Zhuque 2

Landspace tested a restartable version of the 80-ton-thrust TQ-12 engine that powers the Zhuque-2 first stage in recent months prior to the 2022-12-14 launch.

Landspace is developing an improved second-stage engine for Zhuque-2 that will not require vernier engines.

The Zhuque-2 2022-12-14 flight used an expendable configuration while Landspace is developing reusable versions of Zhuque-2.

Landspace states that Zhuque-2 is powered by gas-generator cycle engines and can deliver 6,000 kg to a 200-kilometer low Earth orbit or 4,000 kg to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.

Zhuque-2 has a diameter of 3.35 m, a total length of 49.5 m, a take-off mass of 219,000 kg, and produces 268,000 kg of thrust.

Landspace was working on a second flight model of Zhuque-2 as of November 2022.

Landspace's Zhuque-2 launch failed to reach orbit on 2022-12-14.

Zhuque-2 is capable of delivering a 6,000-kilogram payload to a 200-kilometer low Earth orbit.

The Zhuque-2 launch attempt is expected to take place at newly-built launch facilities at the national Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert.

Zhuque-2 is capable of delivering a 4,000-kilogram payload to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.

Landspace was assembling a second Zhuque-2 at its base in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province as of late November 2022.

Landspace tested a restartable version of the 80-ton-thrust TQ-12 engine in recent months as part of work toward making Zhuque-2 reusable.

Landspace first unveiled the Zhuque-2 project at the 2018 International Astronautical Congress.

Zhuque-2 has a diameter of 3.35 m, a total length of 49.5 m, a take-off mass of 219,000 kg, and produces 268,000 kg of thrust.

China’s first methalox rocket, Zhuque-2 developed by private firm Landspace, is expected to launch from Jiuquan in the near future.

Landspace successfully tested an upgraded Tianque-12 methane-liquid oxygen engine intended to make the first stage of its Zhuque-2 rocket reusable.

Landspace is preparing to launch the Zhuque-2 methane and liquid oxygen rocket from the Jiuquan spaceport.

Zhuque-2 will be capable of delivering a 6,000-kilogram payload to a 200-kilometer low Earth orbit and 4,000 kg to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.