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Flight 3

Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Technology

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Launch Area 96A Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 9, 2023, 12:14 a.m.

Launch success.

Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 6, 2023, 9:57 a.m.

Delayed to December 8 UTC per new NOTAMs.

Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 4, 2023, 3:32 a.m.

Go for launch per NOTAMs.

Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 25, 2023, 12:16 p.m.

NET December 6 UTC.

Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 22, 2023, 4:57 a.m.

Added launch.

Zhuque-2

Family:
Configuration:

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.

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Specifications

Stages
2
Length
49.5 m
Diameter
3.35 m
Fairing Diameter
3.35 m
Launch Mass
229.0 T
Thrust
2680.0 kN

Family

Name
Zhuque-2
Family
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Variant
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Alias
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Full Name
Zhuque-2

Payload Capacity

Launch Cost
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Low Earth Orbit
4000.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
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Direct Geostationary
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Sun-Synchronous Capacity
1500.0 kg

LandSpace

(LS)

Founder: Zhang Changwu Founded: 2015 Successes: 5 Failures: 3 Pending: 1

Agency Type:

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

WIKI

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Launch Area 96A

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