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/6619844e-4777-4f7f-81d6-9ef0c3308d1d/?format=api
{ "id": "6619844e-4777-4f7f-81d6-9ef0c3308d1d", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/6619844e-4777-4f7f-81d6-9ef0c3308d1d/?format=api", "slug": "kuaizhou-11-maiden-flight", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Kuaizhou 11 | Maiden Flight", "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Launch Failure", "abbrev": "Failure", "description": "Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate." }, "last_updated": "2025-12-13T03:34:09Z", "updates": [], "net": "2020-07-10T04:17:00Z", "net_precision": null, "window_end": "2020-07-10T04:25:00Z", "window_start": "2020-07-10T04:02:00Z", "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 194, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/194/?format=api", "name": "ExPace", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "EP", "description": "ExPace is a Chinese space rocket company based in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of missileer China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), a Chinese state-owned company, and serves as its commercial rocket division. ExPace is focused on small satellite launchers to low Earth orbit.", "administrator": "CEO: Zhang Di", "founding_year": "2016", "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 34, "consecutive_successful_launches": 5, "successful_launches": 30, "failed_launches": 4, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExPace", "logo_url": null, "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/expace_nation_20230608044150.png" }, "rocket": { "id": 2478, "configuration": { "id": 194, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/194/?format=api", "name": "Kuaizhou 11", "active": true, "reusable": false, "description": "The Kuaizhou-11 (KZ-11), is a planned Chinese commercial launch vehicle.\r\n\r\nReportedly, the payload is about 1000 kg for low earth orbit and 700 kg for a sun-synchronous orbit.\r\n\r\nThe three stage rocket is possibly based on the DF-31 missile. It consists of three solid-fueled stages. The principal diameter is 2.2 m and the launch weight is 78 tons. the first stage features four grid rudders. The vehicle is launched from a launch truck.", "family": "Kuaizhou", "full_name": "Kuaizhou 11", "manufacturer": { "id": 194, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/194/?format=api", "name": "ExPace", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "EP", "description": "ExPace is a Chinese space rocket company based in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of missileer China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), a Chinese state-owned company, and serves as its commercial rocket division. ExPace is focused on small satellite launchers to low Earth orbit.", "administrator": "CEO: Zhang Di", "founding_year": "2016", "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 34, "consecutive_successful_launches": 5, "successful_launches": 30, "failed_launches": 4, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExPace", "logo_url": null, "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/expace_nation_20230608044150.png" }, "program": [], "variant": "11", "alias": "", "min_stage": 3, "max_stage": 3, "length": null, "diameter": 2.2, "maiden_flight": "2020-07-10", "launch_cost": null, "launch_mass": 78, "leo_capacity": 1000, "gto_capacity": null, "to_thrust": null, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/kuaizhou_11_lif_image_20240520155835.jpg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": null, "total_launch_count": 6, "consecutive_successful_launches": 5, "successful_launches": 5, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 1003, "name": "Maiden Flight", "description": "First flight of the new solid launcher developed by ExPace, subsidiary of CASIC. It will carry 2 communication satellites on this launch.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Test Flight", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 21, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/21/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Launch Area 95A", "description": "", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiuquan_Satellite_Launch_Center", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=40.969117,100.343333", "latitude": "40.969117", "longitude": "100.343333", "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": 290, "total_landing_count": 2 }, "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_21_20200803143253.jpg", "total_launch_count": 67, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 67 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "source": "youtube.com", "publisher": "SciNews", "title": "Kuaizhou-11 first launch", "description": "A Kuaizhou-11 (KZ-11) launch vehicle launched two satellites, Jilin-1 Gaofen-02E (Bilibili Video Satellite) and CentiSpace-1 S2 (Weili-1-02), from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu Province, ...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6NIHU5BF_to/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NIHU5BF_to", "type": { "id": 6, "name": "Recap" }, "language": { "id": 1, "name": "English", "code": "en" }, "start_time": "2020-07-10T07:07:06Z", "end_time": "2020-07-10T07:08:20Z" } ], "webcast_live": false, "timeline": [], "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/kuaizhou_11_lif_image_20240520155835.jpg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 5973, "location_launch_attempt_count": 128, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 19, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 10, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 51, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 6, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 3, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 3, "pad_turnaround": "P59DT3H1M", "mission_patches": [], "type": "detailed" }
