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/3eb3a9c4-65b8-49fa-afb3-8eee0c3ddfd2/?format=api
{ "id": "3eb3a9c4-65b8-49fa-afb3-8eee0c3ddfd2", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/3eb3a9c4-65b8-49fa-afb3-8eee0c3ddfd2/?format=api", "slug": "long-march-5-tjsw-23", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Long March 5 | TJSW-23", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2025-12-21T03:58:53Z", "updates": [ { "id": 13420, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Launch success.", "info_url": "https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5246038127673691", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2025-12-20T13:15:00Z" }, { "id": 13419, "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=d0Up72oGUX8", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2025-12-20T13:02:00Z" }, { "id": 13384, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Refined launch window per new NOTAMs.", "info_url": "https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2744223#msg2744223", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2025-12-18T03:19:00Z" }, { "id": 13324, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload identity highly uncertain.", "info_url": "https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2738462#msg2738462", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2025-12-15T03:43:00Z" } ], "net": "2025-12-20T12:30:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 1, "name": "Minute", "abbrev": "MIN", "description": "The T-0 is accurate to the minute." }, "window_end": "2025-12-20T13:40:00Z", "window_start": "2025-12-20T12:22:00Z", "probability": null, "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": 570, "consecutive_successful_launches": 112, "successful_launches": 556, "failed_launches": 14, "pending_launches": 6, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 1, "attempted_landings": 1, "info_url": "https://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": 8855, "configuration": { "id": 128, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/128/?format=api", "name": "Long March 5", "active": true, "reusable": false, "description": "Long March 5 is a Chinese heavy lift launch system developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). CZ-5 is the first Chinese vehicle designed from the ground up to focus on non-hypergolic liquid rocket propellants. Currently, two CZ-5 vehicle configurations are planned, with maximum payload capacities of ~25,000 kilograms (55,000 lb) to LEO and ~14,000 kilograms (31,000 lb) to GTO. The Long March 5 roughly matches the capabilities of American EELV heavy-class vehicles such as the Delta IV Heavy.", "family": "Long March", "full_name": "Long March 5", "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": 570, "consecutive_successful_launches": 112, "successful_launches": 556, "failed_launches": 14, "pending_launches": 6, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 1, "attempted_landings": 1, "info_url": "https://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": "", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 2, "length": 57.0, "diameter": 5.0, "maiden_flight": "2016-11-03", "launch_cost": null, "launch_mass": 867, "leo_capacity": 25000, "gto_capacity": 14000, "to_thrust": 10600, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long2520march_image_20201119165033.png", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_5", "total_launch_count": 8, "consecutive_successful_launches": 8, "successful_launches": 8, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 2, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 7446, "name": "TJSW-23", "description": "Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Government/Top Secret", "orbit": { "id": 2, "name": "Geostationary Transfer Orbit", "abbrev": "GTO" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 175, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/175/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "101", "description": "", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenchang_Spacecraft_Launch_Site", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=19.614334,110.951011", "latitude": "19.614334", "longitude": "110.951011", "location": { "id": 8, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/8/?format=api", "name": "Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China", "country_code": "CHN", "description": "The Wenchang Space Launch Site is a rocket launch site located in Wenchang on the island of Hainan, in China.\r\n\r\nFormally a suborbital test center, it currently serves as China's southernmost spaceport. The site was selected for its low latitude, 19° north of the equator, allowing for larger payloads to be launched. It is capable of launching the Long March 5, the heaviest Chinese rocket. Unlike launch facilities on the mainland, Wenchang uses its seaport for deliveries.", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_8_20200803142445.jpg", "timezone_name": "Asia/Shanghai", "total_launch_count": 55, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_175_20200803143424.jpg", "total_launch_count": 17, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 17 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "source": "youtube.com", "publisher": "SciNews", "title": "Long March-5 launches TJSW-23", "description": "The Long March-5 Y10 launch vehicle (长征五号遥十) launched TJSW-23 (通信技术试验卫星二十三号, Communication Technology Test Satellite 23) from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site Hainan Province, China, on 20 December 2025, at 12:30 UTC (20:30 local time). According to official sources, the satellite entered the planned orbit and will be “mainly used to carry out multi-band and high-speed communication technology validation tests”. \nCredit: China Central Television (CCTV)/China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WBDOzm30Psg/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBDOzm30Psg", "type": { "id": 6, "name": "Recap" }, "language": { "id": 1, "name": "English", "code": "en" }, "start_time": "2025-12-20T15:40:07Z", "end_time": "2025-12-20T15:41:39Z" } ], "webcast_live": false, "timeline": [], "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long2520march_image_20201119165033.png", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7162, "location_launch_attempt_count": 53, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 17, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 565, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 313, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 19, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 4, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 64, "pad_turnaround": "P57DT22H", "mission_patches": [ { "id": 1284, "name": "CZ-5 TSJW-23", "priority": 10, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/mission_patch_images/cz-52520tsjw-2_mission_patch_20251220164226.png", "agency": null }, { "id": 1285, "name": "CZ-5 TSJW-23 Patch 2", "priority": 11, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/mission_patch_images/cz-52520tsjw-2_mission_patch_20251220164329.png", "agency": null } ], "type": "detailed" }
