diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 38c4f31ef..8ee00d839 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 # Changelog
 
-- Launch Library records with a null or blank pad latitude/longitude, landing
-  position, downrange distance or stage flight number now keep those values
-  unknown instead of reading them as 0, so a launch is no longer placed at
-  0°N 0°E and an undisclosed landing no longer reports a 0 km downrange.
 - Local FM seek finds stations after wrapping around 87.5–108 MHz, covers both
   band edges, skips the starting station and rejects spectra from an earlier
   tune (Aditya, @Rohilalala, #1174).
diff --git a/changelog.d/1186-launch-unknown-coordinates.md b/changelog.d/1186-launch-unknown-coordinates.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d03c2d902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/1186-launch-unknown-coordinates.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- Keep missing launch-pad coordinates unknown so launches use the location
+  fallback or stay off the map instead of appearing at 0°N 0°E. Missing stage
+  flight numbers no longer show "FLIGHT 0"
+  (Rudy Celekli, @rudycelekli, #1186).
diff --git a/src/data/rocketLaunches.test.mjs b/src/data/rocketLaunches.test.mjs
index ce2ad6c2a..0d1eb8956 100644
--- a/src/data/rocketLaunches.test.mjs
+++ b/src/data/rocketLaunches.test.mjs
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ test('uses Launch Library 2 pad latitude/longitude fields', () => {
   assert.equal(launches[0].lon, -120.611);
 });
 
-test('null or blank pad and landing coordinates stay unknown instead of becoming 0', () => {
+test('null or blank pad coordinates stay unknown instead of becoming 0', () => {
   const base = { net: '2026-07-20T10:00:00Z' };
   for (const blank of [null, '', '  ', false]) {
     assert.deepEqual(
@@ -684,15 +684,21 @@ test('null or blank pad and landing coordinates stay unknown instead of becoming
       [],
     );
   }
-  // Null pad fields fall through to the location's "lon,lat" pair, not 0,0.
+});
+
+test('null pad coordinates use the location fallback instead of 0,0', () => {
+  const base = { net: '2026-07-20T10:00:00Z' };
   const [fallback] = normalizeRocketLaunches([{ ...base, id: 'fallback',
     pad: { latitude: null, longitude: null, location: { coordinates: '-80.6,28.6' } } }], NOW);
   assert.equal(fallback.lat, 28.6);
   assert.equal(fallback.lon, -80.6);
-  // An undisclosed landing keeps position, distance and flight number unknown.
+});
+
+test('an undisclosed landing keeps top-level position and stage numbers unknown', () => {
+  const base = { net: '2026-07-20T10:00:00Z' };
   const [launch] = normalizeRocketLaunches([{ ...base, id: 'landing', pad: { latitude: 1, longitude: 2 },
     rocket: { launcher_stage: [{ launcher_flight_number: null,
-      landing: { attempt: true, downrange_distance: null,
+      landing: { attempt: true, latitude: null, longitude: null, downrange_distance: null,
         landing_location: { latitude: null, longitude: null } } }] } }], NOW);
   const [stage] = launch.recoveryStages;
   assert.equal(stage.lat, null);