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/cf21fd4a-1f43-4934-80a6-7850c6745630/?format=api
{ "id": "cf21fd4a-1f43-4934-80a6-7850c6745630", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/cf21fd4a-1f43-4934-80a6-7850c6745630/?format=api", "slug": "long-march-2f-shenzhou-5", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Long March 2F | Shenzhou-5", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2023-06-14T15:48:19Z", "updates": [], "net": "2003-10-15T01:00:03Z", "net_precision": null, "window_end": "2003-10-15T01:00:03Z", "window_start": "2003-10-15T01:00:03Z", "probability": -1, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": null, "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. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. 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": 490, "consecutive_successful_launches": 32, "successful_launches": 476, "failed_launches": 14, "pending_launches": 5, "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://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_logo_20220826093937.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_image_20191228094408.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_nation_20230604193716.png" }, "rocket": { "id": 499, "configuration": { "id": 79, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/79/?format=api", "name": "Long March 2F", "active": false, "reusable": false, "description": "The Long March 2F is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket, part of the Long March 2 rocket family. Designed to launch the crewed Shenzhou spacecraft, the Long March 2F is a human-rated two-stage version of the Long March 2E rocket, which in turn was based on the Long March 2C launch vehicle. It is launched from complex SLS at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.", "family": "Long March", "full_name": "Long March 2F", "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. It is state-owned and has a number of subordinate entities which design, develop and manufacture a range of spacecraft, launch vehicles, strategic and tactical missile systems, and ground equipment. It was officially established in July 1999 as part of a Chinese government reform drive, having previously been one part of the former China Aerospace Corporation. 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": 490, "consecutive_successful_launches": 32, "successful_launches": 476, "failed_launches": 14, "pending_launches": 5, "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://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_logo_20220826093937.png", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_image_20191228094408.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520aerospace2520science2520and2520technology2520corporation_nation_20230604193716.png" }, "program": [ { "id": 7, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/program/7/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou", "description": "The Shenzhou program is a crewed spaceflight initiative by China. The program put the first Chinese citizen, Yang Liwei, into orbit on 15 October 2003.", "agencies": [ { "id": 17, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "type": "Government" } ], "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shenzhou_program_20200820204745.PNG", "start_date": "1993-01-01T00:00:00Z", "end_date": null, "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_program", "mission_patches": [], "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Human Spaceflight" } } ], "variant": "F", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 2, "length": 62.0, "diameter": 3.35, "maiden_flight": "1999-11-19", "launch_cost": null, "launch_mass": 464, "leo_capacity": 8400, "gto_capacity": null, "to_thrust": 5985, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long_march_2_image_20210908195835.jpeg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_2F", "total_launch_count": 7, "consecutive_successful_launches": 7, "successful_launches": 7, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": { "id": 441, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/flight/441/?format=api", "mission_end": "2003-10-15T22:22:48Z", "destination": "Low Earth Orbit", "launch_crew": [ { "id": 3081, "role": { "id": 1, "role": "Commander", "priority": 0 }, "astronaut": { "id": 290, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/290/?format=api", "name": "Yang Liwei", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "PT21H22M45S", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "id": 17, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1965-06-21", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Chinese", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Yang Liwei is a major general, military pilot, and China National Space Administration astronaut. In October 2003, he became the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program. This mission, Shenzhou 5, made China the third country to independently send humans into space.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/yang2520liwei_image_20181201225703.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Liwei", "last_flight": "2003-10-15T01:00:03Z", "first_flight": "2003-10-15T01:00:03Z" } } ], "onboard_crew": [], "landing_crew": [ { "id": 885, "role": { "id": 1, "role": "Commander", "priority": 0 }, "astronaut": { "id": 290, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/astronaut/290/?format=api", "name": "Yang Liwei", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Government" }, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "PT21H22M45S", "status": { "id": 1, "name": "Active" }, "agency": { "id": 17, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "type": "Government" }, "date_of_birth": "1965-06-21", "date_of_death": null, "nationality": "Chinese", "twitter": null, "instagram": null, "bio": "Yang Liwei is a major general, military pilot, and China National Space Administration astronaut. In October 2003, he became the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program. This mission, Shenzhou 5, made China the third country to independently send humans into space.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/yang2520liwei_image_20181201225703.jpg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Liwei", "last_flight": "2003-10-15T01:00:03Z", "first_flight": "2003-10-15T01:00:03Z" } } ], "spacecraft": { "id": 422, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/spacecraft/422/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou 5", "serial_number": "5", "is_placeholder": false, "in_space": false, "time_in_space": "PT21H22M45S", "time_docked": "P0D", "flights_count": 1, "mission_ends_count": 1, "status": { "id": 4, "name": "Single Use" }, "description": "Shenzhou 5 was the first human spaceflight mission of the Chinese space program, launched on 15 October 2003. The Shenzhou spacecraft was launched on a Long March 2F launch vehicle.", "spacecraft_config": { "id": 2, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/spacecraft/2/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou", "type": { "id": 2, "name": "Capsule" }, "agency": { "id": 17, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/17/?format=api", "name": "China National Space Administration", "featured": true, "type": "Government", "country_code": "CHN", "abbrev": "CNSA", "description": "The China National Space Administration (CNSA) is the national space agency of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for the national space program and for planning and development of space activities. CNSA and China Aerospace Corporation (CASC) assumed the authority over space development efforts previously held by the Ministry of Aerospace Industry. The CNSA has many launch sites around China with their orbital sites located in Jiuquan, Xichang, Taiyuan and Wenchang.", "administrator": "Administrator: Tang Dengjie", "founding_year": "1993", "launchers": "", "spacecraft": "Shenzhou", "parent": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520national2520space2520administration_image_20190207032431.jpeg", "logo_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/china2520national2520space2520administration_logo_20190207032431.png" }, "in_use": true, "capability": "Chinese crewed spaceflight program.", "history": "Shenzhou is a spacecraft used to support the Chinese manned spaceflight program and to carry crew to the Tiangong Space Station. Its design resembles the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, but it is larger in size and all-new in construction. The first launch was on November 19, 1999 and the first manned launch was on October 15, 2003.", "details": "The Shenzhou spacecraft resembles the Soyuz, although it is longer, with a larger habitable volume. It features a powered service module like the Soyuz, and prior to Shenzhou 8 its orbital module was capable of autonomous flight. \r\n\r\nThe aft service module contains life support and other equipment required for the functioning of Shenzhou.", "maiden_flight": "1999-11-19", "height": 9.25, "diameter": 2.8, "human_rated": true, "crew_capacity": 3, "payload_capacity": null, "payload_return_capacity": null, "flight_life": "200 day design life.", "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/shenzhou_image_20190207032522.jpeg", "nation_url": null, "wiki_link": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_(spacecraft)", "info_link": "" } }, "landing": { "id": 712, "attempt": true, "success": true, "description": "The Shenzhou 5 spacecraft landed in the Dorbnod Banner in Inner Mongolia, China.", "downrange_distance": null, "location": { "id": 21, "name": "Dorbod Banner", "abbrev": "DB", "description": "Dorbod Banner in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, China, bordering Mongolia's Dornogovi Province to the northwest.", "location": null, "successful_landings": 10 }, "type": { "id": 4, "name": "Parachute Landing", "abbrev": "PL", "description": "Unpowered landing using parachute(s)." } }, "docking_events": [] } }, "mission": { "id": 280, "name": "Shenzhou-5", "description": "This is the first crewed mission for China's Shenzhou program. Launched in 15 October, it carried the only astronaut aborad, Yang Liwei, on an 21 hour flight. 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It is part of the Dongfeng Aerospace City (Base 10).", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_17_20200803142429.jpg", "timezone_name": "Asia/Shanghai", "total_launch_count": 233, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_37_20200803143603.jpg", "total_launch_count": 24, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 24 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 0, "source": null, "publisher": null, "title": "shenzhou 5: first chinese in space", "description": "first chinese astronaut in space with shenzhou spacecraft", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VYjlzPSF0rU/hqdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYjlzPSF0rU", "type": null, "language": null, "start_time": null, "end_time": null } ], "webcast_live": false, "timeline": [], "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long_march_2_image_20210908195835.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [ { "id": 7, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/program/7/?format=api", "name": "Shenzhou", "description": "The Shenzhou program is a crewed spaceflight initiative by China. 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