Mission briefing
About Launch Tracker
Launch Tracker is a Palantir-style dashboard for global rocket activity — upcoming missions, historical flights going back to the 1950s, live launch pads, rocket specifications, and cross-cutting analytics. Think of it as mission control for the space industry.
Data sources
- Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs — primary source for upcoming and historical launches.
- SpaceX API — SpaceX-specific mission metadata.
Free tier is capped at 15 requests/hour, so historical backfills run on a scheduled cron rather than on-demand.
Tech stack
- Next.js 15 (App Router) + React 19 + TypeScript
- SQLite via better-sqlite3 — single-file datastore
- Tailwind CSS, Recharts, react-leaflet