Launch List
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/?format=api&offset=8000&ordering=-net
{ "count": 8103, "next": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/?format=api&limit=10&offset=8010&ordering=-net", "previous": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/?format=api&limit=10&offset=7990&ordering=-net", "results": [ { "id": "5930bee2-7e3b-4792-a04b-4b3da52821c1", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/5930bee2-7e3b-4792-a04b-4b3da52821c1/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "thor-dm-21-agena-b-discoverer-19", "name": "Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 19", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "1960-12-20T20:32:00Z", "window_end": "1960-12-20T20:32:00Z", "window_start": "1960-12-20T20:32:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 161, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/161/?format=api", "name": "United States Air Force", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 3095, "configuration": { "id": 186, "launch_library_id": 201, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/186/?format=api", "name": "Thor DM-21 Agena-B", "family": "Thor", "full_name": "Thor DM-21 Agena-B", "variant": "" } }, "mission": { "id": 1517, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Discoverer 19", "description": "Discoverer 19 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. It was part of the Missile Defence Alarm System.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Government/Top Secret", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" } }, "pad": { "id": 96, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/96/?format=api", "agency_id": 161, "name": "Space Launch Complex 1E", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Launch_Complex_1", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=34.756,-120.6263", "latitude": "34.756", "longitude": "-120.6263", "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": 916, "total_landing_count": 36 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_96_20200803143221.jpg", "total_launch_count": 45 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/thor-dm21_agena_image_20251112153059.png", "infographic": null, "program": [] }, { "id": "8089e392-6d8e-415f-9492-e80432276d49", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/8089e392-6d8e-415f-9492-e80432276d49/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "redstone-mrlv-mercury-redstone-1a", "name": "Redstone MRLV | Mercury-Redstone 1A", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "1960-12-19T16:15:00Z", "window_end": "1960-12-19T16:15:00Z", "window_start": "1960-12-19T16:15:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 7437, "configuration": { "id": 107, "launch_library_id": 141, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/107/?format=api", "name": "Redstone", "family": "Redstone", "full_name": "Redstone MRLV", "variant": "MRLV" } }, "mission": { "id": 5826, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Mercury-Redstone 1A", "description": "Mercury-Redstone 1A (MR-1A) was launched on December 19, 1960 from LC-5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission objectives of this uncrewed suborbital flight were to qualify the spacecraft for space flight and qualify the system for an upcoming primate suborbital flight.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Test Flight", "orbit": { "id": 15, "name": "Suborbital", "abbrev": "Sub" } }, "pad": { "id": 123, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/123/?format=api", "agency_id": 161, "name": "Launch Complex 5", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Launch_Complex_5", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=28.43942,-80.573301", "latitude": "28.43942", "longitude": "-80.573301", "location": { "id": 12, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/12/?format=api", "name": "Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA", "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_12_20200803142519.jpg", "total_launch_count": 1130, "total_landing_count": 82 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_123_20200803143235.jpg", "total_launch_count": 13 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/redstone_image_20190207032627.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [ { "id": 2, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/program/2/?format=api", "name": "Mercury", "description": "Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963.", "agencies": [ { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" } ], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/project2520mer_program_20200820194755.png", "start_date": "1958-10-07T00:00:00Z", "end_date": "1963-05-16T23:24:02Z", "info_url": "https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/missions/program-toc.html", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Mercury" } ] }, { "id": "583b7dc8-2b7d-494a-a19a-4629c45f0b7d", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/583b7dc8-2b7d-494a-a19a-4629c45f0b7d/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "atlas-able-p-31", "name": "Atlas-Able | P-31", "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Failure" }, "net": "1960-12-15T09:10:00Z", "window_end": "1960-12-15T09:10:00Z", "window_start": "1960-12-15T09:10:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 161, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/161/?format=api", "name": "United States Air Force", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 3094, "configuration": { "id": 230, "launch_library_id": null, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/230/?format=api", "name": "Atlas-Able", "family": "Atlas", "full_name": "Atlas-Able", "variant": "" } }, "mission": { "id": 1516, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "P-31", "description": "An intended lunar orbiter the vehicle was destroyed when the launch vehicle exploded due to a malfunction in the first stage.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Planetary Science", "orbit": { "id": 11, "name": "Lunar Orbit", "abbrev": "LO" } }, "pad": { "id": 99, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/99/?format=api", "agency_id": 161, "name": "Launch Complex 12", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Air_Force_Station_Launch_Complex_12", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=28.480607,-80.541938", "latitude": "28.480607", "longitude": "-80.541938", "location": { "id": 12, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/12/?format=api", "name": "Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA", "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_12_20200803142519.jpg", "total_launch_count": 1130, "total_landing_count": 82 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_99_20200803143435.jpg", "total_launch_count": 23 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/atlas-d_able_on_image_20240411161010.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [] }, { "id": "ba9b77a7-5d1b-47e9-89fc-2fc0050186df", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/ba9b77a7-5d1b-47e9-89fc-2fc0050186df/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "thor-dm-21-agena-b-discoverer-18", "name": "Thor DM-21 Agena-B | Discoverer 18", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "1960-12-07T20:20:58Z", "window_end": "1960-12-07T20:20:58Z", "window_start": "1960-12-07T20:20:58Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 161, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/161/?format=api", "name": "United States Air Force", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 3093, "configuration": { "id": 186, "launch_library_id": 201, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/186/?format=api", "name": "Thor DM-21 Agena-B", "family": "Thor", "full_name": "Thor DM-21 Agena-B", "variant": "" } }, "mission": { "id": 1515, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Discoverer 18", "description": "Discoverer 18 was an American optical reconnaissance satellite. This was the first successful mission employing the KH-2 camera system", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Government/Top Secret", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" } }, "pad": { "id": 95, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/95/?format=api", "agency_id": 161, "name": "Space Launch Complex 1W", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Launch_Complex_1", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=34.7572,-120.6303", "latitude": "34.7572", "longitude": "-120.6303", "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": 916, "total_landing_count": 36 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_95_20200803143209.jpg", "total_launch_count": 56 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/thor-dm21_agena_image_20251112153059.png", "infographic": null, "program": [] }, { "id": "83208857-199a-421b-a706-c339709aa0ab", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/83208857-199a-421b-a706-c339709aa0ab/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "scout-x-1-nasa-s-56", "name": "Scout X-1 | NASA S-56", "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Failure" }, "net": "1960-12-04T21:14:00Z", "window_end": "1960-12-04T21:14:00Z", "window_start": "1960-12-04T21:14:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 3092, "configuration": { "id": 185, "launch_library_id": 208, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/185/?format=api", "name": "Scout X-1", "family": "Scout", "full_name": "Scout X-1", "variant": "X-1" } }, "mission": { "id": 1514, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "NASA S-56", "description": "An American satellite launched by NASA as part of the Explorers program. It failed to reach orbit when the second stage didn't ignite.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Astrophysics", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" } }, "pad": { "id": 94, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/pad/94/?format=api", "agency_id": 44, "name": "Launch Area 3", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=37.8495,-75.4725", "latitude": "37.8495", "longitude": "-75.4725", "location": { "id": 21, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/location/21/?format=api", "name": "Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA", "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_21_20200803142423.jpg", "total_launch_count": 87, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_94_20200803143206.jpg", "total_launch_count": 13 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/scout2520x-1_image_20190324192636.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [] }, { "id": "787e5a38-9f51-4543-a218-5d1e5690bb34", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/787e5a38-9f51-4543-a218-5d1e5690bb34/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "vostok-8k72-korabl-sputnik-3", "name": "Vostok 8K72 | Korabl'-Sputnik-3", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Success" }, "net": "1960-12-01T07:30:04Z", "window_end": "1960-12-01T07:30:04Z", "window_start": "1960-12-01T07:30:04Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 66, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/agencies/66/?format=api", "name": "Soviet Space Program", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 3091, "configuration": { "id": 453, "launch_library_id": null, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/config/launcher/453/?format=api", "name": "Vostok 8K72", "family": "Vostok", "full_name": "Vostok 8K72", "variant": "8K72" } }, "mission": { "id": 1513, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "Korabl'-Sputnik-3", "description": "Another test of the Vostok capsule which had a successful flight into orbit but during re-entry the engine failed to cut off and burned to completion resulting in an incorrect entry trajectory. 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