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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
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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

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.

Previous Flights

flew on three previous launch(es).

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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