🚀 Launch Library 2 Rocket Launches Scraper

🚀 Export the global rocket launch manifest in seconds. Track every upcoming and historical orbital launch across all major providers (SpaceX, ULA, Roscosmos, ISRO, ESA, CASC, Rocket Lab, Blue Origin, Arianespace, Northrop Grumman, JAXA, Firefly, Relativity, and more). No login, no API key, no manual schedule wrangling.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-15 · 📊 70 fields per record · 🚀 All major launch providers · 🌍 Worldwide coverage · 📅 Upcoming + Historical

The Launch Library 2 Rocket Launches Scraper pulls the community-maintained Launch Library 2 catalog, curated by The Space Devs network of spaceflight enthusiasts and analysts, and returns 70 fields per launch, including launch name, status, NET window, rocket configuration, mission details, pad coordinates, agencies, programs, weather concerns, and full provider profiles with success/failure tallies. Launch Library 2 is the reference open dataset behind dozens of community apps including Go4Liftoff, Space Launch Now, and Next Spaceflight.

The catalog covers every active orbital launch provider worldwide, both upcoming and historical, including SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, Rocket Lab, Blue Origin, Arianespace, Northrop Grumman, Roscosmos, CASC, ISRO, JAXA, MHI, Firefly Aerospace, Relativity Space, Astra Space, Galactic Energy, CAS Space, LandSpace, and more. This Actor exports the manifest as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML. Filter by provider, country, status, search term, or launch window, all server-side.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Space-news editors, launch streamers, mission-planning teams, satellite operators, analysts, app developers, educators, hobbyists	Launch calendars, embed widgets, mission dashboards, manifest analytics, provider scorecards, watch-party scheduling, weather-window monitoring

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📋 What the Launch Library 2 Scraper does

Six filtering workflows in a single run:

• 🔭 Upcoming or historical mode. Pull the forward manifest, or the past success/failure record.
• 🆔 Single-launch lookup. Fetch one launch by its UUID for deep-dive enrichment.
• 🏢 Provider filter. Restrict to one launch service provider (SpaceX, ULA, ISRO, ESA, etc.).
• 🌍 Country filter. Restrict to one launch site country (USA, RUS, CHN, IND, FRA, JPN, GBR, NZL, etc.).
• 🚦 Status filter. Go for Launch, TBD, TBC, Hold, In Flight, Success, Failure, or Partial Failure.
• 📅 Window filter. Bound the search to a custom NET window (start ≥ X, end ≤ Y) and sort by NET or last-updated.

Each launch carries the rocket name, family, full configuration, mission name and description, orbit and inclination class, pad coordinates and country, location timezone, launch attempt counts (all-time and current year, by provider, location, pad, and orbital), program memberships, hashtag, weather concerns, and live-webcast flag.

💡 Why it matters: the launch manifest moves daily as missions slip, scrub, or get added. Building your own pipeline means polling, deduping, and reconciling status changes. This Actor delivers a clean per-launch record on every run, ready for calendars, dashboards, or alerting.

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🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough showing how to go from sign-up to a downloaded launch manifest.

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⚙️ Input

Input	Type	Default	Behavior
maxItems	integer	10	Records to return. Free plan caps at 10, paid plan at 1,000,000.
mode	enum	"upcoming"	upcoming or previous (historical).
launchId	string (UUID)	""	Fetch one launch by ID; bypasses all other filters.
search	string	""	Free-text search over launch, mission, and rocket name.
launchServiceProvider	enum	""	One of 21 provider presets, plus an "Other" escape hatch.
customProvider	string	""	Free-text provider name; overrides the dropdown if set.
countryCode	enum	""	ISO 3-letter launch site country (USA, RUS, CHN, IND, FRA, JPN, GBR, NZL, KOR, IRN, ISR, PRK).
status	enum	""	Go, TBD, TBC, Hold, In Flight, Success, Failure, Partial Failure.
windowStartGte, windowEndLte	string (YYYY-MM-DD)	""	NET window bounds.
ordering	enum	"net"	Sort by launch time or last-updated, ascending or descending.

Example: next 50 SpaceX launches.

{
    "maxItems": 50,
    "mode": "upcoming",
    "launchServiceProvider": "SpaceX",
    "ordering": "net"
}

Example: every successful Indian launch since 2020.

{
    "maxItems": 200,
    "mode": "previous",
    "countryCode": "IND",
    "status": "Success",
    "windowStartGte": "2020-01-01",
    "ordering": "-net"
}

⚠️ Good to Know: upcoming launch dates carry a precision flag (netPrecision) ranging from "Day" or "Hour" for confirmed missions down to "Month" or "Quarter" for early manifest entries. Treat NET as a no-earlier-than estimate, not a guaranteed liftoff time.

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📊 Output

Each launch record contains 70 fields. Download the dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

🧾 Schema

Field	Type	Example
🖼️ imageUrl	string | null	"https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/falcon9.png"
📌 name	string	"Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-1"
🏷️ slug	string	"falcon-9-block-5-starlink-group-12-1"
🆔 launchId	string (UUID)	"e60aa241-1f2c-4459-ba94-2f576c3e5632"
🔗 detailUrl	string	"https://thespacedevs.com/launch/e60aa241..."
🚦 status / statusAbbrev / statusDescription	string	"Go for Launch" / "Go" / "Vehicle is on track..."
📂 mode	string	"upcoming"
🕒 net / windowStart / windowEnd	ISO 8601	"2026-05-16T03:21:00Z"
📏 netPrecision	string | null	"Hour"
📊 probability	number | null	80
🌦️ weatherConcerns	string | null	"Cumulus Cloud Rule"
📝 holdReason / failReason	string | null	null
🏷️ hashtag	string | null	"#Starlink"
📺 webcastLive	boolean | null	false
🏢 launchServiceProvider* (12 fields)	string / number / null	name, type, abbrev, country, totalLaunches, successful, failed, pending, foundingYear, infoUrl, wikiUrl, logoUrl
🚀 rocketName / rocketFamily / rocketFullName / rocketVariant	string | null	"Falcon 9" / "Falcon" / "Falcon 9 Block 5"
🎯 missionName / missionDescription / missionType	string | null	"Starlink Group 12-1" / "..." / "Communications"
🛰️ orbitName / orbitAbbrev	string | null	"Low Earth Orbit" / "LEO"
🏢 missionAgencies	array	[{"name":"SpaceX","type":"Commercial","countryCode":"USA"}]
📍 padName / padDescription / padWikiUrl / padMapUrl / padLatitude / padLongitude / padCountryCode / padTotalLaunchCount	mixed	full pad profile
📍 locationName / locationCountryCode / locationTimezone / locationTotalLaunchCount / locationTotalLandingCount	mixed	full location profile
📦 programs	array	[{"name":"Starlink","type":"Constellation"}]
🖼️ infographicUrl	string | null	(when published)
🔢 orbitalLaunchAttemptCount / locationLaunchAttemptCount / padLaunchAttemptCount / agencyLaunchAttemptCount (all-time + year variants)	number | null	running counters
🏷️ launchType	string | null	"detailed"
🕒 lastUpdated / scrapedAt	ISO 8601	"2026-05-15T12:00:00Z"
❌ error	string | undefined	(only when a record fails)

📦 Sample records

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✨ Why choose this Actor

	Capability
🌍	Global coverage. Every active orbital provider worldwide, both upcoming and historical.
🏢	70 fields per launch. Mission, rocket, pad, location, programs, agencies, plus full provider scorecards.
📐	Server-side filters. Provider, country, status, free-text search, and NET window all combine in one run.
🎯	Pad coordinates. Lat/lon for every launch site so you can plot a global map without geocoding.
📊	Built-in analytics fields. All-time and current-year launch counts at orbital, location, pad, and agency level.
🔁	Always fresh. Every run pulls the latest manifest, with status changes, slips, and additions reflected.
🚫	No authentication. Works on the public Launch Library 2 catalog. No login or token required.

📊 The launch manifest is the operating calendar of the global spaceflight industry, and this Actor turns it into a structured dataset in seconds.

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📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Coverage	Refresh	Filters	Setup
⭐ Launch Library 2 Scraper (this Actor)	$5 free credit, then pay-per-use	All major providers worldwide	Live per run	provider, country, status, window, search	⚡ 2 min
Hand-curated launch calendars	Free	Subset, English-only	Manual updates	None	🐢 Hours
Paid commercial space data	$$$$	Global, deep telemetry	Streaming	Many	⏳ Weeks
Provider-by-provider press releases	Free	Per-provider only	Per-PR	None	🕒 Variable

Pick this Actor when you want a clean, multi-provider launch manifest with rich pad and provider context, ready for a calendar, dashboard, or alert pipeline.

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🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the Launch Library 2 Rocket Launches Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Pick a mode (upcoming or previous), filter by provider, country, status, or window, and set maxItems.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your data.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

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💼 Business use cases

📰 Space news and content Daily and weekly upcoming-launch round-ups Calendar widgets and embeds for news sites Watch-party scheduling for streamers Newsletter automation with hashtag tracking	🛰️ Mission planning and operators Pad utilization and conflict analysis Rideshare-payload manifest tracking Provider scorecards (success/failure rates) Window analytics for launch insurance
📊 Analyst and investor reporting Constellation deployment cadence National launch attempt counts by year Provider market-share dashboards Launch-cost benchmarking inputs	🎓 Education and outreach Classroom launch trackers Planetarium daily preview boards University spaceflight courseware Museum kiosks with live next-launch displays

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🔌 Automating Launch Library 2 Scraper

Control the scraper programmatically for scheduled runs and pipeline integrations:

• 🟢 Node.js. Install the apify-client NPM package.
• 🐍 Python. Use the apify-client PyPI package.
• 📚 See the Apify API documentation for full details.

The Apify Schedules feature lets you trigger this Actor on any cron interval. Hourly refreshes catch every status change; daily refreshes are enough for newsletters and editorial calendars.

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🌟 Beyond business use cases

Launch data powers more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🎓 Research and academia Reproducible launch-cadence analyses Coursework on orbital mechanics and mission design Long-term provider reliability studies Cross-national comparative spaceflight history	🎨 Personal and creative Custom desktop next-launch widgets Smart-home displays counting down to liftoff Hobbyist launch databases and visualizations Watch-party invite generators
🤝 Non-profit and civic Public-broadcast launch alerting Investigative journalism on debris and mishaps Open dashboards for spaceflight transparency Museum education programs	🧪 Experimentation Train ML models on historical launch outcomes Prototype launch-window optimizers Build agent pipelines that summarize the next launch Validate dashboard concepts with real manifest data

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🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Open a ready-to-send prompt about this ParseForge actor in the AI of your choice:

• 💬 ChatGPT
• 🧠 Claude
• 🔍 Perplexity
• 🅒 Copilot

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🧩 How does it work?

Pick a mode (upcoming or previous), narrow with provider, country, status, or window filters, and the Actor pulls the matching launches and emits one clean structured record per launch. Server-side filtering keeps your dataset focused.

🏢 Which launch providers are covered?

All major active orbital providers worldwide, including SpaceX, ULA, Rocket Lab, Blue Origin, Arianespace, Northrop Grumman, Roscosmos, CASC, ISRO, JAXA, MHI, Galactic Energy, CAS Space, LandSpace, Firefly Aerospace, Relativity Space, Astra Space, Virgin Orbit, Iran Space Agency, ABL Space Systems, plus a free-text "customProvider" field for anything else.

📅 How accurate are the upcoming launch dates?

Each upcoming entry includes a netPrecision flag ranging from "Day" or "Hour" for confirmed missions down to "Month" or "Quarter" for early manifest entries. Treat NET as a no-earlier-than estimate, not a guaranteed liftoff time.

🔁 How often is the manifest refreshed?

The community catalog is updated continuously as missions slip, scrub, or get added. Every Actor run pulls the latest state.

🆔 Can I pull just one launch?

Yes. Set launchId to a Launch Library 2 UUID. All other filters are ignored.

📊 What analytics fields are included?

All-time and current-year launch counts at four levels (orbital, location, pad, agency), provider success/failure tallies, and a launch probability percentage when published.

⏰ Can I schedule regular runs?

Yes. Use Apify Schedules to refresh the manifest on any cron interval (hourly, every 4 hours, daily) and keep your downstream calendar or dashboard in sync.

⚖️ Is this data legal to use?

Launch Library 2 is published as an open community catalog under permissive terms. Always credit The Space Devs when you redistribute the data verbatim. Review the downstream terms of your specific use case.

💼 Can I use this data commercially?

Yes. The underlying launch metadata is open. You are responsible for crediting the source on redistribution and complying with any downstream regulatory requirements.

💳 Do I need a paid Apify plan to use this Actor?

No. The free Apify plan is enough for testing and small runs (10 records per run). A paid plan lifts the limit and gives you access to scheduling, higher concurrency, and larger datasets.

🔁 What happens if a run fails or gets interrupted?

Apify automatically retries transient errors. If a run still fails, you can inspect the log in the Runs tab, fix the input, and re-run. Partial datasets from failed runs are preserved so you never lose progress.

🆘 What if I need help?

Our support team is here to help. Contact us through the Apify platform or use the Tally form linked below.

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🔌 Integrate with any app

Launch Library 2 Rocket Launches Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get next-launch alerts in your channels
• n8n - Drop runs into self-hosted workflows
• Pipedream - Trigger event-driven pipelines
• Airbyte - Pipe launch data into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes. Push the next launch into your CMS, alert Slack the moment status flips to Go, or refresh the calendar widget on your news site.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: this Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The Space Devs, Launch Library 2, or any of the launch providers mentioned. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Only publicly available open spaceflight data is collected.