LandSpace Zhuque-2 Maiden Flight

Name: LandSpace Zhuque-2 Maiden Flight
Start: 2022-12-14T08:30:25.000Z
Location: Launch Area 96A

Zhuque-2

Status

Failure

Date

14 DEC 2022

08:30

Launch Provider

LandSpace

Launch Pad

Launch Area 96A

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Mission Overview

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

Rocket

Zhuque-2

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Low Earth Orbit

Stages

Livestream

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Rocket Details

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.

Height

49.5 m

Diameter

3.35 m

Launch Mass

229 T

Thrust

2,680 kN