https://github.com/shahar603/launch-dashboard-api
An Open Source REST API of Rocket Launch telemetry
https://github.com/shahar603/launch-dashboard-api
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An Open Source REST API of Rocket Launch telemetry
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/shahar603/launch-dashboard-api
- Owner: shahar603
- License: mit
- Created: 2019-02-01T15:52:36.000Z (over 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-06-19T10:34:34.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-07-27T05:28:44.945Z (10 months ago)
- Topics: launch, rocketlab, space, spacex, telemetry
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: http://api.launchdashboard.space/v2/launches/latest/spacex
- Size: 1.66 MB
- Stars: 103
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 14
- Open Issues: 11
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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README
Launch Dashboard API
An Open Source REST API of Rocket Launch telemetry
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Data Sources
## Usage
```javascript
curl -s http://api.launchdashboard.space/v2/launches/latest/spacex | jq
```
```javascript
{
"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](https://github.com/shahar603/Launch-Dashboard-API/blob/master/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](https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/af7bco/iridium_8_telemetry_comparison_between_block_4/) | 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](https://github.com/shahar603) | 
|
|[Starlink-18 First Stage Telemetry and Analysis](https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/ldkz7c/starlink18_first_stage_telemetry_and_analysis/)| My analysis of first stage telemetry of a SpaceX Starlink (SpaceX's internet constellation) launch|[Shahar603](https://github.com/shahar603)|
|
|[Unplanned engine shutdown of Falcon 9 rocket](https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/fkpb37/starlink5_telemetry_confirming_the_early_engine/)|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](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1240262636547100672)|[Shahar603](https://github.com/shahar603)|
|
|[Webcast vs Simulation graph](https://twitter.com/flightclubio/status/1131794017606340608)|Used by trajectory creators on FlightClub.io to compare their simulations to the real telemetry|[u/TheVehicleDestroyer](https://www.reddit.com/user/thevehicledestroyer)|
|
|[Aerodynamic Pressure animation](https://twitter.com/JcAsHcan/status/1188125678396493825)|An animation of the aerodynamic pressure(Q) during ascent on the AMOS-17 mission|[Jake Hannan](https://twitter.com/JcAsHcan)||
|[Mission Creation](https://twitter.com/flightclubio/status/1344060720892166146)|A tools that builds a flight plan that matches the webcast telemetry in the API |[u/TheVehicleDestroyer](https://www.reddit.com/user/thevehicledestroyer)||
|[Falcon Boosters' Entry Energy Comparison](https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/elzp52/falcon_boosters_entry_energy_comparison/)|A diagram that compares total energy of the Falcon boosters' reentry energy|[Shahar603](https://github.com/shahar603)||
## Apps and Clients
Clients and Apps using Launch Dashboard API
|Client|Description|Creator|
|-----|-----|----|
|[FlightClub.io](https://www2.flightclub.io/)|Rocket Launch Simulation and Visualization|[u/TheVehicleDestroyer](https://www.reddit.com/user/thevehicledestroyer)|
|[.NET Launch Dashboard](https://github.com/Tearth/.NET-Launch-Dashboard)| .NET Wrapper for Launch Dashboard API|[Tearth](https://github.com/Tearth)
## Data Sources
The Source of the data in the API
|Launch Provider|Tool|Creator|
|----|-----|-----|
|SpaceX|[SpaceXtract](https://github.com/shahar603/SpaceXtract)|[Shahar603](https://github.com/shahar603)|
|RocketLab|[SpaceXtract](https://github.com/shahar603/SpaceXtract)|[Shahar603](https://github.com/shahar603)|
|Arianespace|[VideoTelemetryParser](https://github.com/Togusa09/VideoTelemetryParser)|[Hitura-Nobad](https://www.reddit.com/user/hitura-nobad/)|