Mass Simulator

Overview

Destination: Polar Orbit
Mission: Test Flight

Polar Orbit Launch Area 96A Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

2.8 tonnes Mass Simulator launched to a 900 km polar orbit on a test flight proving further upgrades to the ZQ-2E, including a longer 1st stage and engine upgrades.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • May 14, 2026, 4 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • May 12, 2026, 3:34 a.m.

Delayed to May 14 per new NOTAMs.


Cosmic_Penguin • May 7, 2026, 2:17 p.m.

Rescheduled for May 13 per new NOTAMs.


Cosmic_Penguin • March 19, 2026, 5:25 a.m.

Apparently scrubbed for the day.


Cosmic_Penguin • March 17, 2026, 4:13 a.m.

Added launch per NOTAMs; Launch vehicle and payload identities uncertain. (see also https://x.com/raz_liu/status/2033756082590658783)


Zhuque-2E Block 2

Family:
Configuration: 2E Block 2

Zhuque-2E (E stands for “enhanced”) 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. It differs from the baseline Zhuque-2 in using enhanced TQ-12A engines on the 1st stage with higher thrust and specific impulse than the original TQ-12, and a new TQ-15A engine on the 2nd stage that has a moveable nozzle. The Block 2 variant lengthens the 1st stage with more propellant load and a lighter structure, plus engines with still more increased thrust to reach the capabilities listed above.

See Details
Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    55.9 m
  • Diameter
    3.35 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    4.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    267.0 T
  • Thrust
    3312.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Zhuque-2E Block 2
  • Family
  • Variant
    2E Block 2
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Zhuque-2E Block 2
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    6000.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    4000.0 kg

LandSpace

LandSpace

(LS)

Founder: Zhang Changwu Founded: 2015 Successes: 7 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.

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