Space Launch Library — Global Launch Aggregator
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Space Launch Library — Global Launch Aggregator
Scrape upcoming and historical rocket launch data from The Space Devs Launch Library 2 API. Covers 600+ upcoming and 7,500+ historical launches across SpaceX, Rocket Lab, ULA, ISRO, JAXA, ESA, Roscosmos, Blue Origin, Relativity, and dozens more providers. Each record includes launch status, rocket family, mission type and orbit, pad coordinates, weather probability, hold and fail reasons, program tags, and video links.
Features
- Fetch upcoming launches, historical launches, or both in a single run
- All 8+ major launch providers covered — SpaceX, ULA, Rocket Lab, ISRO, JAXA, ESA, Roscosmos, Blue Origin, and more
- Rich per-launch data: status, rocket family and variant, mission type, target orbit, pad coordinates, weather probability
- Hold reasons, fail reasons, and hashtags included for research and tracking
- Program tags (Artemis, Starlink, Commercial Crew) returned as a pipe-separated list
- Video and info URL lists for each mission
- Optional API key input to increase rate limits from 15 to 30+ requests per hour
- No proxy required — the Space Devs API is public and not geo-restricted
- Pay-per-event pricing at roughly $0.001 per record
Who Uses Space Launch Data and Why?
- Aviation and space insurers — track active missions, pad counts, and historical success rates by provider and vehicle
- News and media teams — pull the next scheduled launches for upcoming-event articles and social posts
- Space industry analysts — analyze launch cadence, provider market share, mission type distribution, and orbital slot demand
- Hobbyists and enthusiasts — build custom launch calendars, countdown apps, or Discord bots
- Satellite operators and integrators — monitor competitor launch windows and identify available rideshare vehicles
- Academic researchers — build longitudinal datasets of global launch activity for policy and technology studies
How It Works
- You choose a mode:
upcoming(scheduled future launches),previous(historical launches), orall(both). - The actor queries The Space Devs Launch Library 2 REST API in pages of 100 launches.
- Each launch record is flattened from nested JSON into a clean output row with all fields at the top level.
- Output is saved to the Apify dataset — available as JSON, CSV, or XLSX from the Apify console.
Rate limiting: the free API tier allows 15 requests per hour. The actor respects this with a 4.2-second delay between pages. Provide an optional Space Devs API key to increase your allowance.
Input
Basic: Get the next upcoming launches
{
"mode": "upcoming",
"maxItems": 100
}
Historical launches from any provider
{
"mode": "previous",
"maxItems": 500
}
Both upcoming and historical in one run
{
"mode": "all",
"maxItems": 200
}
With an optional API key (higher rate limit)
{
"mode": "upcoming",
"maxItems": 0,
"apiKey": "your-space-devs-api-key-here"
}
Input Parameters
| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| mode | string | upcoming |
Which launches to fetch: upcoming, previous, or all. |
| maxItems | integer | 10 |
Maximum number of launch records to return. Set to 0 for all launches in the selected mode. |
| apiKey | string | "" |
Optional Space Devs API key. Unauthenticated requests are limited to 15 req/hr; a key raises this to 30/hr or more depending on your tier. |
| proxyConfiguration | object | { useApifyProxy: false } |
Proxy settings. The Space Devs API is public and does not require a proxy. |
Output Fields
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id | string | Unique launch ID from The Space Devs |
| name | string | Launch name, e.g. "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-53" |
| slug | string | URL-safe slug identifier |
| status_name | string | Launch status: "Go for Launch", "TBD", "Launch Successful", "Launch Failure", etc. |
| net | string | No Earlier Than launch time (ISO 8601) |
| window_start | string | Launch window start (ISO 8601) |
| window_end | string | Launch window end (ISO 8601) |
| launch_service_provider_name | string | Launch provider name, e.g. "SpaceX", "Rocket Lab USA" |
| launch_service_provider_type | string | Provider type: "Commercial" or "Government" |
| rocket_full_name | string | Full rocket configuration name, e.g. "Falcon 9 Block 5" |
| rocket_family | string | Rocket family, e.g. "Falcon", "Atlas", "Electron" |
| rocket_variant | string | Rocket variant, e.g. "Block 5", "551" |
| mission_name | string | Mission name |
| mission_description | string | Mission description |
| mission_type | string | Mission type, e.g. "Communications", "Earth Science", "Astrophysics" |
| mission_orbit_name | string | Target orbit: "LEO", "GTO", "SSO", "Heliocentric", etc. |
| pad_name | string | Launch pad name, e.g. "Space Launch Complex 40" |
| pad_location_name | string | Launch site location, e.g. "Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA" |
| pad_latitude | number | Launch pad latitude |
| pad_longitude | number | Launch pad longitude |
| pad_total_launch_count | integer | Total launches ever conducted from this pad |
| probability | integer | Launch probability as a percentage (weather and clearance combined, 0-100) |
| weather_concerns | string | Active weather rules flagged at launch time, if any |
| holdreason | string | Reason for launch hold, if applicable |
| failreason | string | Reason for launch failure, if applicable |
| hashtag | string | Mission social media hashtag, if available |
| webcast_live | boolean | Whether a live webcast stream was available |
| image_url | string | Mission or rocket image URL |
| infographic_url | string | Infographic image URL, if available |
| program_names | string | Space programs this launch belongs to (pipe-separated), e.g. "Starlink|Commercial Crew" |
| vidurls | string | Video stream URLs (pipe-separated) |
| infourls | string | Mission information URLs (pipe-separated) |
| last_updated | string | When the launch record was last updated (ISO 8601) |
Example Output
{
"id": "ff0a6a32-6513-4e85-9fd8-a2d022add74d",
"name": "Atlas V 551 | Amazon Leo (LA-07)",
"slug": "atlas-v-551-amazon-leo-la-07",
"status_name": "Launch Successful",
"net": "2026-05-29T23:53:00Z",
"window_start": "2026-05-29T23:33:30Z",
"window_end": "2026-05-30T00:02:30Z",
"launch_service_provider_name": "United Launch Alliance",
"launch_service_provider_type": "Commercial",
"rocket_full_name": "Atlas V 551",
"rocket_family": "Atlas",
"rocket_variant": "551",
"mission_name": "Amazon Leo (LA-07)",
"mission_description": "Amazon Leo is a mega constellation of satellites in Low Earth Orbit...",
"mission_type": "Communications",
"mission_orbit_name": "Low Earth Orbit",
"pad_name": "Space Launch Complex 41",
"pad_location_name": "Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA",
"pad_latitude": 28.58341025,
"pad_longitude": -80.58303644,
"pad_total_launch_count": 124,
"probability": 45,
"weather_concerns": "Cumulus Cloud Rule, Anvil Cloud Rules, Surface Electric Fields Rule",
"holdreason": null,
"failreason": null,
"hashtag": null,
"webcast_live": false,
"image_url": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/atlas2520v2520551_image_20190224012316.jpeg",
"infographic_url": null,
"program_names": "Amazon Leo",
"vidurls": null,
"infourls": null,
"last_updated": "2026-05-30T00:53:04Z"
}
Data Source
Launch data comes from The Space Devs Launch Library 2 — an open, community-maintained database of rocket launches. The API is free to use with a rate limit of 15 requests per hour for unauthenticated clients. Register at thespacedevs.com for an API key to increase this limit.