.", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 2, "length": 40.2, "diameter": 4.2, "maiden_flight": null, "launch_cost": null, "launch_mass": 227.0, "leo_capacity": 3000.0, "gto_capacity": 2500.0, "geo_capacity": null, "sso_capacity": null, "to_thrust": 3110.0, "apogee": null, "total_launch_count": 0, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 0, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 1, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "fastest_turnaround": null }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": [], "payloads": [] }, "mission": { "id": 7391, "name": "Demo Flight", "type": "Test Flight", "description": "First launch of Stoke Space’s Nova launch vehicle. Asteroid mining technologies company AstroForge will fly a spacecraft on this launch. Planned reusability of the 2 stages is TBD.", "image": null, "orbit": { "id": 25, "name": "Unknown", "abbrev": "N/A", "celestial_body": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1, "name": "Earth" } }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 17, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/pads/17/?format=api", "active": true, "agencies": [ { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1048, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1048/?format=api", "name": "Stoke Space", "abbrev": "Stoke", "type": { "id": 5, "name": "Private" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" } ], "description": "Stoke Space Technologies is an American space launch company based in the Seattle suburb of Kent, Washington.", "administrator": "CEO: Andy Lapsa", "founding_year": 2020, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": { "id": 187, "name": "[AUTO] Stoke Space - logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stoke2520space_logo_20230308081301.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185139.png", "credit": null, "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": { "id": 2544, "name": "Stoke Space Logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stoke_space_log_image_20251115205144.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/stoke_space_log_image_thumbnail_20251115205144.png", "credit": "Stoke Space", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] } } ], "name": "Space Launch Complex 14", "image": null, "description": null, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Launch_Complex_14", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=28.49103,-80.54687", "latitude": 28.49103, "longitude": -80.54687, "country": { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_17_20200803143405.jpg", "total_launch_count": 20, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 16, "fastest_turnaround": "P14DT23H44M59S", "location": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 12, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/locations/12/?format=api", "name": "Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA", "celestial_body": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1, "name": "Earth", "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Planet" }, "diameter": 12742000.0, "mass": 5.972168e+24, "gravity": 9.80655, "length_of_day": "1 00:00:00", "atmosphere": true, "image": { "id": 2040, "name": "Earth (Apollo 17)", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/earth_2528apol_image_20240402194304.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/earth_2528apol_image_thumbnail_20240402194305.jpeg", "credit": "NASA", "license": { "id": 4, "name": "NASA Image and Media Guidelines", "priority": 0, "link": "https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/" }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "description": "Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth", "total_attempted_launches": 7470, "successful_launches": 6915, "failed_launches": 555, "total_attempted_landings": 1288, "successful_landings": 1241, "failed_landings": 47 }, "active": true, "country": { "id": 2, "name": "United States of America", "alpha_2_code": "US", "alpha_3_code": "USA", "nationality_name": "American", "nationality_name_composed": "Americano" }, "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.", "image": { "id": 2200, "name": "Cape Canaveral & KSC seen from orbit (STS-43)", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cape_canaveral__image_20240918151615.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cape_canaveral__image_thumbnail_20240918151616.jpeg", "credit": "NASA", "license": { "id": 4, "name": "NASA Image and Media Guidelines", "priority": 0, "link": "https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/" }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_12_20200803142519.jpg", "longitude": -80.577778, "latitude": 28.488889, "timezone_name": "America/New_York", "total_launch_count": 1100, "total_landing_count": 71 } }, "webcast_live": false, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7441, "location_launch_attempt_count": 1159, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 21, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 1, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 268, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 83, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "flightclub_url": null, "updates": [ { "id": 12903, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Added launch.", "info_url": "https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/10/stoke-space-gives-us-another-reason-to-take-it-very-seriously/", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2025-11-15T20:49:00Z" } ], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [], "timeline": [], "pad_turnaround": "P21964DT4H52M1S", "mission_patches": [] }
