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=3650&ordering=id
{ "count": 7747, "next": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/?format=api&limit=10&offset=3660&ordering=id", "previous": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/?format=api&limit=10&offset=3640&ordering=id", "results": [ { "id": "7abed7cf-42cf-40c0-84c0-bb4a1f7030b7", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/7abed7cf-42cf-40c0-84c0-bb4a1f7030b7/?format=api", "slug": "thor-delta-g-biosat-1", "name": "Thor Delta G | Biosat 1", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2023-06-14T17:40:15Z", "net": "1966-12-14T19:20:03Z", "window_end": "1966-12-14T19:20:03Z", "window_start": "1966-12-14T19:20:03Z", "net_precision": null, "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 161, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/161/?format=api", "name": "United States Air Force", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 3602, "configuration": { "id": 406, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/406/?format=api", "name": "Thor Delta G", "family": "Thor", "full_name": "Thor Delta G", "variant": "Delta G" } }, "mission": { "id": 2021, "name": "Biosat 1", "description": "The objectives of the Biosatellite, a.k.a. Biosat, Bios (Biological Satellite), were to determine the biological effects of the space environment upon daily rhythms of living organisms and to obtain and analyze available data on the performance in orbit of life support, altitude control, and other spacecraft systems, including instrumentation for recording biological data.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Biology", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 14, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/14/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Space Launch Complex 17A", "description": "", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Launch_Complex_17", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=28.4472,-80.565", "latitude": "28.4472", "longitude": "-80.565", "location": { "id": 12, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/12/?format=api", "name": "Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA", "country_code": "USA", "description": "Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_12_20200803142519.jpg", "timezone_name": "America/New_York", "total_launch_count": 1077, "total_landing_count": 70 }, "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_14_20200803143451.jpg", "total_launch_count": 145, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 145 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/launch_of_a_del_image_20251214194405.png", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 643, "location_launch_attempt_count": 192, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 34, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 370, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 126, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 33, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 4, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 71, "type": "normal" }, { "id": "7ac47682-d6f5-4170-8559-316f2378aac8", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/7ac47682-d6f5-4170-8559-316f2378aac8/?format=api", "slug": "delta-3914-satcom-2", "name": "Delta 3914 | Satcom 2", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2023-06-14T17:40:19Z", "net": "1976-03-26T22:47:00Z", "window_end": "1976-03-26T22:47:00Z", "window_start": "1976-03-26T22:47:00Z", "net_precision": null, "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 161, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/161/?format=api", "name": "United States Air Force", "type": "Government" }, "rocket": { "id": 4692, "configuration": { "id": 291, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/291/?format=api", "name": "Delta 3914", "family": "Delta", "full_name": "Delta 3914", "variant": "3914" } }, "mission": { "id": 3110, "name": "Satcom 2", "description": "First generation geostationary communication satellite built for RCA Americom", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Communications", "orbit": { "id": 1, "name": "Geostationary Orbit", "abbrev": "Direct-GEO" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 14, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/14/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Space Launch Complex 17A", "description": "", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Canaveral_Space_Launch_Complex_17", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=28.4472,-80.565", "latitude": "28.4472", "longitude": "-80.565", "location": { "id": 12, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/12/?format=api", "name": "Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA", "country_code": "USA", "description": "Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_12_20200803142519.jpg", "timezone_name": "America/New_York", "total_launch_count": 1077, "total_landing_count": 70 }, "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_14_20200803143451.jpg", "total_launch_count": 145, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 145 }, "webcast_live": false, "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/delta_3910_image_20231231105538.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 1813, "location_launch_attempt_count": 310, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 55, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 662, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 30, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 6, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 7, "type": "normal" }, { "id": "7ac557e8-ce96-43e9-9d3a-0ec7e1fef323", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/7ac557e8-ce96-43e9-9d3a-0ec7e1fef323/?format=api", "slug": "long-march-3-zhongxing-7", "name": "Long March 3 | Zhongxing 7", "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": "2023-08-04T03:12:19Z", "net": "1996-08-18T10:27:00Z", "window_end": "1996-08-18T10:27:00Z", "window_start": "1996-08-18T10:27:00Z", "net_precision": null, "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "Third stage engine shut down 48 seconds too early.", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 189, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/189/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace 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It was the first satellite ChinaSat had ordered from a western spacecraft contractor, Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc., known today as Boeing Satellite Systems International, Inc.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Communications", "orbit": { "id": 1, "name": "Geostationary Orbit", "abbrev": "Direct-GEO" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 66, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/66/?format=api", "agency_id": 17, "name": "Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)", "description": "", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xichang_Satellite_Launch_Center", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=28.247209,102.02917", "latitude": "28.247209", "longitude": "102.02917", "location": { "id": 16, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/16/?format=api", "name": "Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China", "country_code": "CHN", "description": "The Xichang Satellite Launch Center is a spaceport in China. 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