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/b3a7aacd-4f23-45a8-aa6c-da9f34804452/?format=api
{ "id": "b3a7aacd-4f23-45a8-aa6c-da9f34804452", "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/b3a7aacd-4f23-45a8-aa6c-da9f34804452/?format=api", "name": "Unknown | Owlet-01", "response_mode": "detailed", "slug": "unknown-owlet-01", "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": "2025-11-14T15:27:56Z", "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": null, "infographic": null, "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 183, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/183/?format=api", "name": "Unknown", "abbrev": "UNK", "type": { "id": 6, "name": "Unknown" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 17, "name": "Unknown", "alpha_2_code": "??", "alpha_3_code": "???", "nationality_name": "Earthling", "nationality_name_composed": "Earthling" } ], "description": "The agency or launch service provider is not known yet.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": null, "social_logo": { "id": 2048, "name": "Unknown Agency Question Mark Social Logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/unknown_agency__image_20240409102110.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/unknown_agency__image_thumbnail_20240409102110.jpeg", "credit": "TheSpaceDevs", "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": 2, "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": null, "wiki_url": null, "social_media_links": [] }, "rocket": { "id": 8262, "configuration": { "response_mode": "detailed", "id": 511, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launcher_configurations/511/?format=api", "name": "Unknown Launch Vehicle", "families": [], "full_name": "Unknown Launch Vehicle", "variant": "", "active": true, "is_placeholder": true, "manufacturer": { "response_mode": "normal", "id": 183, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/agencies/183/?format=api", "name": "Unknown", "abbrev": "UNK", "type": { "id": 6, "name": "Unknown" }, "featured": false, "country": [ { "id": 17, "name": "Unknown", "alpha_2_code": "??", "alpha_3_code": "???", "nationality_name": "Earthling", "nationality_name_composed": "Earthling" } ], "description": "The agency or launch service provider is not known yet.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image": null, "logo": null, "social_logo": { "id": 2048, "name": "Unknown Agency Question Mark Social Logo", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/unknown_agency__image_20240409102110.jpg", "thumbnail_url": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/unknown_agency__image_thumbnail_20240409102110.jpeg", "credit": "TheSpaceDevs", "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": 2, "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": null, "wiki_url": null, "social_media_links": [] }, "program": [], "reusable": false, "image": null, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": null, "description": "", "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, "geo_capacity": null, "sso_capacity": null, "to_thrust": null, "apogee": null, "total_launch_count": 0, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 0, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 2, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "fastest_turnaround": null }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": [], "payloads": [] }, "mission": { "id": 6843, "name": "Owlet-01", "type": "Earth Science", "description": "Telescope satellite for Scout Space, a startup specializing in space domain awareness through in-space observation.", "image": null, "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO", "celestial_body": { "response_mode": "list", "id": 1, "name": "Earth" } }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 72, "url": "https://lldev.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/pads/72/?format=api", "active": true, "agencies": [], "name": "Unknown Pad", "image": null, "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, "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_72_20200803143403.jpg", "total_launch_count": 0, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 0, "fastest_turnaround": null, "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": 7651, "successful_launches": 7094, "failed_launches": 557, "total_attempted_landings": 1384, "successful_landings": 1335, "failed_landings": 49 }, "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": 1132, "total_landing_count": 83 } }, "webcast_live": false, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7532, "location_launch_attempt_count": 1160, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 9, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 2, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 359, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 84, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 9, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 2, "flightclub_url": null, "updates": [ { "id": 7781, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-dev.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/arnaud2520muller_profile_20230607144351.jpg", "comment": "Adding launch TBD 2024", "info_url": "https://spacenews.com/scout-space-telescope-to-hitch-a-ride-on-abl-rocket/", "created_by": "Nosu", "created_on": "2024-06-11T07:14:00Z" } ], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [], "timeline": [], "pad_turnaround": "P0D", "mission_patches": [] }
