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/f08172e1-e53e-4c5c-9f97-df620f934ed9/?format=api
{ "id": "f08172e1-e53e-4c5c-9f97-df620f934ed9", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/f08172e1-e53e-4c5c-9f97-df620f934ed9/?format=api", "slug": "long-march-2d-piesat-1-x-4", "flightclub_url": null, "r_spacex_api_id": null, "name": "Long March 2D | PIESAT-1 x 4", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2024-03-05T18:12:45Z", "updates": [ { "id": 3707, "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/4885069909460400", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2023-03-30T11:29:16Z" }, { "id": 3678, "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/profile_images/cosmic2520penguin_profile_20210817212020.png", "comment": "Added launch per NOTAMs; payload and launch vehicle identities very uncertain.", "info_url": "https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2469827#msg2469827", "created_by": "Cosmic_Penguin", "created_on": "2023-03-27T09:25:19Z" } ], "net": "2023-03-30T10:50:00Z", "net_precision": null, "window_end": "2023-03-30T11:26:00Z", "window_start": "2023-03-30T10:43:00Z", "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": 7835, "configuration": { "id": 17, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/17/?format=api", "name": "Long March 2D", "active": true, "reusable": false, "description": "The Long March 2D, also known as the Chang Zheng 2D, CZ-2D and LM-2D, is a Chinese orbital carrier rocket. It is a 2-stage carrier rocket mainly used for launching LEO and SSO satellites.", "family": "Long March", "full_name": "Long March 2D", "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": "2D", "alias": "", "min_stage": 1, "max_stage": 2, "length": 38.3, "diameter": 3.35, "maiden_flight": "1992-08-09", "launch_cost": "30000000", "launch_mass": 232, "leo_capacity": 3500, "gto_capacity": 0, "to_thrust": 2962, "apogee": 500, "vehicle_range": null, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long2520march25202d_image_20190222031211.jpeg", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_March_(rocket_family)", "total_launch_count": 93, "consecutive_successful_launches": 61, "successful_launches": 92, "failed_launches": 1, "pending_launches": 0, "attempted_landings": 0, "successful_landings": 0, "failed_landings": 0, "consecutive_successful_landings": 0 }, "launcher_stage": [], "spacecraft_stage": null }, "mission": { "id": 6340, "name": "PIESAT-1 x 4", "description": "4 X-band synthetic-aperture radar Earth observation satellites for PIESAT (1 main, 3 sub-satellites), operating in tandem using very long baseline interferometry, with resolution at 0.5 - 5 m.", "launch_designator": null, "type": "Earth Science", "orbit": { "id": 17, "name": "Sun-Synchronous Orbit", "abbrev": "SSO" }, "agencies": [], "info_urls": [], "vid_urls": [] }, "pad": { "id": 25, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/pad/25/?format=api", "agency_id": null, "name": "Launch Complex 9", "description": "", "info_url": null, "wiki_url": null, "map_url": "https://www.google.com/maps?q=38.863128,111.589567", "latitude": "38.863128", "longitude": "111.589567", "location": { "id": 19, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/location/19/?format=api", "name": "Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China", "country_code": "CHN", "description": "The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center is a People's Republic of China space and defense launch facility. It is situated in Kelan County, Xinzhou, Shanxi Province and is the second of four launch sites having been founded in March 1966 and coming into full operation in 1968.", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/location_19_20200803142421.jpg", "timezone_name": "Asia/Shanghai", "total_launch_count": 141, "total_landing_count": 0 }, "country_code": "CHN", "map_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/map_images/pad_25_20200803143501.jpg", "total_launch_count": 76, "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 76 }, "infoURLs": [], "vidURLs": [ { "priority": 10, "source": "www.youtube.com", "publisher": null, "title": "Long March-2D launches four PIESAT-1 satellites", "description": "A Long March-2D launch vehicle launched four PIESAT-1 (Hongtu-1, 宏图一号 ) satellites from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, Shanxi Province, China, on 30 Ma...", "feature_image": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WRlAfXNcfwY/maxresdefault.jpg", "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRlAfXNcfwY", "type": { "id": 6, "name": "Recap" }, "language": { "id": 1, "name": "English", "code": "en" }, "start_time": null, "end_time": null } ], "webcast_live": false, "timeline": [], "image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/long2520march_image_20230907065813.jpeg", "infographic": null, "program": [], "orbital_launch_attempt_count": 6420, "location_launch_attempt_count": 118, "pad_launch_attempt_count": 68, "agency_launch_attempt_count": 416, "orbital_launch_attempt_count_year": 52, "location_launch_attempt_count_year": 3, "pad_launch_attempt_count_year": 3, "agency_launch_attempt_count_year": 11, "pad_turnaround": "P20DT12H9M", "mission_patches": [ { "id": 877, "name": "CZ-2C | Y90", "priority": 10, "image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/mission_patch_images/cz-2c2520257c_mission_patch_20230907065750.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" }
