Zhuque-2

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LandSpace (LS)

Dec. 14, 2022

Description

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.

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
  • Variant
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Zhuque-2
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    4000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    1500.0 kg

LandSpace

Commercial
Founder: Zhang Changwu
LS 2015

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

Zhuque-2 | Flight 3

LandSpace | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 8, 2023, 11:39 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

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.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Zhuque-2 | Flight 2

LandSpace | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
July 12, 2023, 1 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Second test flight of LandSpace's Zhuque-2 rocket with a dummy payload. This launch was the first successful use of methane/liquid oxygen-powered rocket engines for transportation to Earth orbit and beyond.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit
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Zhuque-2 | Maiden Flight

LandSpace | China
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dec. 14, 2022, 8:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Failure
Mission:

First flight of the new methalox rocket developed by Chinese startup LandSpace.

Low Earth Orbit
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