Launch Dashboard API

An Open Source REST API of Rocket Launch telemetry

Architecture

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": 84,
  "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.

Derivative Content and Features

Content and features made using Launch Dashboard API

Content	Description	Creator	Preview
Comparison between Falcon 9 Block 4 and Block 5 ASDS landings	A post I've written comparing two versions (blocks) of the Falcon 9 rocket and how the latest upgrades have allowed SpaceX to reuse block 5 much faster than block 4 by reducing the stress from launch to landing	Shahar603
Starlink-18 First Stage Telemetry and Analysis	My analysis of first stage telemetry of a SpaceX Starlink (SpaceX's internet constellation) launch	Shahar603
Unplanned engine shutdown of Falcon 9 rocket	Acceleration graph from LD API affirmed the space community suspicion of an unplanned engine shutdown during Falcon 9 ascent. Later confirmed by Elon Musk on twitter	Shahar603
Webcast vs Simulation graph	Used by trajectory creators on FlightClub.io to compare their simulations to the real telemetry	u/TheVehicleDestroyer
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

Apps and Clients

Clients and Apps using Launch Dashboard API

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