Zhuque-2 | Flight 3
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
Dec. 8, 2023, 11:31 p.m. - Dec. 9, 2023, 12:53 a.m.
Dec. 8, 2023, 11:31 p.m. - Dec. 9, 2023, 12:53 a.m.
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.
Launch success.
Delayed to December 8 UTC per new NOTAMs.
Go for launch per NOTAMs.
NET December 6 UTC.
Added launch.
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-synchronous orbit.
See DetailsLandSpace is a Chinese private space launch company based in Beijing. It was founded in 2015 by Tsinghua University alumni Zhang Changwu.
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