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Launch Vehicles
Vehicle family profile

Zhuque 2

朱雀二号

Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.

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Variants
2
Canonical variants linked to this family.
Historical missions
8
Missions in the public mission table with actual launch dates.
Peak listed capacity
6,000 kg
Maximum payload capacity across listed variants and orbits.

Launch Cadence

Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.

YearHistorical missionsForecast launches
202210
202320
202410
202520
202621
202701
202801
202901
203001
203101
203201
203301
203401
203501
203601
203701
203801

Performance Specs

Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.

VariantOrbitCapacityAltitudeInclinationSource
Zhuque-2
LEO6,000 kg200 kmUnknownGunter Krebs / Skyrocket Zhuque-2 profile
Zhuque-2E
LEO6,000 kg200 kmUnknownLandSpace products page

Recent Missions

Latest launched missions using variants in this family.

MissionVariantLaunch
Qianfan DTC1/ZYD-02
Zhuque-2E
Jun 9, 2026
Dummy sat
Zhuque-2E
May 14, 2026
Launch 2025-F07
Zhuque-2E
Aug 15, 2025
Tianyi

Variants

Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.

VariantStagesMissionsStatus
Zhuque-2
Not stated3Active
Zhuque-2E
Not stated5Active
203901
204001
204101

Forecast Location Split

1 launch location represented.

YearLocationLaunchesConfidenceBasis
2026Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone130%Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
2027Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone130%Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
2028Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone130%Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
2029Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone130%Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
2030Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone130%Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
2031Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone130%Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
2032Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone130%Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
2033Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone130%Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
2034Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone130%Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
2035Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone130%Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
2036Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone130%Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
2037Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone130%Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
2038Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone130%Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
2039Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone130%Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
2040Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone130%Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
2041Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone130%Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.
Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2026 · 30% confidence
1

Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2027 · 30% confidence
1

Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2028 · 30% confidence
1

Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2029 · 30% confidence
1

Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2030 · 30% confidence
1

Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
Zhuque-2E
SSO
4,000 kg
500 km
Unknown
LandSpace Zhuque-2E launch report
Zhuque-2
SSO1,500 kg500 kmUnknownXinhua Zhuque-2 profile
Zhuque-2E
May 17, 2025
Guangchuan-01/02
Zhuque-2E
Nov 27, 2024
Hongqing-1/2/TY-33
Zhuque-2
Dec 8, 2023
Dummy payload
Zhuque-2
Jul 12, 2023
Launch 2022-F05
Zhuque-2
Dec 14, 2022

Forecasted Missions

Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.

MissionVariantAnnounced

No forecasted missions

No upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family.

Track
2031 · 30% confidence
1

Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2032 · 30% confidence
1

Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2033 · 30% confidence
1

Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2034 · 30% confidence
1

Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2035 · 30% confidence
1

Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2036 · 30% confidence
1

Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.

Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone
2037 · 30% confidence
1

Catalog-completeness placeholder for active Zhuque-2 family; not used by latest forecast capacity snapshot.

Mentions
147
All verified mentions of this launch vehicle family in source documents.
0.0-5.0
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Zhuque-2 will be capable of delivering a 4,000-kilogram payload to a 200-kilometer low Earth orbit and 2,000 kg to a 500-kilometer Sun-synchronous orbit using 80-ton and 10-ton methane engines.

CapabilityValue 5.0Aug 2, 2018Landspace of China to launch first rocket in Q4 2018

The Zhuque-2 (ZQ-2) has a liftoff mass of 216 metric tons and produces 268,000 kg of thrust.

Capability
Page8of8
Value 4.0
Jul 10, 2018
Commercial Chinese companies set sights on methalox rockets, first orbital launches

Landspace planned to complete ground testing of the Zhuque-2 (ZQ-2) in 2019 ahead of its 2020 debut.

PlanValue 4.0Jul 10, 2018Commercial Chinese companies set sights on methalox rockets, first orbital launches

Landspace is a Beijing-based commercial launch company developing a methane- and liquid-oxygen-powered rocket called Zhuque-2 (ZQ-2).

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jul 10, 2018Commercial Chinese companies set sights on methalox rockets, first orbital launches

The Zhuque-2 (ZQ-2) will have a payload capacity of 2,000 kg to a 500-kilometer Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO).

CapabilityValue 4.5Jul 10, 2018Commercial Chinese companies set sights on methalox rockets, first orbital launches

The Zhuque-2 (ZQ-2) will have a payload capacity of 4,000 kg to a 200-kilometer low Earth orbit (LEO).

CapabilityValue 4.8Jul 10, 2018Commercial Chinese companies set sights on methalox rockets, first orbital launches

The Zhuque-2 (ZQ-2) will use 80-ton and 10-ton methane engines.

CapabilityValue 4.3Jul 10, 2018Commercial Chinese companies set sights on methalox rockets, first orbital launches