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/543bddd7-f892-487d-a08f-69edf1ee71eb/?format=api
{ "id": "543bddd7-f892-487d-a08f-69edf1ee71eb", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/543bddd7-f892-487d-a08f-69edf1ee71eb/?format=api", "slug": "antares-230-cygnus-crs-2-ng-13-ss-robert-h-lawrenc", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Antares 230+ | Cygnus CRS-2 NG-13 (S.S. Robert H. Lawrence.)", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2023-06-14T03:58:40Z", "updates": [], "net": "2020-02-15T20:21:01Z", "net_precision": null, "window_end": "2020-02-15T20:21:01Z", "window_start": "2020-02-15T20:21:01Z", "probability": 90, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 257, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/257/?format=api", "name": "Northrop Grumman Space Systems", "featured": true, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "NGSS", "description": "Northrup Grumman Space Systems designs, builds and delivers space, defence and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. They aquired Orbital ATK in 2018 along with its launchers and ongoing missions.", "administrator": "CEO: Kathy Warden", "founding_year": "2015", "launchers": "Antares | Minotaur | Pegasus", "spacecraft": "Cygnus", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 14, "consecutive_successful_launches": 14, "successful_launches": 14, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 5, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "http://www.northropgrumman.com/AboutUs/BusinessSectors/InnovationSystems/Pages/default.aspx", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman#Innovation_Systems", "logo_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/northrop2520grumman2520innovation2520systems_logo_20190207032451.png", "image_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/northrop2520grumman2520innovation2520systems_image_20190207032451.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/northrop2520grumman2520space2520systems_nation_20230624130158.jpg" }, "rocket": { "id": 2573, "configuration": { "id": 210, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/210/?format=api", "name": "Antares 230+", "active": false, "reusable": false, "description": "Antares known during early development as Taurus II, is an expendable launch system developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (now part of Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems after Northrop Grumman acquired Orbital ATK) and the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau to launch the Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's COTS and CRS programs. Able to launch payloads heavier than 5,000 kg (11,000 lb) into low-Earth orbit, Antares is the largest rocket operated by Orbital ATK. Antares launches from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport and made its inaugural flight on April 21, 2013.", "family": "Antares", "full_name": "Antares 230+", "manufacturer": { "id": 257, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/257/?format=api", "name": "Northrop Grumman Space Systems", "featured": true, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "NGSS", "description": "Northrup Grumman Space Systems designs, builds and delivers space, defence and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. They aquired Orbital ATK in 2018 along with its launchers and ongoing missions.", "administrator": "CEO: Kathy Warden", "founding_year": "2015", "launchers": "Antares | Minotaur | Pegasus", "spacecraft": "Cygnus", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 14, "consecutive_successful_launches": 14, "successful_launches": 14, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 5, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "http://www.northropgrumman.com/AboutUs/BusinessSectors/InnovationSystems/Pages/default.aspx", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman#Innovation_Systems", "logo_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/northrop2520grumman2520innovation2520systems_logo_20190207032451.png", "image_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/northrop2520grumman2520innovation2520systems_image_20190207032451.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/northrop2520grumman2520space2520systems_nation_20230624130158.jpg" }, "program": [ { "id": 11, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/program/11/?format=api", "name": "Commercial Resupply Services", "description": "Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) are a series of flights awarded by NASA for the delivery of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.The first CRS contracts were signed in 2008 and awarded $1.6 billion to SpaceX for twelve cargo Dragon and $1.9 billion to Orbital Sciences for eight Cygnus flights, covering deliveries to 2016. The Falcon 9 and Antares rockets were also developed under the CRS program to deliver cargo spacecraft to the ISS.", "agencies": [ { "id": 44, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/44/?format=api", "name": "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, { "id": 257, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/257/?format=api", "name": "Northrop Grumman Space Systems", "type": "Commercial" }, { "id": 1020, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/1020/?format=api", "name": "Sierra Nevada Corporation", "type": "Commercial" }, { "id": 121, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/121/?format=api", "name": "SpaceX", "type": "Commercial" } ], "image_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/commercial2520_program_20201129212219.png", "start_date": "2008-12-23T00:00:00Z", "end_date": null, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Resupply_Services#Commercial_Resupply_Services", "mission_patches": [], "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Human Spaceflight" } } ], "variant": "230+", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 3, "length": 42.5, "diameter": 3.9, "maiden_flight": "2019-11-02", "launch_cost": null, "launch_mass": 286, "leo_capacity": 8200, "gto_capacity": null, "to_thrust": 3844, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/antares_230252_image_20230801170759.png", "info_url": "http://www.northropgrumman.com/Capabilities/Antares/Pages/default.aspx", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antares_(rocket)#Antares_200", "total_launch_count": 8, "consecutive_successful_launches": 8, "successful_launches": 8, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": { "id": 525, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/flight/525/?format=api", "mission_end": "2020-05-29T21:00:00Z", "destination": "International Space Station", "launch_crew": [], "onboard_crew": [], "landing_crew": [], "spacecraft": { "id": 437, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/437/?format=api", "name": "Cygnus CRS NG-13 (S.S. Robert Henry Lawrence Jr.)", "serial_number": null, "is_placeholder": false, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "P104DT38M59S", "time_docked": "P83DT7H4M", "flights_count": 1, "mission_ends_count": 1, "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "This is the thirteenth flight to the ISS by the Cygnus spacecraft under the CRS program and their second under the CRS2 program. This is also the 9th use of the enhanced size Cygnus.", "spacecraft_config": { "id": 19, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/spacecraft/19/?format=api", "name": "Cygnus Enhanced", "type": { "id": 4, "name": "Cargo Resupply" }, "agency": { "id": 257, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/257/?format=api", "name": "Northrop Grumman Space Systems", "featured": true, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "NGSS", "description": "Northrup Grumman Space Systems designs, builds and delivers space, defence and aviation-related systems to customers around the world. They aquired Orbital ATK in 2018 along with its launchers and ongoing missions.", "administrator": "CEO: Kathy Warden", "founding_year": "2015", "launchers": "Antares | Minotaur | Pegasus", "spacecraft": "Cygnus", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/northrop2520grumman2520innovation2520systems_image_20190207032451.jpeg", "logo_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/northrop2520grumman2520innovation2520systems_logo_20190207032451.png" }, "in_use": true, "capability": "Cargo Earth Orbit Logistics", "history": "Cygnus is a spacecraft developed originally by Orbital ATK and then acquired by Northrup Grumman after an acquisition. It is used to transport cargo to the ISS.\r\n\r\nThe first operational mission of Cygnus to the ISS was in September 2013.\r\n\r\nOne flight on 28 October 2014 ended in a failure when the Antares launch vehicle, used to launch the Cygnus, exploded shortly after launch. This set back the Cygnus launch schedule over a year. Following the launch anomaly a new version known as 'Cygnus Enhanced' was flown. This extended the Cygnus length and allowed it to carry an extra 700kg to the ISS.", "details": "The Cygnus spacecraft is launched aboard Antares, Atlas V, or Falcon 9 to deliver cargo to the ISS under NASAs CRS contracts. It has no heatshield so at the end of its mission its used to dispose of waste by burning up in the Earths atmosphere.", "maiden_flight": "2015-12-06", "height": 6.3, "diameter": 3.07, "human_rated": false, "crew_capacity": null, "payload_capacity": 3750, "payload_return_capacity": null, "flight_life": "1 week to 2 years design life.", "image_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/cygnus2520enhanced_image_20190207032513.jpeg", "nation_url": null, "wiki_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_(spacecraft)", "info_link": "" } }, "landing": { "id": 410, "attempt": false, "success": null, "description": "The Cygnus spacecraft burned up as planned upon entering Earth's atmosphere.", "downrange_distance": null, "location": null, "type": { "id": 7, "name": "Destructive Reentry", "abbrev": "ATM", "description": "Spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere" } }, "docking_events": [ { "id": 233, "spacestation": { "id": 4, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacestation/4/?format=api", "name": "International Space Station", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "founded": "1998-11-20", "description": "The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component was launched into orbit in 1998, with the first long-term residents arriving in November 2000. It has been inhabited continuously since that date. The last pressurised module was fitted in 2011, and an experimental inflatable space habitat was added in 2016. The station is expected to operate until 2030. Development and assembly of the station continues, with several new elements scheduled for launch in 2019. The ISS is the largest human-made body in low Earth orbit and can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth. The ISS consists of pressurised habitation modules, structural trusses, solar arrays, radiators, docking ports, experiment bays and robotic arms. ISS components have been launched by Russian Proton and Soyuz rockets, and American Space Shuttles.", "orbit": "Low Earth Orbit", "image_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/international2520space2520station_image_20190220215716.jpeg" }, "docking": "2020-02-18T09:05:00Z", "departure": "2020-05-11T16:09:00Z", "docking_location": { "id": 1, "name": "Unity nadir", "spacestation": { "id": 4, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacestation/4/?format=api", "name": "International Space Station" } } } ] } }, "mission": { "id": 1079, "name": "Cygnus CRS-2 NG-13 (S.S. Robert H. Lawrence.)", "description": "This is the 14th planned flight of the Orbital ATK's uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 13th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Spacecraft carries the name of Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., honouring USA's first black astronaut.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Resupply", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 76, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/76/?format=api", "agency_id": 44, "name": "Launch Area 0 A", "description": "LP-0A was first built for the failed Conestoga rocket program. The original launch tower was subsequently demolished in September 2008. A new pad facility was built from 2009 to 2011 for Orbital Sciences Taurus II, now renamed Antares.", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_Regional_Spaceport_Launch_Pad_0#Pad_0A", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=37.8337,-75.4881", "latitude": "37.8337", "longitude": "-75.4881", "location": { "id": 21, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/21/?format=api", "name": "Wallops Island, Virginia, USA", "country_code": "USA", "description": "", "map_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/launch_images/location_21_20200803142423.jpg", "timezone_name": "America/New_York", "total_launch_count": 78, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/launch_images/pad_76_20200803143538.jpg", "total_launch_count": 19, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 19 }, "infoURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "source": null, "title": "Northrop Grumman CRS-13 Overview", "description": "Press Release by Northrop Grumman for the CRS-13 resupply mission to the ISS", "feature_image": null, "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/northrop_grumman_crs-13_overview_0.pdf", "type": null, "language": null } ], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 0, "source": null, "publisher": null, "title": "Northrop Grumman Cygnus Cargo Launch to the Space Station", "description": "Weβre launching to space. π On Sun., Feb. 9 at 5:39 p.m. EST, Northrop Grumman Corporation's Antares rocket and Cygnus spacecraft are scheduled to launch fro...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/P9Nlo4GColU/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Nlo4GColU", "type": null, "language": null, "start_time": null, "end_time": null }, { "priority": 0, "source": null, "publisher": null, "title": "Northrop Grumman Antares and Cygnus Launch to the International Space Station", "description": "Watch a cargo spacecraft lift off from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on a resupply mission to the International Space Station! π On Sat., Feb. 1...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/A5ApQ8k_Gt0/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5ApQ8k_Gt0", "type": null, "language": null, "start_time": null, "end_time": null } ], "webcast_live": false, "timeline": [], "image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/antares_230252_image_20230801170759.png", "infographic": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/launch_images/antares2520230_infographic_20200807035223.png", "program": [ { "id": 11, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/program/11/?format=api", "name": "Commercial Resupply Services", "description": "Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) are a series of flights awarded by NASA for the delivery of cargo and supplies to the International Space Station.The first CRS contracts were signed in 2008 and awarded $1.6 billion to SpaceX for twelve cargo Dragon and $1.9 billion to Orbital Sciences for eight Cygnus flights, covering deliveries to 2016. 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