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/d1a3807e-f304-467c-a095-e08b86924347/?format=api
{ "id": "d1a3807e-f304-467c-a095-e08b86924347", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/d1a3807e-f304-467c-a095-e08b86924347/?format=api", "slug": "firefly-alpha-quicksounder", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Firefly Alpha | QuickSounder", "status": { "id": 2, "name": "To Be Determined", "abbrev": "TBD", "description": "Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources." }, "last_updated": "2024-09-23T23:44:53Z", "updates": [ { "id": 8683, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Added launch.", "info_url": "https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-launch-provider-for-new-noaa-environmental-satellite/", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2024-09-23T23:44:00Z" } ], "net": "2026-02-28T00:00:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 7, "name": "Month", "abbrev": "M", "description": "The T-0 is expected in the given month." }, "window_end": "2026-02-28T00:00:00Z", "window_start": "2026-02-28T00:00:00Z", "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": 4, "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": 8362, "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": 4, "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": 4, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 6943, "name": "QuickSounder", "description": "QuickSounder is the first satellite mission of the Near Earth Orbit Network (NEON) program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which aims to replace the current Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) series of polar orbit weather satellites. This pathfinder mission will demonstrate NOAA's ability to launch a small satellite within 3 years, flying a refurbished Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) instrument to polar orbit.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Earth Science", "orbit": { "id": 17, "name": "Sun-Synchronous Orbit", "abbrev": "SSO" }, "agencies": [ { "id": 210, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/210/?format=api", "name": "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration", "featured": false, "type": "Government", "country_code": "USA", "abbrev": "NOAA", "description": null, "administrator": null, "founding_year": null, "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": "http://www.noaa.gov/", "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration", "logo_url": null, "image_url": null, "nation_url": null } ], "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": 805, "total_landing_count": 26 }, "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": [], "webcast_live": false, "timeline": [], "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/firefly_alpha_l_image_20240605174156.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 7119, "location_launch_attempt_count": 834, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 101, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 9, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 3, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "pad_turnaround": "P59D", "mission_patches": [], "type": "detailed" }
