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/206a3efe-0a28-45e6-a95e-983774fff9d9/?format=api
{ "id": "206a3efe-0a28-45e6-a95e-983774fff9d9", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/206a3efe-0a28-45e6-a95e-983774fff9d9/?format=api", "slug": "long-march-2fg-chinese-reusable-space-vehicle", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Long March 2F/G | Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2023-08-04T03:50:51Z", "updates": [], "net": "2020-09-04T07:30:00Z", "net_precision": null, "window_end": "2020-09-04T07:30:00Z", "window_start": "2020-09-04T07:30:00Z", "probability": -1, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 88, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "CASC", "description": "The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.", "administrator": "Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei", "founding_year": "1999", "launchers": "Long March", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 517, "consecutive_successful_launches": 59, "successful_launches": 503, "failed_launches": 14, "pending_launches": 8, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "http://english.spacechina.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_logo_20220826093937.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_image_20191228094408.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_nation_20230604193716.png" }, "rocket": { "id": 2754, "configuration": { "id": 84, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/84/?format=api", "name": "Long March 2", "active": true, "reusable": false, "description": "The Long March 2F is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket, part of the Long March 2 rocket family. Designed to launch the crewed Shenzhou spacecraft, the Long March 2F is a human-rated two-stage version of the Long March 2E rocket, which in turn was based on the Long March 2C launch vehicle. It is launched from complex SLS at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.", "family": "Long March", "full_name": "Long March 2F/G", "manufacturer": { "id": 88, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "CASC", "description": "The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.", "administrator": "Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei", "founding_year": "1999", "launchers": "Long March", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 517, "consecutive_successful_launches": 59, "successful_launches": 503, "failed_launches": 14, "pending_launches": 8, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "http://english.spacechina.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_logo_20220826093937.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_image_20191228094408.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_nation_20230604193716.png" }, "program": [], "variant": "F/G", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 2, "length": 62.0, "diameter": 3.35, "maiden_flight": "2011-10-31", "launch_cost": null, "launch_mass": 464, "leo_capacity": 8399, "gto_capacity": null, "to_thrust": null, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long_march_2_image_20210908195835.jpeg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_2F/G", "total_launch_count": 17, "consecutive_successful_launches": 17, "successful_launches": 17, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 2, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": { "id": 795, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/flight/795/?format=api", "mission_end": "2020-09-06T02:00:00Z", "destination": "Low Earth Orbit", "launch_crew": [], "onboard_crew": [], "landing_crew": [], "spacecraft": { "id": 560, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/560/?format=api", "name": "Chinese reusable experimental spacecraft", "serial_number": null, "is_placeholder": false, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P544DT13H48M", "time_docked": "P0D", "flights_count": 3, "mission_ends_count": 3, "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "description": "First Chinese reusable spacecraft", "spacecraft_config": { "id": 31, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/spacecraft/31/?format=api", "name": "Chinese reusable spacecraft", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Spaceplane" }, "agency": { "id": 88, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "CASC", "description": "The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is the main contractor for the Chinese space program. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. Various incarnations of the program date back to 1956.", "administrator": "Chairman & President: Lei Fanpei", "founding_year": "1999", "launchers": "Long March", "spacecraft": "", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_image_20191228094408.jpeg", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_logo_20220826093937.png" }, "in_use": true, "capability": "Reusable technology demonstration test bed for orbital and re-entry operations.", "history": "First launched on September 4, 2020 and landed two days later. Launched again on August 4, 2022.", "details": "The Chinese reusable experimental spacecraft is the first Chinese reusable spacecraft.", "maiden_flight": "2020-09-04", "height": null, "diameter": null, "human_rated": false, "crew_capacity": null, "payload_capacity": null, "payload_return_capacity": null, "flight_life": "Multiple months", "image_url": null, "nation_url": null, "wiki_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_reusable_experimental_spacecraft", "info_link": "" } }, "landing": { "id": 395, "attempt": true, "success": true, "description": "The reusable space plane landed on the Lop Nur dried salt lake.", "downrange_distance": null, "location": { "id": 30, "name": "Lop Nur Airbase", "abbrev": "LNA", "description": "Military airbase located on a dried salt lake in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.", "location": null, "successful_landings": 3 }, "type": { "id": 6, "name": "Horizontal Landing", "abbrev": "HL", "description": "Horizontal landing on a runway or flat surface." } }, "docking_events": [] } }, "mission": { "id": 1153, "name": "Chinese Reusable Space Vehicle", "description": "The payload is an experimental reusable spacecraft. It is rumored to be a prototype of a reusable spaceplane (similar to Boeing X-37B vehicle). The spacecraft stayed in orbit for two days and returned to Earth on September 6. Though the landing site was not disclosed, the spacecraft is presumed to have landed at an airbase near Lop Nor nuclear test site.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Test Flight", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 37, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/37/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Launch Area 4 (SLS-1 / 921)", "description": "", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiuquan_Launch_Area_4", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=40.957893,100.290944", "latitude": "40.957893", "longitude": "100.290944", "location": { "id": 17, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/17/?format=api", "name": "Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China", "country_code": "CHN", "description": "Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center is a Chinese spaceport located between the Ejin, Alxa, Inner Mongolia and Hangtian Town, Jinta County, Jiuquan, Gansu Province. It is part of the Dongfeng Aerospace City (Base 10).", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_17_20200803142429.jpg", "timezone_name": "Asia/Shanghai", "total_launch_count": 247, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_37_20200803143603.jpg", "total_launch_count": 24, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 24 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [], "webcast_live": false, "timeline": [], "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long_march_2_image_20210908195835.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 5991, "location_launch_attempt_count": 131, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 14, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 291, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 69, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 9, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 21, "pad_turnaround": "P1418DT7H59M29S", "mission_patches": [], "type": "detailed" }
