LandSpace’s Zhuque-2E Y5 carried an inert test payload of about 2,800 kilograms instead of operational satellites.
The Zhuque-2E Y5 test payload demonstrated the vehicle’s ability to place a payload into a near-polar orbit at 900 kilometers.
LandSpace loaded an approximately 2,800-kilogram inert customized test payload on Zhuque-2E for the flight.
The test payload was used to demonstrate delivery of a payload into a 900-kilometer near-polar orbit.
JAXA plans to return H3 to flight in June on a test flight of a new configuration that will also test payload separation system changes.
China successfully deployed a satellite internet technology test payload on Saturday, April 11.
H3's return launch will carry a test payload and two smallsats.
The Rocket 3.3 on 2021-08-28 carried a test payload designed to monitor the loads and vibrations a satellite would experience.
Under a Defense Innovation Unit contract, Astra Space plans to launch a test payload for the U.S. Space Force on its next attempt to reach orbit in August.
Two subsequent Falcon 1 launches failed before the fourth Falcon 1 reached orbit in September 2008 carrying a test payload.
The first flight of the Long March 5B, a Low Earth Orbit variant of Long March 5 developed for LEO missions, will occur in 2020 with a test payload of an uncrewed test of a new generation crewed spacecraft capable of journeys to deep space.