Zhuque-2
In-activeLandSpace (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
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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
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Name
Zhuque-2 -
Family
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Variant
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Alias
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Full Name
Zhuque-2
Payload Capacity
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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 2015LandSpace 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 | ChinaJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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
Zhuque-2 | Flight 2
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