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=3180&ordering=id
{ "count": 7503, "next": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/?format=api&limit=10&offset=3190&ordering=id", "previous": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/?format=api&limit=10&offset=3170&ordering=id", "results": [ { "id": "6eeee626-98a5-4ebf-8063-d44a66d79dc0", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/6eeee626-98a5-4ebf-8063-d44a66d79dc0/?format=api", "slug": "proton-gorizont-18", "name": "Proton | Gorizont 18", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2023-06-14T04:23:51Z", "net": "1989-07-05T22:45:00Z", "window_end": "1989-07-05T22:45:00Z", "window_start": "1989-07-05T22:45:00Z", "net_precision": null, "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 66, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/66/?format=api", "name": "Soviet Space Program", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 6188, "configuration": { "id": 80, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/80/?format=api", "name": "Proton", "family": "Proton / UR-500", "full_name": "Proton K/DM-2", "variant": "K/DM-2" } }, "mission": { "id": 4578, "name": "Gorizont 18", "description": "Geostationary communications satellite", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Communications", "orbit": { "id": 1, "name": "Geostationary Orbit", "abbrev": "Direct-GEO" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 130, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/130/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "200/40", "description": null, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikonur_Cosmodrome_Site_200", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=46.0336111,63.0266949", "latitude": "46.0336111", "longitude": "63.0266949", "location": { "id": 15, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/15/?format=api", "name": "Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan", "country_code": "KAZ", "description": "The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Located in the Kazakh city of Baikonur, it is the largest operational space launch facility in terms of area. All Russian crewed spaceflights are launched from Baikonur.", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_15_20200803142517.jpg", "timezone_name": "Asia/Qyzylorda", "total_launch_count": 1555, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "country_code": "KAZ", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_130_20200803143249.jpg", "total_launch_count": 64, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 64 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/proton_image_20231231095535.jpg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 3427, "location_launch_attempt_count": 909, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 58, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 2282, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 53, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 15, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 3, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 41, "type": "normal" }, { "id": "6eef3c8d-90a9-499c-96cd-e42326722d12", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/6eef3c8d-90a9-499c-96cd-e42326722d12/?format=api", "slug": "ceres-1-jilin-1-high-resolution-04b", "name": "Ceres-1 | Jilin-1 High Resolution 04B", "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": "2023-10-24T03:26:16Z", "net": "2023-09-21T04:59:10Z", "window_end": "2023-09-21T09:00:00Z", "window_start": "2023-09-21T04:00:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 0, "name": "Second", "abbrev": "SEC", "description": "The T-0 is accurate to the second." }, "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "Vehicle lost attitude control at T+67.5 s after suffering 1st stage motor nozzle expansion burn-through. Failure was traced to improper drilling of screw holes that caused damage in the inner carbon fiber layers.", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 1021, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/1021/?format=api", "name": "Galactic Energy", "type": "Commercial" }, "rocket": { "id": 8028, "configuration": { "id": 461, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/461/?format=api", "name": "Ceres-1", "family": "Ceres-1", "full_name": "Ceres-1", "variant": "Ceres-1" } }, "mission": { "id": 6566, "name": "Jilin-1 High Resolution 04B", "description": "New high resolution Earth observation satellite for the Jilin-1 commercial Earth observation satellites constellation.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Earth Science", "orbit": { "id": 17, "name": "Sun-Synchronous Orbit", "abbrev": "SSO" }, "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. 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