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Flight 3

Zhuque-2LandSpaceLaunch Area 96A
Friday, December 8, 2023 · 11:39 PM UTCAdd to Calendar

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Vehicle

Zhuque-2

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Zhuque-2 is a medium-sized rocket powered by liquid oxygen and methane capable of lifting 6,000 kg of payload into a 200 km low Earth orbit, or 4,000 kg of payload into a 500 km Sun-syn...

Height49.5 m
LEO Payload4,000 kg
Launches9
Successes6

Provider

LandSpace

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CHN • Founded 2015

LandSpace is a Chinese private space launch company based in Beijing. It was founded in 2015 by Tsinghua University alumni Zhang Changwu.

Mission Brief

First operational flight of LandSpace's Zhuque-2 rocket with 3 payloads: Tianyi-33 - 50 kg class satellite from TYSPACE & Hunan University of Science and Technology that tests various new technologies including a camera, new spacecraft thermal control, composite material for anti-radiation effects, high-output electric power supplies and payload control software using the Rust programming language; Honghu-1 & 2 - 50 kg class satellites for long term testing of Xenon & Krypton-based Hall-effect thrusters & Argon-based ion thrusters.

PayloadFlight 3
OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit
CustomerLandSpace
Stages2
PadLaunch Area 96A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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Launch Site

Launch Area 96A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

LAUNCH SITE
40.915°N, 100.245°E

Schedule History

No delays or schedule changes recorded.