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/1c322288-e79c-4975-a76a-c2e83908903e/?format=api
{ "id": "1c322288-e79c-4975-a76a-c2e83908903e", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/1c322288-e79c-4975-a76a-c2e83908903e/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "firefly-alpha-flta004-fly-the-lightning", "name": "Firefly Alpha | FLTA004 (Fly the Lightning)", "status": { "id": 7, "name": "Partial Failure" }, "net": "2023-12-22T17:32:30Z", "window_end": "2023-12-22T17:48:00Z", "window_start": "2023-12-22T17:18:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": 60, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "Stage 2 2nd burn suffered problems and did not deliver the payload to its precise target orbit. Communication to the spacecraft has been established and mission operations are now underway.", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 265, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/265/?format=api", "name": "Firefly Aerospace", "featured": true, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "FA", "description": "Firefly Aerospace is an American private aerospace firm based in Austin, Texas, that develops small and medium-sized launch vehicles for commercial launches to orbit.", "administrator": "CEO: Peter Schumacher", "founding_year": "2014", "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 7, "consecutive_successful_launches": 1, "successful_launches": 4, "failed_launches": 3, "pending_launches": 4, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://firefly.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_Aerospace", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/firefly2520aerospace_logo_20220826094423.jpg", "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/firefly_aerospa_image_20260210090130.png" }, "rocket": { "id": 8106, "configuration": { "id": 179, "launch_library_id": 216, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/179/?format=api", "name": "Firefly Alpha", "description": "Firefly Alpha (Firefly α) is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle developed by the American aerospace company Firefly Aerospace to cover the commercial small satellite launch market. Alpha is intended to provide launch options for both full vehicle and ride share customers.", "family": "Firefly Alpha", "full_name": "Firefly Alpha", "manufacturer": { "id": 265, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/265/?format=api", "name": "Firefly Aerospace", "featured": true, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "FA", "description": "Firefly Aerospace is an American private aerospace firm based in Austin, Texas, that develops small and medium-sized launch vehicles for commercial launches to orbit.", "administrator": "CEO: Peter Schumacher", "founding_year": "2014", "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 7, "consecutive_successful_launches": 1, "successful_launches": 4, "failed_launches": 3, "pending_launches": 4, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://firefly.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_Aerospace", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/firefly2520aerospace_logo_20220826094423.jpg", "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/firefly_aerospa_image_20260210090130.png" }, "program": [], "variant": "", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 2, "length": 29.6, "diameter": 1.82, "maiden_flight": "2021-09-03", "launch_mass": 54, "leo_capacity": 1000, "gto_capacity": null, "to_thrust": 736, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/firefly_alpha_l_image_20240605174156.jpeg", "info_url": "https://fireflyspace.com/alpha/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_Alpha", "total_launch_count": 7, "consecutive_successful_launches": 1, "successful_launches": 4, "failed_launches": 3, "pending_launches": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 6664, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "FLTA004 (Fly the Lightning)", "description": "Firefly’s Alpha rocket will launch Lockheed Martin’s new wideband Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) technology integrated on a Terran Orbital Nebula satellite bus. Developed within Lockheed Martin Space’s Ignite organization using a proprietary design, the ESA payload will demonstrate faster on-orbit sensor calibration to deliver rapid capabilities to U.S. warfighters.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Technology", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" } }, "pad": { "id": 39, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/39/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Space Launch Complex 2W", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Launch_Complex_2", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=34.7556,-120.6224", "latitude": "34.7556", "longitude": "-120.6224", "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": 882, "total_landing_count": 34 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_39_20200803143542.jpg", "total_launch_count": 99 }, "infoURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "title": "Fly the Lightning", "description": "Alpha FLTA004 Fly the Lightning is a dedicated commercial launch for Lockheed Martin in support of a national security technology demonstration.", "feature_image": null, "url": "https://fireflyspace.com/missions/fly-the-lightning/" } ], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "title": "Alpha FLTA004 Fly The Lightning", "description": "The Fly the Lightning mission will deploy an Electronically Steered Antenna (ESA) payload developed by Lockheed Martin to demonstrate rapid delivery of on-or...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QMJv-54Dpcc/maxresdefault_live.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMJv-54Dpcc" } ], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/firefly2520alp_image_20231220135356.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 6579, "location_launch_attempt_count": 738, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 96, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 4, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 211, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 29, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 2, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 2 }
