NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Flight 2

Launch Time
Wed Jul 12, 2023 01:00 UTC

Rocket

ZhuQue-2
Image Credit: LandSpace
Landspace
Status: Active
Liftoff Thrust: 2,636 kN
Payload to LEO: 4,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 0 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 49.5 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.35 m
Fairing Height: 5.0 m

Mission Details

Flight 2

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.

Payloads: 1
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

Site 96, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China

Stats

2023

103rd orbital launch attempt

Blue Arrow Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd.

3rd mission
1st mission of 2023
1st successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission

ZhuQue 2

2nd mission
1st mission of 2023
1st successful mission
1st consecutive successful mission