Launch Dashboard API

An Open Source REST API of Rocket Launch telemetry

Documentation - Clients - Apps - Data Sources

Usage

curl -s http://api.launchdashboard.space/v2/launches/latest/spacex | jq

{
  "mission_id": "amos-17",
  "name": "Amos-17",
  "flight_number": 83,
  "launch_library_2_id": "68ecf878-2491-4209-95fe-54f74fb163aa",
  "raw": [
    {
      "stage": 2,
      "telemetry": [
        { "time": 0, "velocity": 0.277, "altitude": 0 },
        { "time": 0.033, "velocity": 0.555, "altitude": 0 },
        { "time": 0.067, "velocity": 0.555, "altitude": 0},
        { "time": 0.1, "velocity": 0.555, "altitude": 0 },
        { "time": 0.133, "velocity": 0.555, "altitude": 0 },
        { "time": 0.166, "velocity": 0.833, "altitude": 0 },
        { "time": 0.2, "velocity": 0.833, "altitude": 0 },
        ...
        { "time": 1918.333, "velocity": 9518.333, "altitude": 525},
        { "time": 1918.366, "velocity": 9518.333, "altitude": 525}
      ]
    }
  ],
  "analysed": [
    {
      "stage": 2,
      "telemetry": [
        { "time": 0, "velocity": 0.277, "altitude": 0, "velocity_y": -0.219, "velocity_x": 0.168, "acceleration": 10.698 "downrange_distance": 0, "angle": 90, "q": 0.046996480116054146 },
        { "time": 1, "velocity": 1.97, "altitude": 0.001, "velocity_y": 2.039, "velocity_x": -0.038, "acceleration": 11.285, "downrange_distance": 0, "angle": 90, "q": 2.3762015600538513 },
        ...
        { "time": 506, "velocity": 7424.372, "altitude": 163.85, "velocity_y": -32.707, "velocity_x": 7424.301, "acceleration": -0.016, "downrange_distance": 1585.22, "angle": -0.252, "q": 0 }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "events": [
    { "key": "maxq", "time": 66 },
    { "key": "throttle_down_start", "time": 45 },
    { "key": "throttle_down_end", "time": 91 },
    { "key": "meco", "time": 169 },
    ...
  ]
}

Contributions

See Contributing.md for contribution instructions.

Apps

The Apps and Tools that use Launch Dashboard API

App	Description	Creator
FlightClub.io	Rocket Launch Simulation and Visualization	u/TheVehicleDestroyer

Derivative Content

Content made using Launch Dashboard API

Content	Description	Creator
DM-2 and other SpaceX LEO Missions	Comparison between the flight profile of SpaceX first crewed mission and other LEO missions	Shahar603
Aerodynamic Pressure animation	An animation of the aerodynamic pressure(Q) during ascent on the AMOS-17 mission	Jake Hannan
Mission Creation	A tools that builds a flight plan that matches the webcast telemetry in the API	u/TheVehicleDestroyer
Falcon Boosters' Entry Energy Comparison	A diagram that compares total energy of the Falcon boosters' reentry energy	Shahar603

Clients

Clients and APIs using Launch Dashboard API

Client	Description	Creator
.NET Launch Dashboard	.NET Wrapper for Launch Dashboard API	Tearth

Data Sources

The Source of the data in the API

Launch Provider	Tool	Creator
SpaceX	SpaceXtract	Shahar603
RocketLab	SpaceXtract	Shahar603
Arianespace	VideoTelemetryParser	Hitura-Nobad