Another month has gone by. Here’s a visual overview of the mission patches associated with February 2026 rocket launches. As mentioned in January, I’ll continue publishing these monthly snapshots to keep the community updated. Hope you enjoy it.
February was noticeably quieter, both in terms of rocket activity and released mission patches—likely influenced in part by Lunar New Year celebrations in China.
Only five launches featured official mission patches, and two of them had alternative designs: Vulcan 4S USSF-87 (ULA / USSF) and SpaceX Crew-12 (SpaceX / NASA / ESA). That brings the total number of released patches to nine, compared to sixteen in January—a much busier month. China contributed just one patch this time, from the private company Chinarocket, with none from the CASC / Long March side.
Arianespace released a design that breaks from its usual Ariane 6 silhouette layout—I personally find the Amazon LE-01 patch a refreshing change and hope to see more variety going forward.
ESA contributed with the Epsilon mission patch for French astronaut Sophie Adenot, while Rocket Lab added its Electron/HASTE patch for a suborbital flight on the very last day of the month.
I’m organizing these mission patches into a dedicated website and a series of free eBooks as part of a long-term documentation project. So far, it includes more than 2,300 patches from dozens of space programs and agencies.
by land4ever
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If you are interested in the fascinating world of mission patches, here you can find all my free eBooks organized by year of space agency: [https://spacepatches.blogspot.com/](https://spacepatches.blogspot.com/) – Drop a comment if you have any ideas about how to improve it. You can also find a page with info and data from the latest 30 days rocket launches.
I’ve looked up the “That’s Not a Knife” mission and it’s a scramjet prototype, and one of the most surreal looking vehicles I’ve ever seen.
Thanks for putting this together!