Overview
Smart Dragon 3 | Unknown Payload
Go for LaunchHaiyang offshore launch location, Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
August 05, 2026 — 02:27 UTC
Image credit: CASC
Launch Provider
China Rocket Co. Ltd.
- Country
- China
- Launch Record
- 12 success
China Rocket Co. Ltd. is a spinoff of China’s state-owned launch vehicle manufacturer using a “commercial business model”.
Launch Vehicle
Smart Dragon 3
- Height
- 32.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.64 m
- Liftoff Mass
- 140.0 t
- Reusable
- No
- Maiden Flight
- 2022-12-09
- Launch Success
- 11 / 11
- Consecutive Success
- 11
Smart Dragon-3 is a solid fuel orbital rocket designed by a subsidiary of the state-owned CASC group built for the commercial market.
Launch Site
Haiyang offshore launch location, Haiyang Oriental Spaceport
Chinese orbital launch vehicle launches supporting sea port located at Haiyang, Shandong Province, with dedicated piers and rocket/payload processing facilities for Chinese launch vehicles’ sea launches, and (as part of its expansion project) land based launch pads on artificial islands for various test vehicles and launch vehicles of private and government launch services providers. In operation as a remote base of Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center since 2019.
Latest Updates
Moved to August 5 per new NOTAMs.
July 30, 2026 — 05:34 UTC
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities uncertain.
July 29, 2026 — 05:35 UTC