朱雀一号
Family-level launch record combining canonical variants, historical missions, public cadence forecasts, and available payload performance specs.
Historical missions are grouped by actual launch year. Forecast cadence uses family-level launch-rate rows.
| Year | Historical missions | Forecast launches |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 |
Payload capacity by variant and target orbit when structured capacity rows are available.
| Variant | Orbit | Capacity | Altitude | Inclination | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No performance specsNo structured payload capacity rows are linked to this vehicle family. | |||||
Latest launched missions using variants in this family.
| Mission | Variant | Launch |
|---|---|---|
| Launch 2018-F02 | Zhuque-1 | Oct 27, 2018 |
Upcoming mission rows with announced launch timing.
| Mission | Variant | Announced |
|---|---|---|
No forecasted missionsNo upcoming announced mission rows are linked to this vehicle family. | ||
Canonical variants rolled up into this launch vehicle family.
| Variant | Stages | Missions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Zhuque-1 | Not stated | 1 | Retired |
Landspace developed its first Zhuque-1 rocket within three years after its founding in June 2015, but its first launch attempt failed in October 2018.
Landspace initially developed the solid rocket Zhuque-1, which failed to reach orbit on its sole flight.
Landspace’s first launch used the solid-propellant Zhuque-1 in October 2018 and that mission ended in failure.
Landspace discontinued plans to operate the Zhuque-1 solid rocket after its single launch and failure in 2018.
Landspace’s sole previous launch was the light-lift Zhuque-1 solid rocket in October 2018, which failed to reach orbital velocity due to a third-stage issue.
Zhuque-1, a 19-meter-tall, 1.3-meter-diameter, 27-metric-ton light-lift solid rocket from Landspace, failed to reach orbit in its only flight in October 2018.
LandSpace previously signed a contract with Gomspace of Denmark to provide launch service with a launch vehicle named LS-1, a project that was canceled and replaced by the Zhuque-1 rocket.
OneSpace’s OS-M launch failure on 2019-03-27 was the second failure by a Chinese commercial launch company seeking to reach orbit, following the Zhuque-1 launch by Landspace Technology Corp. in October.
Landspace made the first private Chinese attempt to reach orbit last October with the Zhuque-1 solid rocket, but the launch failed when the Zhuque-1 suffered an issue with its third stage and the payload for China Central Television fell into the Indian Ocean.
Landspace made the first private Chinese attempt to reach orbit in October 2018 with its Zhuque-1 solid rocket, which failed due to a third-stage issue.
A Chinese contractor providing crucial technology for Landspace’s original solid-propellant rocket ended cooperation with Landspace, prompting the company to develop Zhuque-1.
Landspace suffered a third-stage issue on its Zhuque-1 solid launch vehicle that resulted in the spacecraft failing to achieve orbit on 2018-10-27.
Zhuque-1 lifted off from a mobile platform at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 4 a.m. Eastern (4 p.m. local time) on 2018-10-27.
Landspace will launch its Zhuque-1 three-stage solid-propellant rocket near the end of October after announcing the plan on 2018-10-01.
Zhuque-1 can carry 200 kg to a 500-kilometer Sun-synchronous orbit and 300 kg to a 300-kilometer low Earth orbit.
Beijing-based Landspace completed assembly of its Zhuque-1 (Vermillion Bird-1) solid-fueled launch vehicle.
A successful launch of Landspace’s Zhuque-1 early in the final quarter of 2018 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center would make it the first private Chinese rocket to reach orbit.
Landspace completed assembly and testing of the Zhuque-1 launch vehicle at its Xi’an facility in late August 2018.
The Zhuque-1 is 19 m tall, 1.35 m in diameter, has a takeoff mass of 27 metric tons, and produces 45,000 kg of thrust.
The Zhuque-1 is able to carry 200 kg to a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit and 300 kg to a 300-kilometer low Earth orbit.