Space Launch Library — Global Launch Aggregator

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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

1. You choose a mode: upcoming (scheduled future launches), previous (historical launches), or all (both).
2. The actor queries The Space Devs Launch Library 2 REST API in pages of 100 launches.
3. Each launch record is flattened from nested JSON into a clean output row with all fields at the top level.
4. 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

Output Fields

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.