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/d6dd6900-332e-4e9e-89b8-dfa4ba285822/?format=api
{ "id": "d6dd6900-332e-4e9e-89b8-dfa4ba285822", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.0.0/launch/d6dd6900-332e-4e9e-89b8-dfa4ba285822/?format=api", "launch_library_id": null, "slug": "firefly-alpha-flta006-message-in-a-booster", "name": "Firefly Alpha | FLTA006 (Message in a Booster)", "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Failure" }, "net": "2025-04-29T13:37:00Z", "window_end": "2025-04-29T14:29:00Z", "window_start": "2025-04-29T13:37:00Z", "inhold": false, "tbdtime": false, "tbddate": false, "probability": 90, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "Problem during stage separation and second stage ignition caused disintegration of the separated 1st stage and the loss of the Lightning engine nozzle extension on the 2nd stage, substantially reducing the engine’s thrust. 2nd stage reached 320 km in altitude but did not reach orbital velocity, eventually impacted the Pacific Ocean north of Antarctica.", "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": 6, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 3, "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/firefly2520aerospace_nation_20230531050520.jpg" }, "rocket": { "id": 8418, "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": "", "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": 6, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 3, "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/firefly2520aerospace_nation_20230531050520.jpg" }, "program": [], "variant": "", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 2, "length": 29.0, "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": 6, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 3, "failed_launches": 3, "pending_launches": 4 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 7007, "launch_library_id": null, "name": "FLTA006 (Message in a Booster)", "description": "Sixth flight of the Firefly Alpha small satellite launcher, launching the demonstration mission for Lockheed Martin's new LM400 satellite bus, which will carry a communications payload. The satellite bus is customizable to support different missions, including remote sensing, communications, imagery and radar Earth observations. It can also support different kinds of orbits and launch configurations.", "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": 806, "total_landing_count": 26 }, "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_39_20200803143542.jpg", "total_launch_count": 98 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "title": "Alpha FLTA006 \"Message In A Booster\"", "description": "Alpha FLTA006 is the second mission Firefly is launching for Lockheed Martin and the first of Firefly’s multi-launch agreement with Lockheed Martin that includes up to 25 missions over the next five y...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pkusoizm-Zk/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkusoizm-Zk" } ], "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/firefly_alpha_l_image_20240605174156.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 6942, "location_launch_attempt_count": 804, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 98, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 6, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 93, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 18, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 1 }
