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/55b79515-ddbf-4198-8a59-29a12ed21330/
{ "id": "55b79515-ddbf-4198-8a59-29a12ed21330", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/55b79515-ddbf-4198-8a59-29a12ed21330/", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "falcon-9-block-5-ussf-366", "name": "Falcon 9 Block 5 | USSF-366", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "2026-08-16T01:50:45Z", "window_end": "2026-08-16T01:52:00Z", "window_start": "2026-08-15T21:52:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": 90, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 121, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/121/", "name": "SpaceX", "featured": true, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "SpX", "description": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.", "administrator": "CEO: Elon Musk", "founding_year": "2002", "launchers": "Falcon | Starship", "spacecraft": "Dragon", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 726, "consecutive_successful_launches": 211, "successful_launches": 711, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 127, "consecutive_successful_landings": 19, "successful_landings": 670, "failed_landings": 29, "attempted_landings": 698, "info_url": "https://www.spacex.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_logo_20220826094919.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon_9_image_20230807133459.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_social_l_image_20260407054626.jpg" }, "rocket": { "id": 9109, "configuration": { "id": 164, "launch_library_id": 188, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/164/", "name": "Falcon 9", "description": "Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.", "family": "Falcon", "full_name": "Falcon 9 Block 5", "manufacturer": { "id": 121, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/121/", "name": "SpaceX", "featured": true, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "SpX", "description": "Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.", "administrator": "CEO: Elon Musk", "founding_year": "2002", "launchers": "Falcon | Starship", "spacecraft": "Dragon", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 726, "consecutive_successful_launches": 211, "successful_launches": 711, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 127, "consecutive_successful_landings": 19, "successful_landings": 670, "failed_landings": 29, "attempted_landings": 698, "info_url": "https://www.spacex.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_logo_20220826094919.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon_9_image_20230807133459.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/spacex_social_l_image_20260407054626.jpg" }, "program": [ { "id": 11, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/program/11/", "name": "Commercial Resupply Services", "description": "Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) are a series of flights awarded by NASA for the delivery of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.The first CRS contracts were signed in 2008 and awarded $1.6 billion to SpaceX for twelve cargo Dragon and $1.9 billion to Orbital Sciences for eight Cygnus flights, covering deliveries to 2016. The Falcon 9 and Antares rockets were also developed under the CRS program to deliver cargo spacecraft to the ISS.", "agencies": [ { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, { "id": 257, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/257/", "name": "Northrop Grumman Space Systems", "type": "Commercial" }, { "id": 1020, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/1020/", "name": "Sierra Nevada Corporation", "type": "Commercial" }, { "id": 121, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/121/", "name": "SpaceX", "type": "Commercial" } ], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/commercial2520_program_20201129212219.png", "start_date": "2008-12-23T00:00:00Z", "end_date": null, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Resupply_Services#Commercial_Resupply_Services" }, { "id": 5, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/program/5/", "name": "Commercial Crew Program", "description": "The Commercial Crew Program (CCP) is a human spaceflight program operated by NASA, in association with American aerospace manufacturers Boeing and SpaceX. The program conducts rotations between the expeditions of the International Space Station program, transporting crews to and from the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon capsules, in the first crewed orbital spaceflights operated by private companies.", "agencies": [ { "id": 80, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/80/", "name": "Boeing", "type": "Commercial" }, { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, { "id": 121, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/121/", "name": "SpaceX", "type": "Commercial" } ], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/commercial2520_program_20200820201209.png", "start_date": "2011-04-18T00:00:00Z", "end_date": null, "info_url": "https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/commercial/crew/index.html", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Crew_Program" } ], "variant": "Block 5", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 2, "length": 70.0, "diameter": 3.65, "maiden_flight": "2018-05-11", "launch_mass": 549, "leo_capacity": 22800, "gto_capacity": 8300, "to_thrust": 7607, "apogee": 200, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon_9_image_20230807133459.jpeg", "info_url": "https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/falcon-9/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_9", "total_launch_count": 629, "consecutive_successful_launches": 331, "successful_launches": 628, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 110 }, "launcher_stage": [ { "id": 972, "type": "Core", "reused": true, "launcher_flight_number": 18, "launcher": { "id": 153, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launcher/153/", "details": "Falcon 9 booster.", "flight_proven": true, "serial_number": "B1088", "status": "active", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/b1088_landing_o_image_20250912151209.jpeg", "successful_landings": 19, "attempted_landings": 19, "flights": 19, "last_launch_date": "2026-09-06T14:26:54Z", "first_launch_date": "2024-11-30T08:10:00Z" }, "landing": { "id": 1905, "attempt": true, "success": true, "description": "The Falcon 9 first stage B1088 has landed on ASDS OCISLY after its 18th flight.", "location": { "id": 1, "name": "Of Course I Still Love You", "abbrev": "OCISLY", "description": "The second ASDS barge, Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) services launches in the Pacific Ocean and was the site of the first landing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage during CRS-8, the launch of a Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.", "location": null, "successful_landings": 224 }, "type": { "id": 1, "name": "Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship", "abbrev": "ASDS", "description": "An autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) is an ocean-going vessel derived from a deck barge, outfitted with station-keeping engines and a large landing platform. Construction of such ships was commissioned by aerospace company SpaceX to allow for recovery of rocket first-stages at sea for high-velocity missions which do not carry enough fuel to return to the launch site after lofting spacecraft onto an orbital trajectory." } }, "previous_flight_date": "2026-06-28T16:09:18Z", "turn_around_time_days": 48, "previous_flight": { "id": "0740c699-9877-4331-8aef-4e29ea6281c0", "name": "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-40" } } ], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 7704, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "USSF-366", "description": "USSF-366 is a classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites for a US government entity based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bus, based on locations of rocket stage drop zones being exact fits with previous Starlink Group 15 launches.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Government/Top Secret", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" } }, "pad": { "id": 16, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/16/", "agency_id": null, "name": "Space Launch Complex 4E", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Launch_Complex_4#SLC-4E", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=34.632,-120.611", "latitude": "34.632", "longitude": "-120.611", "location": { "id": 11, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/11/", "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": 911, "total_landing_count": 35 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_16_20200803143532.jpg", "total_launch_count": 295 }, "infoURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "title": "SpaceX", "description": "SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.", "feature_image": null, "url": "https://www.spacex.com/launches/ussf366" } ], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 7, "title": "SpaceX USSF-366", "description": "On Sunday August 16, 2026 at 01:50 UTC, SpaceX launched the USSF-366 mission with a Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.\n\nDescription generated from the Launch Library 2 API.\n——————————————————————\nObject in the Launch Library 2 API: https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.3.0/launches/55b79515-ddbf-4198-8a59-29a12ed21330/?format=json\nRelated news in the Spaceflight News API: https://api.spaceflightnewsapi.net/v4/articles/?launch=55b79515-ddbf-4198-8a59-29a12ed21330\n——————————————————————\n\nRehosted on YouTube by The Space Devs.\nSupport our work on https://www.patreon.com/TheSpaceDevs\n——————————————————————\nWebsite: https://thespacedevs.com\nX: https://x.com/thespacedevs\nDiscord: https://discord.com/invite/p7ntkNA\n——————————————————————\n\nOriginal video: https:...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GCdmtmYyInM/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCdmtmYyInM" }, { "priority": 8, "title": "Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches secretive mission for U.S. Space Force", "description": "Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket from California carrying a classified payload for the U.S. Space Force. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Saturday, August 15, at 6:50 p.m. PDT / 9:50 p.m. EDT (Sunday, August 16, at 0150 UTC).\n\nThe first-stage booster, serial number B1088, launching for an 18th time, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' nearly 8.5 minutes into the flight.\n\nThe USSF-366 mission will take a south-easterly trajectory upon departure from Vandenberg. \n\nLive commentary from Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith will be provided starting about 30 minutes prior to launch.\n\nVideos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to p...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hBRXDnr-b_0/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBRXDnr-b_0" }, { "priority": 9, "title": "SpaceX Launches TWO Falcon 9s with Globalstar 2-R Mission 1 & USSF-366", "description": "Globalstar 2-R Mission:\nLaunch window: August 15th from 9:12PM to 9:27PM EDT (01:12-01:27 UTC on the 16th)\nCurrent T0: August 15th at 9:12PM EDT (01:12 UTC on the 16th)\n\nMission: Falcon 9 launch of 9 Globalstar Gen 2 Replacement satellites into orbit.\nLaunch location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth.\nTarget orbit: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO); 680x700km 52º orbit\nBooster: B1090-14; 41d 14h 22min turnaround\nBooster history: O3b mPOWER E, Crew-10, Bandwagon-3, SL 6-67, SL 10-18, O3b mPOWER D, CRS-33, SL 10-59, SL 6-79, SL 6-103, SL 10-46, SL 10-43, SL 10-50. \nSatellites launched: 242, will be 251 after this mission.\nBooster recovery: Landing Zone 40 (LZ-40)\nFairing recovery: Doug\nRocket trajectory: Northeast flying parallel to the US East Coast. \nPay...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2lJyYhaRcZM/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lJyYhaRcZM" }, { "priority": 10, "title": "USSF-366 Mission", "description": "Livestream on X", "feature_image": "https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HPYEORTXcAA1G2z.jpg", "url": "https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1DxleVErQBdKL" } ], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon_9_liftof_image_20260816171423.jpg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7366, "location_launch_attempt_count": 906, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 290, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 718, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 193, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 54, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 52, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 99 }
