List of spaceflight launches in January–March 2026

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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

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks

January

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January (TBD)[1] United States Electron New Zealand Mahia LC-1A United States Rocket Lab
United States LOXSAT1 Eta Space Low Earth (SSO) Propellant depot
Technology demonstration		  
January (TBD)[2][3] United States New Glenn NG-5 United States Cape Canaveral LC-36 United States Blue Origin
United States 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.

February

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5 February
01:09:00 [4] 		United States SLS Block 1 United States Kennedy LC-39B United States NASA
United States Artemis II (Integrity) NASA Lunar free-return Crewed lunar flyby  
⚀ Germany TACHELES DLR Heliocentric TBA  
⚀ South Korea K-Rad Cube KARI Heliocentric TBA  
⚀ Saudi Arabia TBA SSA Heliocentric Space Weather  
⚀ Argentina ATENEA CONAE TBA TBA  
⚀ United States TBA TBA TBA TBA  
First crewed test flight of SLS and Orion.
February (TBD) [5]
[citation needed] 		United States Minotaur IV United States TBA United States Northrop Grumman
United States STPSat-7 United States Space Force Low Earth TBA  
United States Rawhide TBA Low Earth TBA  
United States MAMBO TBA Low Earth TBA  
United States AggieSat-6 Texas A&M University Low Earth TBA  
United States Auris TBA Low Earth TBA  
United States ASTRA-HyRAX Auburn University Low Earth TBA  
United States UNSA 16 TBA Low Earth TBA  
⚀ United States MISR-C1 SOCOM Low Earth Technology demonstration  
⚀ United States MOCI University of Georgia,Athens Low Earth Technology demonstration  
⚀ United States INCA-2 NMSU Low Earth Ionospheric Research  
STP-S29A mission.
February (TBD)[6] United States Firefly Alpha United States Vandenberg SLC-2W United States Firefly
United States QuickSounder NOAA Low Earth Meteorology  
First satellite in NOAA's Near Earth Orbit Network (NEON) Program.
Q1 (TBD)
[7] 		United States Falcon 9 Block 5 United States Cape Canaveral SLC-40 United States SpaceX
United States Cygnus NG-24 NASA Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics  
Last of four Cygnus spacecraft to be launched via Falcon 9.
February (TBD)[8][9] United States Falcon 9 Block 5 United States Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg United States SpaceX
United States Vigoride Momentus Space Low Earth (SSO) Space Tug  
United States Navigator Argo Space Low Earth (SSO) Space Tug  
India DRISHTI Galaxeye Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
Philippines MULA PhilSA / UP Diliman / DOST-ASTI Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  
United States Gravitas K2 Space Low Earth (SSO) Space Tug  
South Korea LumirX-1 Lumir1 Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ United States Verry-1A Care Weather Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ United States ACEMS NASA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ United States AEPEX University of Colorado Boulder Low Earth Magnetospheric research  
⚀ United States GRITSS NASA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ United States ExoTerra NASA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ United States Decimal-Sat 1 TBA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Finland Hyperfield-2 Kuva Space Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ South Korea Sejong-3 HANCOM Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ United States COSMO TBA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ United States ICARUS 2.0 TBA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ United States SAL-E TBA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ United States PERL-1A,1B TBA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ United States MARS-1A,1B TBA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Germany ERMINAZ 2U, 2V, 2X TBA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ United States Phobos TBA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
Dedicated SmallSat Rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit, designated Transporter-16.
February (TBD)
[10] 		Russia Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat-M Russia Vostochny Site 1S Russia Roscosmos
Russia Aist-2T №1[11] Roscosmos Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  
Russia Aist-2T №2[11] Roscosmos Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  
Russia Aist-ST Roscosmos Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  
Russia Marafon №1, 2 Roscosmos Low Earth (SSO) IoT  
Iran Tolou-3[12] ISA Low Earth (SSO) Reconnaissance  
Iran Zafar-2[13][14] IUST Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  
Iran Payam TBA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Russia Vladivostok-2 TBA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Russia Zorkiy-2M-3, 5, 7 Sputnix Low Earth (SSO) Earth observation  
⚀ Kuwait Russia QMR-KWT-2 MTUCI/Orbital Space/Sputnix Low Earth (SSO) Educational/Amateur Radio  
⚀ Russia SamSat-ORION (SamSat-Mayak) Samara University Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Russia Khors 5 IKI RAN Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration  
⚀ Russia Polytech Universe-6 SPbPU Low Earth (SSO) Remote sensing  
⚀ Russia SITRO-AIS × 9 Sitronics Group Low Earth (SSO) AIS ship tracking  
⚀ Russia SITRO-TD × 2 Sitronics Group Low Earth (SSO) Technology demonstration  
⚀ Russia Leonov TBA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Russia Lobachevsky UNN, Lobachevsky University Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Russia Grifon × 4 TBA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Russia ODRSat-1 TBA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Russia Scorpio TBA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Russia Yarilo 5 BMSTU Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Russia TELUM-LEO-1E 1, 2 TBA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Russia MIET-SatLAB MIET Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Russia RUVDSSat-1 TBA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Russia TBA × 4 Sputnix Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Russia TBA × 2 STC Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Russia KAI-2 KNRTU-KAI Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Russia CubeSX-HSE 5 Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Russia Skoltech-F TBA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Russia Cholbon Sakha Science Academy/Sputnix Low Earth (SSO) Educational/Amateur Radio  
⚀ Montenegro Luča TBA Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
GK Launch Services Rideshare Mission. Marafon-D are demonstrator satellite for the Sfera constellation.

March

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31 March
[15] 		United States Falcon 9 Block 5 United States Kennedy LC-39A United States SpaceX
United States SpaceX Crew-12 NASA Low Earth (ISS) Expedition 74 / 75  
Twelfth operational Crew Dragon mission to the ISS.
March (TBD)[16] Russia Soyuz-2.1a Kazakhstan Baikonur Site 31/6 Russia Roscosmos
Russia Progress MS-33 / 94P Roscosmos Low Earth (ISS) ISS logistics  
March (TBD)[18][19] United States Vulcan Centaur United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41 United States ULA
United States NG-OPIR-GEO 1 (NGG-1) U.S. Space Force Geosynchronous Early warning  
USSF-57 mission.[17] First satellite of the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent InfraRed (NG-OPIR) constellation, follow-up of SBIRS.
Q1 (TBD)[20] United States Electron "Kakushin Rising" New Zealand Mahia LC-1 United States Rocket Lab
⚀ Japan MAGNARO-II Nagoya University Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Japan KOSEN-2R National Institute of Technology, Yonago College Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Japan FSI-SAT Future Science Institute Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Japan ARICA-2 Aoyama Gakuin University Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Japan WASEDA-SAT-ZERO-II Waseda University Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Japan Mono-Nikko Di-Nikko Engineering Co., Ltd. Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Japan OrigamiSat-2 Tokyo Institute of Technology Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
⚀ Japan Prelude Nihon University Low Earth (SSO) TBA  
Part of the Innovative Satellite Technology Demonstration-4 mission.
Q1 (TBD)[23] United States Falcon 9 Block 5 United States Kennedy LC-39A United States SpaceX
United States IM-3 Intuitive Machines TLI to lunar surface Lunar lander  
United States Khon1 Intuitive Machines Earth–Moon L2 Lunar communications  
United States Lunar Vertex rover NASA TLI to lunar surface Lunar rover  
United States 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.[21] 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).[22]
Q1 (TBD)[24] India PSLV-XL N1 India Satish Dhawan FLP India ISRO
India TDS-01 ISRO Geosynchronous Technology demonstration  
First fully privately built PSLV.
Q1 (TBD)[25] India PSLV-XL C63 India Satish Dhawan India ISRO
India Oceansat-3A[26] ISRO Low Earth (SSO) Oceanography  
Q1 (TBD)[27] India GSLV Mk II F18 India Satish Dhawan SLP India ISRO
India EOS-05 (GISAT-1A) ISRO Geosynchronous Earth observation  
Q1 (TBD)[28][29] United States Vulcan Centaur United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41 United States ULA
United States 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] 		United States Vulcan Centaur United States Cape Canaveral SLC-41 United States ULA
United States LDPE-4 (ROOSTER-4) United States Space Force Geosynchronous Technology demonstration  
United States TBA USSF TBA TBA  
USSF-43 Mission.
Q1 (TBD)[31] Italy Vega-C France Kourou ELV France Arianespace
China SMILE CAS / ESA Highly elliptical Earth observation  
Q1 (TBD)[32] United States Electron New Zealand Mahia LC-1 United States Rocket Lab
United States Aspera NASA Low Earth Astronomy  
Q1 (TBD)[33][34] United States Daytona I United States TBA United States Phantom Space
⚀ United States 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] Spain Miura 5 France Kourou Spain PLD Space
Spain PLD Space Low Earth Flight test  
First flight of Miura 5.
Q1 (TBD)
[36] 		Russia Start-1M Russia Plesetsk Russia TBA
Russia TBA TBA Low Earth TBA  
Q1 (TBD)[37] United States TBA United States TBA United States TBA
Israel ULTRASAT ISA / Weizmann Institute of Science Geosynchronous Ultraviolet astronomy  
Q1 (TBD)[38] Japan H3-22S F9 Japan Tanegashima LA-Y2 Japan MHI
Japan QZS-7 (Michibiki-7) CAO Tundra Navigation  
Quasi-geostationary (slight incline and eccentricity) orbit.
Q1 (TBD)
[39][40] 		United States Starship Flight 13 United States Starbase OLP-B United States SpaceX
United States 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.

Suborbital flights

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Date and time (UTC) Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP
Payload
(⚀ = CubeSat) 		Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome
Remarks
25 January[41] Canada Black Brant IX United States Poker Flat Research Range United States NASA
United States PolarNOx Virginia Tech Suborbital Geospace science  
25 January[41] Canada Black Brant IX United States Poker Flat Research Range United States NASA
United States AURORA (BADASS) Goddard Space Flight Center Suborbital  
Black and Diffuse Aurora Science Surveyor (BADASS).
January (TBD)[42] Brazil VSB-30 Sweden Esrange France CNES
France CRYOFENIX II CNES Suborbital Technology demonstration  
2 February[41] Canada Black Brant IX United States Poker Flat Research Range United States NASA
United States OGRE Penn State University Suborbital X-ray astronomy  
Off-Plane Grating Rocket Experiment (OGRE).
10 February[41] Canada Black Brant IX United States Poker Flat Research Range United States NASA
United States GNEISS Dartmouth College Suborbital Auroral science  
First of two launches.[43]
10 February[41] Canada Black Brant IX United States Poker Flat Research Range United States NASA
United States GNEISS Dartmouth College Suborbital Auroral science  
Second of two launches.[43]
1 March[41] Canada Black Brant IX United States White Sands Missile Range United States NASA
United States VERIS-2 United States Naval Research Laboratory Suborbital Solar observation  
23 March[41] United States Terrier-Improved Malemute? United States Wallops Flight Facility United States NASA
United States Subtec-10 Wallops Flight Facility Suborbital Technology demonstration  
March (TBD)[42] United States Improved Orion Sweden Esrange Germany MORABA / Sweden SNSA
Germany Sweden REXUS-35 DLR / SNSA Suborbital Education  
March (TBD)[42] United States Improved Orion Sweden Esrange Germany MORABA / Sweden SNSA
Germany Sweden REXUS-36 DLR / SNSA Suborbital Education  
March (TBD)[44] BrazilGermany VS-50 V02 Brazil Alcântara Brazil IAE/Germany DLR
HEXAFLY ESA Suborbital Hipersonic glider  
Q1 (TBD)
[45][46][47] 		United States Starship Flight 12 United States Starbase OLP-B United States SpaceX
United States Starlink Simulators × ? SpaceX Suborbital Vehicle evaluation  
Twelveth 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.

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