Launch Instance
AN API endpoint that returns all Launch objects or a single launch.
EXAMPLE - /launch/[id]/ or /launch/?mode=list&search=SpaceX
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', 'is_crewed', 'include_suborbital', 'spacecraft_config__ids', 'related', 'location__ids', 'lsp__ids', 'pad__ids', 'status__ids'
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 /2.2.0/launch/1477dff4-27be-4fad-9120-a18f4eacbd57/?format=api
{ "id": "1477dff4-27be-4fad-9120-a18f4eacbd57", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/1477dff4-27be-4fad-9120-a18f4eacbd57/?format=api", "slug": "soyuz-21b-16-x-rassvet-3", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Soyuz 2.1b | 16 x Rassvet-3", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2026-03-26T02:31:15Z", "updates": [ { "id": 14416, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Launch success.", "info_url": "https://www.vedomosti.ru/technology/news/2026/03/24/1184996-sputniki-svyvia", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2026-03-24T05:54:00Z" }, { "id": 14415, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Liftoff.", "info_url": "https://r4uab.ru/2026/03/23/zapushhennyj-segodnya-23-marta-2026-goda-s-kosmodroma-pleseczk-mka-obzp1-vyshel-na-svyaz/", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2026-03-24T00:52:00Z" }, { "id": 14366, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Reverting to NET March TBD pending additional updates.", "info_url": "https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=64057.msg2770313#msg2770313", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2026-03-19T21:06:00Z" }, { "id": 14347, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain.", "info_url": "https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=64057.msg2769289#msg2769289", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2026-03-18T04:57:00Z" } ], "net": "2026-03-23T17:24:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 1, "name": "Minute", "abbrev": "MIN", "description": "The T-0 is accurate to the minute." }, "window_end": "2026-03-23T21:00:00Z", "window_start": "2026-03-23T11:00:00Z", "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 63, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/63/?format=api", "name": "Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "RUS", "abbrev": "RFSA", "description": "The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, commonly known as Roscosmos, is the governmental body responsible for the space science program of the Russian Federation and general aerospace research. Soyuz has many launch locations the Russian sites are Baikonur, Plesetsk and Vostochny however Ariane also purchases the vehicle and launches it from French Guiana.", "administrator": "Administrator: Yuri Borisov", "founding_year": "1992", "launchers": "Soyuz", "spacecraft": "Soyuz", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 340, "consecutive_successful_launches": 64, "successful_launches": 329, "failed_launches": 11, "pending_launches": 2, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://en.roscosmos.ru/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Federal_Space_Agency", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/russian2520federal2520space2520agency25202528roscosmos2529_logo_20190207032459.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/russian2520federal2520space2520agency25202528roscosmos2529_image_20190207032459.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/russian2520federal2520space2520agency25202528roscosmos2529_nation_20230531052758.jpg" }, "rocket": { "id": 8947, "configuration": { "id": 15, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/15/?format=api", "name": "Soyuz 2.1b", "active": true, "reusable": false, "description": "Soyuz-2 is the 21st-century version of the Russian Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage carrier rocket for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. The 2.1b version adds an upgraded engine (RD-0124) with improved performance to the second stage.", "family": "Soyuz", "full_name": "Soyuz 2.1b", "manufacturer": { "id": 111, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/111/?format=api", "name": "Progress Rocket Space Center", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "RUS", "abbrev": "PRSC", "description": "Progress Rocket Space Centre, formerly known as TsSKB-Progress, is a space science and aerospace research company which is known for manufacturing launch vehicles and satellites. Most notably, Progress Rocket Space Centre is the manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles.", "administrator": "CEO: Dmitry Baranov", "founding_year": "1996", "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 45, "consecutive_successful_launches": 3, "successful_launches": 44, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://en.samspace.ru/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Rocket_Space_Centre", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/progress2520rocket2520space2520center_logo_20210313175054.png", "image_url": null, "nation_url": null }, "program": [], "variant": "", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 3, "length": 46.3, "diameter": 2.95, "maiden_flight": "2008-07-26", "launch_cost": "80000000", "launch_mass": 312, "leo_capacity": 8200, "gto_capacity": 3250, "to_thrust": null, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/soyuz_2.1b_image_20230802085331.jpg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz-2_(rocket)", "total_launch_count": 23, "consecutive_successful_launches": 23, "successful_launches": 23, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 7542, "name": "16 x Rassvet-3", "description": "Note: Payload identities uncertain.\r\n\r\nBatch of 16 Rassvet-3 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Russian Byuro-1440 (Bureau 1440) constellation for broadband high-speed internet access in Russia.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Communications", "orbit": { "id": 13, "name": "Polar Orbit", "abbrev": "PO" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 85, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/85/?format=api", "agency_id": 163, "name": "43/4 (43R)", "description": "", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": null, "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=62.92883,40.457098", "latitude": "62.92883", "longitude": "40.457098", "location": { "id": 6, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/6/?format=api", "name": "Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation", "country_code": "RUS", "description": "Plesetsk Cosmodrome is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and approximately 200 km south of Arkhangelsk. Originally developed as an ICBM site for the R-7 missile, it also served for numerous satellite launches using the R-7 and other rockets. Its high latitude makes it useful only for certain types of launches, especially the Molniya orbits, so for much of the site's history it functioned as a secondary location, with most orbital launches taking place from Baikonur, in the Kazakh SSR. With the end of the Soviet Union, Baikonur became a foreign territory, and Kazakhstan charged $115 million usage fees annually. Consequently, Plesetsk has seen considerably more activity since the 2000s.", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_6_20200803142434.jpg", "timezone_name": "Europe/Moscow", "total_launch_count": 1683, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "country_code": "RUS", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_85_20200803143554.jpg", "total_launch_count": 327, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 327 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [], "webcast_live": false, "timeline": [], "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/soyuz_2.1b_image_20230802085331.jpg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7238, "location_launch_attempt_count": 1682, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 327, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 340, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 65, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 2, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 2, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 2, "pad_turnaround": "P45DT22H25M", "mission_patches": [], "type": "detailed" }
