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/ebefa135-366c-4a21-afdf-af4d18ea360b/?format=api
{ "id": "ebefa135-366c-4a21-afdf-af4d18ea360b", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/ebefa135-366c-4a21-afdf-af4d18ea360b/?format=api", "slug": "long-march-5-yaogan-41", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Long March 5 | Yaogan 41", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2024-03-05T17:49:05Z", "updates": [ { "id": 6000, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Launch success.", "info_url": "https://m.weibo.cn/detail/4979337191229482", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2023-12-15T14:31:09Z" }, { "id": 5999, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Liftoff confirmed.", "info_url": "https://www.youtube.com/live/XA4eUM_zMbI", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2023-12-15T13:47:30Z" }, { "id": 5929, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Refined launch window per new NOTAMs.", "info_url": "https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2548452#msg2548452", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2023-12-11T09:42:30Z" }, { "id": 5922, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload identity extremely uncertain.", "info_url": "https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2544579#msg2544579", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2023-12-10T17:09:40Z" } ], "net": "2023-12-15T13:41:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 1, "name": "Minute", "abbrev": "MIN", "description": "The T-0 is accurate to the minute." }, "window_end": "2023-12-15T14:26:00Z", "window_start": "2023-12-15T13:32:00Z", "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "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": 523, "consecutive_successful_launches": 65, "successful_launches": 509, "failed_launches": 14, "pending_launches": 9, "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": 7798, "configuration": { "id": 128, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/128/?format=api", "name": "Long March 5", "active": true, "reusable": false, "description": "Long March 5 is a Chinese heavy lift launch system developed by China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). CZ-5 is the first Chinese vehicle designed from the ground up to focus on non-hypergolic liquid rocket propellants. Currently, two CZ-5 vehicle configurations are planned, with maximum payload capacities of ~25,000 kilograms (55,000 lb) to LEO and ~14,000 kilograms (31,000 lb) to GTO. The Long March 5 roughly matches the capabilities of American EELV heavy-class vehicles such as the Delta IV Heavy.", "family": "Long March", "full_name": "Long March 5", "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": 523, "consecutive_successful_launches": 65, "successful_launches": 509, "failed_launches": 14, "pending_launches": 9, "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": [], "variant": "", "alias": "", "min_stage": 2, "max_stage": 2, "length": 57.0, "diameter": 5.0, "maiden_flight": "2016-11-03", "launch_cost": null, "launch_mass": 867, "leo_capacity": 25000, "gto_capacity": 14000, "to_thrust": 10600, "apogee": null, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long_march_5_image_20231214064353.jpeg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_5", "total_launch_count": 6, "consecutive_successful_launches": 6, "successful_launches": 6, "failed_launches": 0, "pending_launches": 2, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 6702, "name": "Yaogan 41", "description": "Chinese reconnaissance satellite explicitly named in official news as a \"high orbit optical remote sensing satellite\". Satellite was found in standard geostationary transfer orbit after launch; other details TBD.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Government/Top Secret", "orbit": { "id": 2, "name": "Geostationary Transfer Orbit", "abbrev": "GTO" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 175, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/175/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "101", "description": "", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenchang_Spacecraft_Launch_Site", "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=19.614334,110.951011", "latitude": "19.614334", "longitude": "110.951011", "location": { "id": 8, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/8/?format=api", "name": "Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China", "country_code": "CHN", "description": "The Wenchang Space Launch Site is a rocket launch site located in Wenchang on the island of Hainan, in China.\r\n\r\nFormally a suborbital test center, it currently serves as China's southernmost spaceport. The site was selected for its low latitude, 19° north of the equator, allowing for larger payloads to be launched. It is capable of launching the Long March 5, the heaviest Chinese rocket. Unlike launch facilities on the mainland, Wenchang uses its seaport for deliveries.", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_8_20200803142445.jpg", "timezone_name": "Asia/Shanghai", "total_launch_count": 38, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_175_20200803143424.jpg", "total_launch_count": 14, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 14 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "source": "youtube.com", "publisher": "SciNews", "title": "Long March-5 launches Yaogan-41", "description": "A Long March-5 launch vehicle (长征五号遥六, Long March-5 Y6) launched the Yaogan-41 satellite (遥感四十一号卫星) from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site Hainan Province,...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eknd1eG57k4/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eknd1eG57k4", "type": { "id": 6, "name": "Recap" }, "language": { "id": 1, "name": "English", "code": "en" }, "start_time": "2023-12-15T17:24:00Z", "end_time": "2023-12-15T17:25:46Z" } ], "webcast_live": false, "timeline": [], "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long2520march_image_20231216085127.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 6574, "location_launch_attempt_count": 25, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 10, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 449, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 206, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 4, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 1, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 44, "pad_turnaround": "P410DT6H3M37S", "mission_patches": [ { "id": 957, "name": "CZ-5 | Y6 CALT", "priority": 10, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/mission_patch_images/cz-52520257c_mission_patch_20231216085521.png", "agency": { "id": 88, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "type": "Government" } }, { "id": 958, "name": "CZ-5 | Y6 SAST", "priority": 11, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/mission_patch_images/cz-52520257c_mission_patch_20231216085644.png", "agency": { "id": 88, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/88/?format=api", "name": "China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation", "type": "Government" } } ], "type": "detailed" }
