Orbital launches in 2026
Launches:
| Total: 73 | Success: 69 | Partial failure: 0 | Failure: 4 |
Launches by month:
Launches by launch sites
* for airborne launches the take off site of the carrier aircraft is considered
Launches by countries
Launches:
| Date | Site | Rocket | Payload | Notes | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-03 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | CSG 3 | success | |
| 2026-01-04 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 6-88 | success | |
| 2026-01-09 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 6-96 | success | |
| 2026-01-11 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Pandora / secondaries | success | |
| 2026-01-12 | Sriharikota | PSLV DL | EOS N1 / secondaries | failure | |
| 2026-01-12 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 6-97 | success | |
| 2026-01-13 | Taiyuan | CZ-6A | Yaogan 50-01 | success | |
| 2026-01-13 | Wenchang | CZ-8A | WHWD 18 | success | |
| 2026-01-14 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 6-98 | success | |
| 2026-01-15 | Jiuquan | CZ-2C | Alsat 3A | success | |
| 2026-01-15 | Yellow Sea | Ceres-1 S | Tianqi | success | |
| 2026-01-16 | Xichang | CZ-3B G2 | Shijian 32 | failure | |
Third stage failure | |||||
| 2026-01-17 | Jiuquan | Ceres-2 | multiple | failure | |
Failed during the first stage burn | |||||
| 2026-01-17 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starshield 1-11 (NROL-105 / USA 572 - 573) | success | |
| 2026-01-18 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 6-100 | success | |
| 2026-01-19 | Wenchang | CZ-12 | WHWD 19 | success | |
| 2026-01-22 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 17-30 | success | |
| 2026-01-22 | Ahuriri Point | Electron | Open Cosmos 01 / 02 | success | |
| 2026-01-25 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 17-20 | success | |
| 2026-01-28 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | GPS-3 9 (USA 581) | success | |
| 2026-01-29 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 17-19 | success | |
| 2026-01-30 | Ahuriri Point | Electron | NEONSAT-1A | success | |
| 2026-01-30 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 6-101 | success | |
| 2026-01-31 | Jiuquan | CZ-2C | Alsat 3B | success | |
| 2026-02-02 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 17-32 | success | |
| 2026-02-05 | Plesetsk | Soyuz 2 1b/Fregat | Kosmos-2600 - 2608 | success | |
| 2026-02-07 | Jiuquan | CZ-2F T | CSSHQ 4 | success | |
| 2026-02-07 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 17-33 | success | |
| 2026-02-11 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 17-34 | success | |
| 2026-02-12 | Yellow Sea | Jielong-3 | multiple | success | |
| 2026-02-12 | Baikonur | Proton M/DM-03 | Elektro-L 5 / Jam-e-Jam 1 | success | |
| 2026-02-12 | Cape Canaveral | Vulcan VC4S | GSSAP 7/8 | success | |
| 2026-02-12 | Kourou | Ariane 6 64 | Amazon Leo LE-01 | success | |
| 2026-02-13 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Crew Dragon 12 (Dragon C212-F5) | M | success |
| 2026-02-15 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 17-13 | success | |
| 2026-02-16 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 6-103 | success | |
| 2026-02-20 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 10-36 | success | |
| 2026-02-21 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 17-25 | success | |
| 2026-02-22 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 6-104 | success | |
| 2026-02-24 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 6-110 | success | |
| 2026-02-25 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 17-26 | success | |
| 2026-02-27 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 6-108 | success | |
| 2026-03-01 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 17-23 | success | |
| 2026-03-02 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 10-41 | success | |
| 2026-03-04 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 10-40 | success | |
| 2026-03-05 | Kii | KAIROS | Tarara 1R + secondaries | failure | |
| 2026-03-05 | Ahuriri Point | Electron | BlackSky 23 | success | |
| 2026-03-08 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 17-18 | success | |
| 2026-03-10 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Echostar 25 | success | |
| 2026-03-12 | Vandenberg | Alpha | LM-400 Tech Demo | success | |
| 2026-03-12 | Wenchang | CZ-8A | WHWD 20 | success | |
| 2026-03-12 | Xichang | CZ-2D | Shiyan 30 03/04 | success | |
| 2026-03-13 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 17-31 | success | |
| 2026-03-14 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 10-48 | success | |
| 2026-03-15 | Taiyuan | CZ-6A | Yaogan 50-02 | success | |
| 2026-03-16 | Jiuquan | Kuaizhou 11 | Juntian 1-04A + secondaries | success | |
| 2026-03-17 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 17-24 | success | |
| 2026-03-17 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 10-46 | success | |
| 2026-03-19 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 10-33 | success | |
| 2026-03-20 | Ahuriri Point | Electron | StriX-6 | success | |
| 2026-03-20 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 17-15 | success | |
| 2026-03-22 | Baikonur | Soyuz 2 1a | Progress MS-33 | success | |
| 2026-03-22 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 10-62 | success | |
| 2026-03-22 | Yellow Sea | Jielong-3 | CentiSpace-2 01 - 10 | success | |
| 2026-03-23 | Plesetsk | Soyuz 2 1b | Rassvet-3 01 - 16 | success | |
| 2026-03-25 | Taiyuan | CZ-2D | Siwei Gaojing 2-05 / 06 | success | |
| 2026-03-26 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 17-17 | success | |
| 2026-03-27 | Jiuquan | CZ-2C YZ-1S | Shiyan 33 | success | |
| 2026-03-28 | Ahuriri Point | Electron | Celeste IOD-1 / 2 | success | |
| 2026-03-30 | Jiuquan | Lijian-2 | Xinzhengcheng-02 / 01 / Tianshi-01 | success | |
| 2026-03-30 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Transporter 16 | success | |
| 2026-03-30 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 10-44 | success | |
| 2026-04-01 | Cape Canaveral | SLS B1 | Artemis 2 | BM | success |
First manned launch of the Orion capsule and first mission around the Moon since the Apollo program in the 1970s. | |||||