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/98451321-cd10-4ca7-a0d1-4076db5fa73d/?format=api
{ "id": "98451321-cd10-4ca7-a0d1-4076db5fa73d", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/98451321-cd10-4ca7-a0d1-4076db5fa73d/?format=api", "name": "Tianlong-3 | Demo Flight", "response_mode": "detailed", "slug": "tianlong-3-demo-flight", "launch_designator": null, "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", "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", "image": { "id": 2741, "name": "Tianlong-3 fully assembled", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tianlong-3_full_image_20260330045730.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/tianlong-3_full_image_thumbnail_20260330045731.jpeg", "credit": "Space Pioneer", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "infographic": null, "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "failreason": "Apparently failed around stage separation.", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1049, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1049/?format=api", "name": "Space Pioneer", "abbrev": "SP", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 6, "name": "China", "alpha_2_code": "CN", "alpha_3_code": "CHN", "nationality_name": "Chinese", "nationality_name_composed": "Sino" } ], "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": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": { "id": 2739, "name": "Space Pioneer Logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space_pioneer_l_image_20260330045334.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space_pioneer_l_image_thumbnail_20260330045336.png", "credit": "Space Pioneer", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "social_logo": { "id": 2740, "name": "Space Pioneer Social Logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space_pioneer_s_image_20260330045632.png", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/space_pioneer_s_image_thumbnail_20260330045633.png", "credit": "Space Pioneer", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": true, "variants": [] }, "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, "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.spacepioneer.cc/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Pioneer", "social_media_links": [] }, "rocket": { "id": 8822, "configuration": { "response_mode": "detailed", "id": 540, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launcher_configurations/540/?format=api", "name": "Tianlong-3", "families": [], "full_name": "Tianlong-3", "variant": "", "active": true, "is_placeholder": false, "manufacturer": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 1049, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/1049/?format=api", "name": "Space Pioneer", "abbrev": "SP", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Commercial" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 6, "name": "China", "alpha_2_code": "CN", "alpha_3_code": "CHN", "nationality_name": "Chinese", "nationality_name_composed": "Sino" } ], "description": "Space Pioneer is a Chinese private space launch company based in Beijing. 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It is part of the Dongfeng Aerospace City (Base 10).", "image": { "id": 1374, "name": "Long March 2F/G liftoff (Shenzhou 16)", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long2520march_image_20240101085213.jpeg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305192548.jpeg", "credit": "CMS", "license": { "id": 1, "name": "Unknown", "priority": 9, "link": null }, "single_use": false, "variants": [] }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_17_20200803142429.jpg", "longitude": 100.291111, "latitude": 40.958056, "timezone_name": "Asia/Shanghai", "total_launch_count": 281, "total_landing_count": 2 } }, "webcast_live": false, "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, "flightclub_url": null, "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" } ], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [], "timeline": [], "pad_turnaround": "P0D", "mission_patches": [] }
