:rocket: Open Source REST API for SpaceX launch, rocket, core, capsule, starlink, launchpad, and landing pad data.
Features
timeline field to launches with presskit timeline events offset according to webcast launch timegridfins and legs boolean in launch cores sectionyoutube_id field to all launches for easier url building/cores/upcoming and /cores/past to show cores that have or have not launched - b0184f1/capsules/upcoming and /capsules/past to show caps that have or have not launched - b0184f1/landpad endpoint - 0253c0eFixes
TDB launches - 51a6f28mid, early, and late launch dates -
a13aace/dragons endpoint -
fe40a55Scripts
Misc
Features
tentative_max_precision field for more information about partial dates in upcoming launches. Values can include hour, day, month, quarter, half, or year. This provides important context about how precise the future date ispretty=true querystring - d8c51e6arg_of_pericenter and mean_anomaly to current orbital params for full Keplerian element supportFixes
Docs Changes
Endpoint Changes
/v2/launches/all ----> /v3/launches
/v2/launches ----> /v3/launches/past
/v2/info/history ----> /v3/history
/v2/info/roadster ----> /v3/roadster
/v2/parts/cores ----> /v3/cores
/v2/parts/caps ----> /v3/capsules
/v2/capsules ----> /v3/dragons
Database Changes
flickr_images, landing_intent, arg_of_pericenter, mean_anomaly, fairings, ships, static_fire_date_unix, is_tentative, and tentative_max_precision to launchesreuse_count to capsulesreuse_count to coresrtls_attempts and asds_attempts in cores to be an int instead of booleanid is now rocket_id, rocketid is now id, and type is now rocket_type to bring the fields in line with the launch fieldsid is now site_id, padid is now id, and full_name is now site_name_long to bring the fields in line with the launch fieldsreuse object is no longer included on v3 launches. Reuse information has been moved into each core, payload, and fairing objectcapsules, cores, and ships endpoints now have a new array format for the missions array. The new format provides more context, and allows the flight number to be passed in easily as a query param to quickly get launch data: /launches/18
"missions": [
"CRS-4"
]
"missions": [
{
"name": "CRS-4",
"flight": 18
}
]
TLDR
Features & Fixes
5669d0e47f64db155fce735a19b72b77fedad6a5 - Changed koa-logger to koa-pino-logger for a ~20% reduction in high volume response latency
399039c0c455ee47842121511962a87e4c2efd9a - Fixed query builders where entire Koa request object was being passed to builders instead of just the object containing querystrings
d728fdff82eb375e15616e3c83f2428dc1f34cd4 - Fixed bug showing incorrect order for all launches when sorting in descending order #107
78a33e269b79ad1f5ae3ff2e2f7aa8c00a257e20 - Fixed bug preventing users from using the flight_number correctly with the all launches endpoint #109
e880ead83b31ed49afee467ee4d248bf25256b98 - Fixed bug in invalid date tests where the dates tested weren't actually invalid
3689db4d9082ca124f4012417f2451ddf75e852f - Fixed bug that allowed caching in dev environments by default
37a24bca77d418b4078cdd2e4474cee03fc520bc - Added new mongo connection param to remove URL parser deprecation warnings
0cce078d9f9e5a22be2a71b984fc2d376f24dc08 - Added new endpoint to house Falcon Heavy Roadster data /info/roadster
409cb439013b42a855245374d9aa006a46d403f3 - Added script to update roadster orbital data every 10 min
578578242f28008514d29e47e339ea9721c1f14f - Added new PowerShell wrapper link to readme
6b09770d16c9ba24385d16eada5ebce696a4d9e8 - Moved docs from wiki to docs folder for portability & versioning
Server Changes
Database Changes
Dragon 2 and Crew Dragon into a single Dragon 2 objectoriginal_launch_unix fields for all cores and capsulesrocketid to rockets with an arbitrary number id, see #1 for discussionpadid to launchpads with an arbitrary number id, see #1 for discussiondescription and wikipedia to capsules for Dragon 1 + 2norad_id to all launch payloads if availablenationality to all launch payloadsmanufacturer to all launch payloadsFeatures & Fixes
second_stage_block querystring to allow launch sorting by second stage block numberlimit querystring to limit number of documents returnedDatabase Changes
orbit_params object to every payload of every past and upcoming launchblock number to all second stage objects for hybrid launchesevent_date_unix to all history milestones for easier date parsingFeatures & Fixes
async / await
/v2/info/history endpoint with important company milestonesDatabase Changes
mission_name field for easier access to common mission nameswikipedia field in links for easy access to Wikipedia summaries on launchesFeatures & Fixes
Database Changes
mission_patch_small filed with links to smaller image versionsFeatures & Fixes
Features & Fixes
Features & Fixes
/v2/capsules
/v2/rockets instead of /v2/vehicles