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Jan 2026
Month

launch status: TBD

🇨🇳 Long March 7A – Unknown Payload – CASC (Government) — Unknown (N/A) — Unknown

201 — Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

Details TBD.

Jan 2026
Month

launch status: TBD

🇨🇳 Smart Dragon 3 – Unknown Payload – China Rocket Co. Ltd. (Commercial) — Unknown (N/A) — Unknown

South China Sea (launch location 3) (no Wikipedia article) — Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

Possibly an Earth observation satellite for the Pakistan government's SUPARCO, details TBD.

Mar 2026
Month

launch status: TBD

🇰🇿 Soyuz-5 – Demo Flight – RKK Energiya (Commercial) — Unknown (N/A) — Test Flight

45/1 (no Wikipedia article) — Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan

RKK Energiya 🇷🇺 (Commercial) , Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) 🇷🇺 (Government)

Demonstration Flight for Russia's new Soyuz-5 launch vehicle. Details TBD.

Q1 2026
Quarter 1

launch status: TBD

🇨🇳 Kinetica 2 – Demo Flight – CAS Space (Commercial) — Unknown (N/A) — Test Flight

Launch Area 140 — Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

First test launch of CAS Space’s Kinetica-2 rocket.

Q1 2026
Quarter 1

launch status: TBD

🇨🇳 Long March 12B – Demo Flight – CASC (Government) — Unknown (N/A) — Test Flight

Long March 12 series Pad — Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

First test launch of CASC’s Long March 12B rocket.

Q1 2026
Quarter 1

launch status: TBD

🇺🇸 Neutron – Maiden Flight – Rocket Lab (Commercial) — Unknown (N/A) — Test Flight

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 3 (Launch Area 0 D) (no Wikipedia article) — Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA

Rocket Lab 🇺🇸 (Commercial)

Maiden flight of the Neutron launch vehicle.