Launch List
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/?format=api&offset=2920&ordering=name
{ "count": 7745, "next": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/?format=api&limit=10&offset=2930&ordering=name", "previous": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/?format=api&limit=10&offset=2910&ordering=name", "results": [ { "id": "93c58e49-62ae-4cac-9fde-95975db6c4ea", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/93c58e49-62ae-4cac-9fde-95975db6c4ea/?format=api", "slug": "long-march-11-zhuhai-1-03", "name": "Long March 11 | Zhuhai-1-03", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2023-07-08T08:28:05Z", "net": "2019-09-19T06:42:00Z", "window_end": "2019-09-19T07:20:00Z", "window_start": "2019-09-19T06:37:00Z", "net_precision": null, "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", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 2515, "configuration": { "id": 47, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/47/?format=api", "name": "Long March 11", "family": "Long March", "full_name": "Long March 11", "variant": "" } }, "mission": null, "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. 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