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Nonprofit developing, maintaining & promoting the Launch Library 2 and Spaceflight News APIs.

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About us 🧑‍🚀

The Space Devs is a group of space enthusiast developers working on a range of services, united in a common goal to improve public knowledge and accessibility of spaceflight information. We aim to bring space app developers together into a thriving community by providing helpful data and tools, accessible to everyone for free.

API Showcase - Launch Library 2 🚀

Next Launch ⌛

The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Long March 12 | SatNet LEO Group TBD?. It is scheduled to be launched by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation from Commercial LC-2, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China at 2026-11-08 20:17:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 10 out of 76 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Communications and the payload will be injected into a Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.

The constellation will eventually consists of 13000 satellites.

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Within a month's time 📅

Launch Statuses 🟩🟨🟧

Symbol Meaning Description
🟩 Go For Launch (Go) Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.
🟨 To Be Confirmed (TBC) Awaiting official confirmation - current date is known with some certainty.
🟧 To Be Determined (TBD) Current date is a placeholder or rough estimation based on unreliable or interpreted sources.

API Showcase - Spaceflight News API 📰

Latest News ⌛

  • 🔗 [NASA] NASA Announces $1 Million to Students for Moon Base Challenge
  • 🔗 [NASA] APOD: 2026 November 8 – Major Fireball Meteor
  • 🔗 [NASASpaceflight] NASA’s Moon Base plan gains a PROMISE
  • 🔗 [NASA] NASA Awards Moon Base Transportation, Technology, Science Projects
  • 🔗 [NASA] NASA Seeks Next Generation of Explorers to Join Astronaut Corps
  • 🔗 [NASASpaceflight] NASA announces search for new astronauts
  • 🔗 [NASA] APOD: 2026 November 7 – De Gerlache-Kocher Massif
  • 🔗 [Spaceflight Now] AST SpaceMobile unveils $1.3 billion engine deal with Firefly Aerospace to power new heavy-lift rocket
  • 🔗 [Spaceflight Now] Falcon 9 to launch from California on classified mission for U.S. Space Force
  • 🔗 [NASASpaceflight] Stoke Space evaluating expansion of Cape site for second Nova pad

Launch-related News 🚀

  • 🔗 [NASASpaceflight] Launch Preview: Falcon 9 to launch USSF missions, China to launch internet satellites

This README.md was last auto generated at 2026-11-08 17:30:57 UTC

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    Tutorials and FAQs to learn how to use the APIs provided by The Space Devs to create new projects.

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    Spaceflight News API (SNAPI) enables developers to add the latest spaceflight news to their apps.

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