Launch Instance
API endpoint that returns all Launch objects or a single launch.
EXAMPLE - /launch/
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'
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 /2.0.0/launch/18aeb565-fc14-402e-be79-c8b141db209f/?format=api
{ "id": "18aeb565-fc14-402e-be79-c8b141db209f", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/18aeb565-fc14-402e-be79-c8b141db209f/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "minotaur-iv-nrol-174", "name": "Minotaur IV | NROL-174", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2025-04-16T19:33:00Z", "window_end": "2025-04-16T21:26:00Z", "window_start": "2025-04-16T19:00:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 257, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/257/?format=api", "name": "Northrop Grumman Space Systems", "featured": true, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "NGSS", "description": "Northrup Grumman Space Systems designs, builds and delivers space, defence and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. They aquired Orbital ATK in 2018 along with its launchers and ongoing missions.", "administrator": "CEO: Kathy Warden", "founding_year": "2015", "launchers": "Antares | Minotaur | Pegasus", "spacecraft": "Cygnus", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 15, "consecutive_successful_launches": 15, "successful_launches": 15, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 4, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "http://www.northropgrumman.com/AboutUs/BusinessSectors/InnovationSystems/Pages/default.aspx", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman#Innovation_Systems", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/northrop2520grumman2520innovation2520systems_logo_20190207032451.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/northrop2520grumman2520innovation2520systems_image_20190207032451.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/northrop2520grumman2520space2520systems_nation_20230624130158.jpg" }, "rocket": { "id": 8170, "configuration": { "id": 52, "launch_library_id": 59, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/52/?format=api", "name": "Minotaur IV", "description": "The Minotaur IV launch system is derived from the Peacekeeper ICBM. The first three stages are taken directly from decommissioned Peacekeeper missiles. A fourth stage, the Orion-38, is taken from the Pegasus family of air-launched rockets.", "family": "Minotaur", "full_name": "Minotaur IV", "manufacturer": { "id": 179, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/179/?format=api", "name": "Orbital ATK", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "OA", "description": "Orbital ATK Inc. was an American aerospace manufacturer and defense industry company. It was formed in 2015 from the merger of Orbital Sciences Corporation and parts of Alliant Techsystems. Orbital ATK was purchased by Northrop Grumman in 2018.", "administrator": "President: David W. Thompson", "founding_year": "2015", "launchers": "Antares | Minotaur | Pegasus", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 6, "consecutive_successful_launches": 6, "successful_launches": 6, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://www.orbitalatk.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_ATK", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/orbital2520atk_logo_20190207032453.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/orbital2520atk_image_20190207032453.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/orbital2520atk_nation_20190207032453.jpeg" }, "program": [], "variant": "", "alias": "Peacekeeper SLV", "min_stage": 4, "max_stage": 4, "length": 23.9, "diameter": 2.35, "maiden_flight": "2010-09-26", "launch_mass": 86, "leo_capacity": 1735, "gto_capacity": 0, "to_thrust": 2200, "apogee": 500, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/minotaur_iv_lau_image_20240307170209.jpeg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minotaur_IV", "total_launch_count": 4, "consecutive_successful_launches": 4, "successful_launches": 4, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 2 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 6737, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "NROL-174", "description": "Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Government/Top Secret", "orbit": { "id": 25, "name": "Unknown", "abbrev": "N/A" } }, "pad": { "id": 8, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/8/?format=api", "agency_id": 161, "name": "Space Launch Complex 8", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Launch_Complex_8", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=34.57635,-120.63245", "latitude": "34.57635", "longitude": "-120.63245", "location": { "id": 11, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/11/?format=api", "name": "Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA", "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_11_20200803142416.jpg", "total_launch_count": 806, "total_landing_count": 26 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_8_20200803143300.jpg", "total_launch_count": 9 }, "infoURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "title": "> Launches > launch-nrol-174", "description": "THE NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE (NRO), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH U.S. SPACE FORCE SPACE SYSTEMS COMMAND/ROCKET SYSTEMS LAUNCH PROGRAM, SPACE LAUNCH DELTA 30, AND NORTHROP GRUMMAN, ARE SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH THE NROL-174 MISSION ON April 16, 2025, FROM SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX-8 AT VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE ...", "feature_image": null, "url": "https://www.nro.gov/Launches/launch-nrol-174/" } ], "vidURLs": [], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/minotaur_iv_lau_image_20240307170209.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 6928, "location_launch_attempt_count": 801, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 9, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 15, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 79, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 15, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 1 }
