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/9e857a6e-3b00-48db-859c-658c5bfe8b47/?format=api
{ "id": "9e857a6e-3b00-48db-859c-658c5bfe8b47", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/9e857a6e-3b00-48db-859c-658c5bfe8b47/?format=api", "slug": "long-march-5-change-6", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Long March 5 | Chang'e 6", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2024-05-03T11:51:12Z", "updates": [ { "id": 7451, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Launch success.", "info_url": "https://www.youtube.com/live/BR7ZuLFFjMU", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2024-05-03T10:46:23Z" }, { "id": 7450, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Spacecraft separation confirmed.", "info_url": "https://www.youtube.com/live/BR7ZuLFFjMU", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2024-05-03T10:11:58Z" }, { "id": 7449, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Liftoff.", "info_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB0vlVm1PkU", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2024-05-03T09:28:09Z" }, { "id": 7448, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Tweaked T-0.", "info_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR7ZuLFFjMU", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2024-05-03T08:59:18Z" }, { "id": 7447, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/ll2_profile_20230311134739.png", "comment": "Official Webcast by CGTN has started", "info_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB0vlVm1PkU", "created_by": "LL2", "created_on": "2024-05-03T08:31:08Z" }, { "id": 7439, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Tweaked T-0.", "info_url": "https://m.weibo.cn/detail/5029854908776807", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2024-05-03T01:52:38Z" }, { "id": 7404, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Updated launch window per NOTAMs.", "info_url": "https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2588505#msg2588505", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2024-04-29T13:27:44Z" }, { "id": 7277, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "NET May 3.", "info_url": "https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2584709#msg2584709", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2024-04-13T00:52:59Z" }, { "id": 3873, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "NET May 2024.", "info_url": "https://twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1650854804996882434", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2023-04-25T13:40:41Z" } ], "net": "2024-05-03T09:27:29Z", "net_precision": { "id": 0, "name": "Second", "abbrev": "SEC", "description": "The T-0 is accurate to the second." }, "window_end": "2024-05-03T10:18:00Z", "window_start": "2024-05-03T09:17:00Z", "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. 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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": 472, "consecutive_successful_launches": 11, "successful_launches": 458, "failed_launches": 14, "pending_launches": 6, "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://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_logo_20220826093937.png", "image_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_image_20191228094408.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_nation_20230604193716.png" }, "rocket": { "id": 151, "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. 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It will attempt China's second sample return mission.[2] The mission will atte...", "feature_image": null, "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang'e_6", "type": { "id": 3, "name": "Wikipedia" }, "language": { "id": 1, "name": "English", "code": "en" } } ], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "source": "youtube.com", "publisher": "CGTN", "title": "Live: Special coverage of launch of China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe", "description": "China launches Chang'e-6 lunar probe atop the Long March-5 Y8 carrier rocket from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province. 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