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/d0fa4bb2-80ea-4808-af08-7785dde53bf6/?format=api
{ "id": "d0fa4bb2-80ea-4808-af08-7785dde53bf6", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/d0fa4bb2-80ea-4808-af08-7785dde53bf6/?format=api", "slug": "ariane-5-eca-james-webb-space-telescope-jwst", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Ariane 5 ECA+ | James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2024-03-05T17:53:13Z", "updates": [ { "id": 1114, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/swgustav_profile_20210218062738.jpg", "comment": "Successful launch confirmed", "info_url": "https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1474725649927581698", "created_by": "SwGustav", "created_on": "2021-12-25T12:58:31Z" }, { "id": 1097, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/swgustav_profile_20210218062738.jpg", "comment": "Delaying by 24 hours due to adverse weather forecast", "info_url": "https://twitter.com/Arianespace/status/1473406135185154053", "created_by": "SwGustav", "created_on": "2021-12-21T21:37:17Z" }, { "id": 1081, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/jay2520keegan_profile_20221218022555.jpg", "comment": "Go for launch.", "info_url": "https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/launch.html", "created_by": "Jay", "created_on": "2021-12-17T22:18:45Z" }, { "id": 1073, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "New NET date.", "info_url": "https://twitter.com/nasa/status/1470906003168411657?s=21", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2021-12-15T00:25:39Z" }, { "id": 1020, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "New launch date confirmed after additional spacecraft testing.", "info_url": "https://twitter.com/nasawebb/status/1463664164660994048?s=21", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2021-11-25T00:56:35Z" }, { "id": 1010, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/arnaud2520muller_profile_20230607144351.jpg", "comment": "Delayed by four days due to a processing incident.", "info_url": "https://twitter.com/cbs_spacenews/status/1462895991753953296", "created_by": "Nosu", "created_on": "2021-11-22T21:37:57Z" }, { "id": 878, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/arnaud2520muller_profile_20230607144351.jpg", "comment": "Adding launch window", "info_url": "https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1448341526598193154?t=nOYB6aMN5-Q9OifNA0ZuMw", "created_by": "Nosu", "created_on": "2021-10-13T20:09:44Z" }, { "id": 805, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/spacevogel_profile_20210217192809.jpg", "comment": "Targeted launch date announced", "info_url": "https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Webb/Targeted_launch_date_for_Webb_18_December_2021", "created_by": "spacevogel", "created_on": "2021-09-08T13:22:56Z" }, { "id": 556, "profile_image": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/arnaud2520muller_profile_20230607144351.jpg", "comment": "JWST launch now TBD November.", "info_url": "https://spacenews.com/jwst-launch-slips-to-november/", "created_by": "Nosu", "created_on": "2021-06-02T12:20:55Z" } ], "net": "2021-12-25T12:20:00Z", "net_precision": null, "window_end": "2021-12-25T12:52:00Z", "window_start": "2021-12-25T12:20:00Z", "probability": -1, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 115, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/115/?format=api", "name": "Arianespace", "featured": true, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "FRA", "abbrev": "ASA", "description": "Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.", "administrator": "CEO: Stéphane Israël", "founding_year": "1980", "launchers": "Ariane | Vega", "spacecraft": "", "launch_library_url": null, "total_launch_count": 315, "consecutive_successful_launches": 3, "successful_launches": 300, "failed_launches": 15, "pending_launches": 51, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "info_url": "http://www.arianespace.com", "wiki_url": "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianespace", "logo_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/arianespace_logo_20210603173752.png", "image_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/arianespace_image_20190207032425.jpeg", "nation_url": "https://spacelaunchnow-prod-east.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/arianespace_nation_20230530190314.jpg" }, "rocket": { "id": 2688, "configuration": { "id": 215, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/215/?format=api", "name": "Ariane 5 ECA+", "active": false, "reusable": false, "description": "Ariane 5 ECA+ is a variant of the Ariane 5 heavy-lift vehicle, with a taller ECA-D upper stage.", "family": "Ariane 5", "full_name": "Ariane 5 ECA+", "manufacturer": { "id": 1044, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/1044/?format=api", "name": "ArianeGroup", "featured": false, "type": "Commercial", "country_code": "FRA", "abbrev": "AG", "description": "ArianeGroup (formerly Airbus Safran Launchers) is an aerospace company based in France. A joint venture between Airbus and Safran, the company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux. 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Its primary mirror, the Optical Telescope Element, is composed of 18 hexagonal mirror segments which combine to create a 6.5 m diameter mirror, considerably larger than Hubble's 2.4 m mirror. This will allow JWST to provide improved infrared resolution and sensitivity over Hubble, and will enable a broad range of investigations across the fields of astronomy and cosmology, including observing some of the most distant events and objects in the universe, such as the formation of the first galaxies.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Astrophysics", "orbit": { "id": 16, "name": "Sun-Earth L2", "abbrev": "L2" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 77, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/77/?format=api", "agency_id": 115, "name": "Ariane Launch Area 3", "description": "ELA-3, is a launch pad and associated facilities at the Centre Spatial Guyanais in French Guiana. 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