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/b8f2e028-285c-457d-b807-a6749cfc3af6/?format=api
{ "id": "b8f2e028-285c-457d-b807-a6749cfc3af6", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/b8f2e028-285c-457d-b807-a6749cfc3af6/?format=api", "slug": "firefly-alpha-flta003-victus-nox", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Firefly Alpha | FLTA003 (VICTUS NOX)", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2024-03-05T18:10:43Z", "updates": [ { "id": 5165, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Launch success with satellite deployed.", "info_url": "https://fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-aerospace-successfully-launches-victus-nox-with-24-hour-notice/", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2023-09-15T06:44:37Z" }, { "id": 5163, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Liftoff.", "info_url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CDZyZjDc8Y", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2023-09-15T02:34:33Z" }, { "id": 5158, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/arnaud2520muller_profile_20230607144351.jpg", "comment": "Adding probable launch window", "info_url": "https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=58176.msg2523716#msg2523716", "created_by": "Nosu", "created_on": "2023-09-14T07:28:07Z" }, { "id": 3285, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "NET May", "info_url": "https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1623118631893712897", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2023-02-08T05:51:55Z" } ], "net": "2023-09-15T02:28:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 1, "name": "Minute", "abbrev": "MIN", "description": "The T-0 is accurate to the minute." }, "window_end": "2023-09-15T03:19:00Z", "window_start": "2023-09-15T01:57:00Z", "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 265, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/265/?format=api", "name": "Firefly Aerospace", "featured": true, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "FA", "description": "Firefly Aerospace is an American private aerospace firm based in Austin, Texas, that develops small and medium-sized launch vehicles for commercial launches to orbit.", "administrator": "CEO: Peter Schumacher", "founding_year": "2014", "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 6, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 3, "failed_launches": 3, "pending_launches": 5, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://firefly.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_Aerospace", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/firefly2520aerospace_logo_20220826094423.jpg", "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/firefly2520aerospace_nation_20230531050520.jpg" }, "rocket": { "id": 7758, "configuration": { "id": 179, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/179/?format=api", "name": "Firefly Alpha", "active": true, "reusable": false, "description": "Firefly Alpha (Firefly α) is a two-stage orbital expendable launch vehicle developed by the American aerospace company Firefly Aerospace to cover the commercial small satellite launch market. Alpha is intended to provide launch options for both full vehicle and ride share customers.", "family": "", "full_name": "Firefly Alpha", "manufacturer": { "id": 265, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/265/?format=api", "name": "Firefly Aerospace", "featured": true, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "FA", "description": "Firefly Aerospace is an American private aerospace firm based in Austin, Texas, that develops small and medium-sized launch vehicles for commercial launches to orbit.", "administrator": "CEO: Peter Schumacher", "founding_year": "2014", "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 6, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 3, "failed_launches": 3, "pending_launches": 5, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://firefly.com/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_Aerospace", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/firefly2520aerospace_logo_20220826094423.jpg", "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/firefly2520aerospace_nation_20230531050520.jpg" }, "program": [], "variant": "", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 2, "length": 29.0, "diameter": 1.82, "maiden_flight": "2021-09-03", "launch_cost": "15000000", "launch_mass": 54, "leo_capacity": 1000, "gto_capacity": null, "to_thrust": 736, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/firefly_alpha_l_image_20240605174156.jpeg", "info_url": "https://fireflyspace.com/alpha/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_Alpha", "total_launch_count": 6, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 3, "failed_launches": 3, "pending_launches": 5, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 6274, "name": "FLTA003 (VICTUS NOX)", "description": "Third flight of the Firefly Alpha small sat launcher, carrying a payload for the US Department of Defense.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Government/Top Secret", "orbit": { "id": 8, "name": "Low Earth Orbit", "abbrev": "LEO" }, "agencies": [ { "id": 1041, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/1041/?format=api", "name": "United States Space Force", "featured": false, "type": "Government", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "USSF", "description": "The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, one of the eight U.S. uniformed services.", "administrator": null, "founding_year": "2019", "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 0, "consecutive_successful_launches": 0, "successful_launches": 0, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "https://www.spaceforce.mil/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Space_Force", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/united2520states2520space2520force_logo_20221102113048.png", "image_url": null, "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/united_states_s_image_20250916065613.jpg" } ], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 39, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/39/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Space Launch Complex 2W", "description": "SLC-2W was originally used for Delta, Thor-Agena and Delta II launches. After the last Delta II flight in 2018, SLC-2W was repurposed to launch Firefly Alpha rockets.", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_Space_Launch_Complex_2", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=34.7556,-120.6224", "latitude": "34.7556", "longitude": "-120.6224", "location": { "id": 11, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/11/?format=api", "name": "Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA", "country_code": "USA", "description": "Vandenberg Space Force Base is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base, equivalent to an Air Force air base wing. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_11_20200803142416.jpg", "timezone_name": "America/Los_Angeles", "total_launch_count": 850, "total_landing_count": 30 }, "country_code": "USA", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_39_20200803143542.jpg", "total_launch_count": 98, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 98 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "source": "youtube.com", "publisher": "Firefly Aerospace", "title": "24 Hour Rocket Launch Operations in 1 Minute!", "description": "The successful #VICTUSNOX mission demonstrates Firefly’s capability to launch on-demand and deploy assets when and where customers need them. Our combined commercial and government team executed the m...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sW1PBrz0H-g/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW1PBrz0H-g", "type": { "id": 6, "name": "Recap" }, "language": { "id": 1, "name": "English", "code": "en" }, "start_time": "2023-09-15T20:29:23Z", "end_time": "2023-09-15T20:30:20Z" } ], "webcast_live": false, "timeline": [], "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/firefly2520alp_image_20230915073405.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 6517, "location_launch_attempt_count": 729, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 95, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 3, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 149, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 20, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "pad_turnaround": "P348DT19H27M", "mission_patches": [ { "id": 963, "name": "Victus Nox", "priority": 10, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/mission_patch_images/victus2520nox_mission_patch_20231227125139.png", "agency": { "id": 265, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/265/?format=api", "name": "Firefly Aerospace", "type": "Commercial" } } ], "type": "detailed" }
