Smart Dragon 3 | Unknown Payload

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January 25, 2026

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Overview

Destination: Unknown
Mission: Unknown

Unknown South China Sea (launch location 3) Haiyang Oriental Spaceport

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

Updates
Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 14, 2026, 1:57 a.m.

NET January 25 per new NOTAM, to be confirmed.

Link https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2750729#msg2750729
Cosmic_Penguin • Jan. 7, 2026, 1:56 a.m.

NET January 20 per new NOTAMs, to be confirmed.

Link https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2748400#msg2748400
Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 27, 2025, 7:38 p.m.

Launch apparently delayed with launch ship observed to have left its launch location, to be confirmed.

Link https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=64067.msg2746542#msg2746542
Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 25, 2025, 1:26 p.m.

Delayed to December 29 per new NOTAMs.

Link https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2746187#msg2746187
Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 22, 2025, 3:53 p.m.

Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload identity uncertain.

Link https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57867.msg2745524#msg2745524

Smart Dragon 3

Family:
Configuration:

Smart Dragon-3 is a solid fuel orbital rocket designed by a subsidiary of the state-owned CASC group built for the commercial market.

Specifications
  • Length
    32.0 m
  • Diameter
    2.64 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    3.35 m
  • Launch Mass
    140.0 T
  • Thrust
    ―
Family
  • Name
    Smart Dragon 3
  • Family
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  • Variant
    ―
  • Alias
    ―
  • Full Name
    Smart Dragon 3
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
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  • Low Earth Orbit
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  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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  • Direct Geostationary
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  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    1500.0 kg

China Rocket Co. Ltd.

China Rocket Co. Ltd.

(CHNR)

Successes: 9 Failures: 0 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

China Rocket Co. Ltd. is a spinoff of China’s state-owned launch vehicle manufacturer using a “commercial business model”.

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