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/2c92e70a-f420-4b4e-823c-a50335b3354a/?format=api
{ "id": "2c92e70a-f420-4b4e-823c-a50335b3354a", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/2c92e70a-f420-4b4e-823c-a50335b3354a/?format=api", "slug": "smart-dragon-3-geely-constellation-group-05", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Smart Dragon 3 | Geely Constellation Group 05", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2025-09-09T05:17:20Z", "updates": [ { "id": 12142, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Launch success.", "info_url": "https://www.news.cn/20250909/30f03bbffdc240e3a6c27cab94f49301/c.html", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2025-09-08T21:28:00Z" }, { "id": 12141, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Liftoff.", "info_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vLhbpwhV3s", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2025-09-08T19:49:00Z" }, { "id": 12140, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/ll2_profile_20230311134739.png", "comment": "Unofficial Webcast by International Rocket Launches has started", "info_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vLhbpwhV3s", "created_by": "LL2", "created_on": "2025-09-08T19:16:00Z" }, { "id": 12087, "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; probably with Geely Constellation Group 05.", "info_url": "https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2714972#msg2714972", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2025-09-05T13:05:00Z" } ], "net": "2025-09-08T19:48:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 1, "name": "Minute", "abbrev": "MIN", "description": "The T-0 is accurate to the minute." }, "window_end": "2025-09-08T20:00:00Z", "window_start": "2025-09-08T19:39:00Z", "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 272, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/272/?format=api", "name": "China Rocket Co. Ltd.", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "CHNR", "description": "China Rocket Co. Ltd. is a spinoff of China’s state-owned launch vehicle manufacturer using a “commercial business model”.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 9, "consecutive_successful_launches": 9, "successful_launches": 9, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 1, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": null, "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520rocket2520co.2520ltd._logo_20221001084159.png", "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china_rocket_co_image_20240922154013.jpg" }, "rocket": { "id": 8702, "configuration": { "id": 484, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/484/?format=api", "name": "Smart Dragon 3", "active": true, "reusable": false, "description": "Smart Dragon-3 is a solid fuel orbital rocket designed by a subsidiary of the state-owned CASC group built for the commercial market.", "family": "Smart Dragon", "full_name": "Smart Dragon 3", "manufacturer": { "id": 272, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/272/?format=api", "name": "China Rocket Co. Ltd.", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "CHNR", "description": "China Rocket Co. Ltd. is a spinoff of China’s state-owned launch vehicle manufacturer using a “commercial business model”.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 9, "consecutive_successful_launches": 9, "successful_launches": 9, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 1, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": null, "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520rocket2520co.2520ltd._logo_20221001084159.png", "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china_rocket_co_image_20240922154013.jpg" }, "program": [], "variant": "", "alias": "", "min_stage": null, "max_stage": null, "length": 32.0, "diameter": 2.64, "maiden_flight": "2022-12-09", "launch_cost": null, "launch_mass": 140, "leo_capacity": null, "gto_capacity": null, "to_thrust": null, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/smart_dragon_3__image_20240925074606.jpg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": null, "total_launch_count": 8, "consecutive_successful_launches": 8, "successful_launches": 8, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 1, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 7295, "name": "Geely Constellation Group 05", "description": "11 LEO communications satellites for Chinese car manufacturer Geely Automotive for testing autonomous driving/inter-vehicle communication services. They also carry payloads for ocean observation.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Communications", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 221, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/221/?format=api", "agency_id": 88, "name": "Oriental Spaceport mobile launch ship", "description": "", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": null, "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=35.391667%2C119.598667", "latitude": "35.391667", "longitude": "119.598667", "location": { "id": 185, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/185/?format=api", "name": "Haiyang Oriental Spaceport", "country_code": "CHN", "description": "Chinese orbital launch vehicle launches supporting sea port located at Haiyang, Shandong Province, with dedicated piers and rocket/payload processing facilities for Chinese launch vehicles’ sea launches, and (as part of its expansion project) land based launch pads on artificial islands for various test vehicles and launch vehicles of private and government launch services providers.\r\n\r\nIn operation as a remote base of Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center since 2019.", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_haiyang_oriental_spaceport_20251128181322.jpg", "timezone_name": "Asia/Shanghai", "total_launch_count": 21, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_oriental_spaceport_mobile_launch_ship_20240529085416.jpg", "total_launch_count": 7, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "source": "youtube.com", "publisher": "International Rocket Launches", "title": "Live: Jielong-3 Jili 05A-K Launch (No Commentary)", "description": "Footage courtesy of 活力·日照/日照攻略(火箭发射直播)/大趣摄影俱乐部/日照火箭/日照芊田数码海曲路总店/日照之光\n\nInternational Rocket Launches provides commentary-free coverage of select global rocket launches.\n\nFollow @IntRocketLaunch on Twit...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2vLhbpwhV3s/maxresdefault_live.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vLhbpwhV3s", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Unofficial Webcast" }, "language": { "id": 2, "name": "Chinese", "code": "zn" }, "start_time": "2025-09-08T18:49:02Z", "end_time": "2025-09-08T19:51:26Z" } ], "webcast_live": false, "timeline": [], "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/smart_dragon_3__image_20240925074606.jpg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7056, "location_launch_attempt_count": 18, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 5, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 8, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 207, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 4, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 3, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 3, "pad_turnaround": "P31DT3H17M", "mission_patches": [], "type": "detailed" }
