List of spaceflight launches in January–March 2026

This article lists orbital and suborbital launches during the first quarter of the year 2025.

For all other spaceflight activities, see 2026 in spaceflight. For launches during the rest of 2025, see List of spaceflight launches in April–June 2026, List of spaceflight launches in July–September 2026, and List of spaceflight launches in October–December 2026.

Orbital launches

← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → January
January (TBD)[1]	Electron			Mahia LC-1A		Rocket Lab
		LOXSAT1	Eta Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Propellant depot Technology demonstration
January (TBD)[2][3]	New Glenn		NG-4	Cape Canaveral LC-36		Blue Origin
		Blue Moon Pathfinder Mission 1	Blue Origin	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar lander Technology demonstration
		Blue Moon Pathfinder Mission 1 (MK1-SN001), expected to launch between January and December 2026.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → February
5 February 01:09:00 [4]	SLS Block 1			Kennedy LC-39B		NASA
		Artemis II (Integrity)	NASA	Lunar free-return	Crewed lunar flyby
		⚀ TACHELES	DLR	Heliocentric	TBA
		⚀ K-Rad Cube	KARI	Heliocentric	TBA
		⚀ TBA	SSA	Heliocentric	Space Weather
		⚀ ATENEA	CONAE	TBA	TBA
		⚀ TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
		First crewed test flight of SLS and Orion.
February (TBD) [5] [citation needed]	Minotaur IV			TBA		Northrop Grumman
		STPSat-7	United States Space Force	Low Earth	TBA
		Rawhide	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		MAMBO	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		AggieSat-6	Texas A&M University	Low Earth	TBA
		Auris	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		ASTRA-HyRAX	Auburn University	Low Earth	TBA
		UNSA 16	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
		⚀ MISR-C1	SOCOM	Low Earth	Technology demonstration
		⚀ MOCI	University of Georgia,Athens	Low Earth	Technology demonstration
		⚀ INCA-2	NMSU	Low Earth	Ionospheric Research
		STP-S29A mission.
February (TBD)[6]	Firefly Alpha			Vandenberg SLC-2W		Firefly
		QuickSounder	NOAA	Low Earth	Meteorology
		First satellite in NOAA's Near Earth Orbit Network (NEON) Program.
Q1 (TBD) [7]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral SLC-40		SpaceX
		Cygnus NG-24	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
		Last of four Cygnus spacecraft to be launched via Falcon 9.
February (TBD)[8][9]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg		SpaceX
		Vigoride	Momentus Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Space Tug
		Navigator	Argo Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Space Tug
		DRISHTI	Galaxeye	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		MULA	PhilSA / UP Diliman / DOST-ASTI	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Gravitas	K2 Space	Low Earth (SSO)	Space Tug
		LumirX-1	Lumir1	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Verry-1A	Care Weather	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ ACEMS	NASA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ AEPEX	University of Colorado Boulder	Low Earth	Magnetospheric research
		⚀ GRITSS	NASA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ ExoTerra	NASA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Decimal-Sat 1	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Hyperfield-2	Kuva Space	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Sejong-3	HANCOM	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ COSMO	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ ICARUS 2.0	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ SAL-E	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ PERL-1A,1B	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ MARS-1A,1B	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ ERMINAZ 2U, 2V, 2X	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Phobos	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-16.
February (TBD) [10]	Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M			Vostochny Site 1S		Roscosmos
		Aist-2T №1[11]	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Aist-2T №2[11]	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Aist-ST	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Marafon №1, 2	Roscosmos	Low Earth (SSO)	IoT
		Tolou-3[12]	ISA	Low Earth (SSO)	Reconnaissance
		Zafar-2[13][14]	IUST	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		Payam	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Vladivostok-2	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Zorkiy-2M-3, 5, 7	Sputnix	Low Earth (SSO)	Earth observation
		⚀ QMR-KWT-2	MTUCI/Orbital Space/Sputnix	Low Earth (SSO)	Educational/Amateur Radio
		⚀ SamSat-ORION (SamSat-Mayak)	Samara University	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Khors 5	IKI RAN	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ Polytech Universe-6	SPbPU	Low Earth (SSO)	Remote sensing
		⚀ SITRO-AIS × 9	Sitronics Group	Low Earth (SSO)	AIS ship tracking
		⚀ SITRO-TD × 2	Sitronics Group	Low Earth (SSO)	Technology demonstration
		⚀ Leonov	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Lobachevsky	UNN, Lobachevsky University	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Grifon × 4	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ ODRSat-1	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Scorpio	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Yarilo 5	BMSTU	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ TELUM-LEO-1E 1, 2	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ MIET-SatLAB	MIET	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ RUVDSSat-1	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ TBA × 4	Sputnix	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ TBA × 2	STC	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ KAI-2	KNRTU-KAI	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ CubeSX-HSE 5		Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Skoltech-F	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Cholbon	Sakha Science Academy/Sputnix	Low Earth (SSO)	Educational/Amateur Radio
		⚀ Luča	TBA	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		GK Launch Services Rideshare Mission. Marafon-D are demonstrator satellite for the Sfera constellation.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec → March
31 March [15]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		SpaceX Crew-12	NASA	Low Earth (ISS)	Expedition 74 / 75
		Twelfth operational Crew Dragon mission to the ISS.
March (TBD)[16]	Soyuz-2.1a			Baikonur Site 31/6		Roscosmos
		Progress MS-33 / 94P	Roscosmos	Low Earth (ISS)	ISS logistics
March (TBD)[17][18]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		NG-OPIR-GEO 1 (NGG-1)	U.S. Space Force	Geosynchronous	Early warning
		USSF-57 mission.[19] First satellite of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent InfraRed (NG-OPIR) constellation, follow-up of SBIRS.
Q1 (TBD)[20]	Electron		"Kakushin Rising"	Mahia LC-1		Rocket Lab
		⚀ MAGNARO-II	Nagoya University	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ KOSEN-2R	National Institute of Technology, Yonago College	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ FSI-SAT	Future Science Institute	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ ARICA-2	Aoyama Gakuin University	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ WASEDA-SAT-ZERO-II	Waseda University	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Mono-Nikko	Di-Nikko Engineering Co., Ltd.	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ OrigamiSat-2	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		⚀ Prelude	Nihon University	Low Earth (SSO)	TBA
		Part of the Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-4 mission.
Q1 (TBD)[21]	Falcon 9 Block 5			Kennedy LC-39A		SpaceX
		IM-3	Intuitive Machines	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar lander
		Khon1	Intuitive Machines	Earth–Moon L2	Lunar communications
		Lunar Vertex rover	NASA	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar rover
		CADRE × 3	NASA	TLI to lunar surface	Lunar rovers
		Third Nova-C lunar lander. Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission delivering payloads to Reiner Gamma.[22] ESA will provide the MoonLIGHT lunar laser retroreflector payload and the Package for Resource Observation and in-Situ Prospecting for Exploration, Commercial exploitation, and Transportation (PROSPECT).[23]
Q1 (TBD)[24]	PSLV-XL		N1	Satish Dhawan FLP		ISRO
		TDS-01	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Technology demonstration
		First fully privately built PSLV.
Q1 (TBD)[25]	PSLV-XL		C63	Satish Dhawan		ISRO
		Oceansat-3A[26]	ISRO	Low Earth (SSO)	Oceanography
Q1 (TBD)[27]	GSLV Mk II		F18	Satish Dhawan SLP		ISRO
		EOS-05 (GISAT-1A)	ISRO	Geosynchronous	Earth observation
Q1 (TBD)[28][29]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		WGS-11+ (PTS-P1)[30]	USSF/Northrop Grumman	Geosynchronous	Communications/Technology demonstration
		First WGS launch on Vulcan. On-orbit demonstration mission for the U.S. Space Force's Protected Tactical Satcom (PTS) program.
Q1 (TBD) [28]	Vulcan Centaur			Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		LDPE-4 (ROOSTER-4)	United States Space Force	Geosynchronous	Technology demonstration
		TBA	USSF	TBA	TBA
		USSF-43 Mission.
Q1 (TBD)[31]	Vega-C			Kourou ELV		Arianespace
		SMILE	CAS / ESA	Highly elliptical	Earth observation
Q1 (TBD)[32]	Electron			Mahia LC-1		Rocket Lab
		Aspera	NASA	Low Earth	Astronomy
Q1 (TBD)[33][34]	Daytona I			TBA		Phantom Space
		⚀ Hurricane Hunter × 2	Phantom Space / TWA	Low Earth	Meteorology
		First pair of satellites for Tropical Weather Analytics' (TWA) Hurricane Hunter Satellite Constellation.
Q1 (TBD)[35]	Miura 5			Kourou		PLD Space
			PLD Space	Low Earth	Flight test
		First flight of Miura 5.
Q1 (TBD) [36]	Start-1M			Plesetsk		TBA
		TBA	TBA	Low Earth	TBA
Q1 (TBD)[37]	TBA			TBA		TBA
		ULTRASAT	ISA / Weizmann Institute of Science	Geosynchronous	Ultraviolet astronomy
Q1 (TBD)[38]	H3-22S		F9	Tanegashima LA-Y2		MHI
		QZS-7 (Michibiki-7)	CAO	Tundra	Navigation
		Quasi-geostationary (slight incline and eccentricity) orbit.
Q1 (TBD) [39][40]	Starship		Flight 13	Starbase OLP-B		SpaceX
		Starlink × ?	SpaceX	Low Earth	Communications
		Thirteenth Starship flight test. Flight 13 is expected to be the first orbital flight of Starship, as well as the first to target a tower catch of the upper stage.
Q1 (TBD) [41]	Atlas V 551		KA-04	Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		KuiperSat × 27	Kuiper Systems	Low Earth	Communications
		Fifth of nine Project Kuiper launches on Atlas V.[42]
Q1 (TBD)[43]	Vulcan Centaur VC6L		KV-02	Cape Canaveral SLC-41		ULA
		KuiperSat × 45	Kuiper Systems	Low Earth	Communications
		Second of 38 Vulcan Centaur launches for Amazon's Project Kuiper. Mission Designated "Vulcan Kuiper Mission #2 (KV-02)"
Q1 (TBD) [44]	Ariane 64		VA267	Kourou ELA-4		Arianespace
		KuiperSat × 35	Kuiper Systems	Low Earth	Communications
		Maiden flight of Ariane 6 in A64 Configuration and First of 18 Ariane 6 launches for Amazon's Project Kuiper.
Q1 (TBD)[45]	H3-30S		F6	Tanegashima LA-Y2		JAXA
		VEP-5	JAXA	Low Earth to Suborbital	Launch vehicle evaluation
		PETREL	Tokyo Institute of Technology	Low Earth	Earth observation Astronomy
		STARS-X	Shizuoka University	Low Earth	Technology demonstration
		⚀ VERTECS	Kyushu Institute of Technology	Low Earth	Astronomy
		⚀ HORN L, R	BULL	Low Earth	Technology demonstration
		⚀ BRO-19	UnseenLabs	Low Earth	SIGINT
		Maiden flight of H3-30S Variant. PETREL and STARS-X are part of the Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-3 mission.
← Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec →

Suborbital flights

Date and time (UTC)	Rocket		Flight number	Launch site		LSP
		Payload (⚀ = CubeSat)	Operator	Orbit	Function	Decay (UTC)	Outcome
		Remarks
25 January[46]	Black Brant IX			Poker Flat Research Range		NASA
		PolarNOx	Virginia Tech	Suborbital	Geospace science
25 January[46]	Black Brant IX			Poker Flat Research Range		NASA
		AURORA (BADASS)	Goddard Space Flight Center	Suborbital
		Black and Diffuse Aurora Science Surveyor (BADASS).
January (TBD)[47]	VSB-30			Esrange		CNES
		CRYOFENIX II	CNES	Suborbital	Technology demonstration
2 February[46]	Black Brant IX			Poker Flat Research Range		NASA
		OGRE	Penn State University	Suborbital	X-ray astronomy
		Off-Plane Grating Rocket Experiment (OGRE).
10 February[46]	Black Brant IX			Poker Flat Research Range		NASA
		GNEISS	Dartmouth College	Suborbital	Auroral science
		First of two launches.[48]
10 February[46]	Black Brant IX			Poker Flat Research Range		NASA
		GNEISS	Dartmouth College	Suborbital	Auroral science
		Second of two launches.[48]
1 March[46]	Black Brant IX			White Sands Missile Range		NASA
		VERIS-2	United States Naval Research Laboratory	Suborbital	Solar observation
23 March[46]	Terrier-Improved Malemute?			Wallops Flight Facility		NASA
		Subtec-10	Wallops Flight Facility	Suborbital	Technology demonstration
March (TBD)[47]	Improved Orion			Esrange		MORABA / SNSA
		REXUS-35	DLR / SNSA	Suborbital	Education
March (TBD)[47]	Improved Orion			Esrange		MORABA / SNSA
		REXUS-36	DLR / SNSA	Suborbital	Education
March (TBD)[49]	VS-50		V02	Alcântara		IAE/ DLR
		HEXAFLY	ESA	Suborbital	Hipersonic glider
Q1 (TBD) [50][51][52]	Starship		Flight 12	Starbase OLP-B		SpaceX
		Starlink Simulators × ?	SpaceX	Suborbital	Vehicle evaluation
		Twelfth Starship flight test. Flight 12 will feature the first use of Block 3 vehicles, as well as being the first launch from Starbase's second launch pad. It will repeat the same flight profile as the previous flights, with the ship falling slightly short of reaching orbit.