蓝箭航天空间科技股份有限公司
LandSpace, officially LandSpace Technology Corporation, is a Chinese commercial space launch provider established in 2015 and headquartered in Beijing. As a private enterprise, LandSpace focuses on developing and operating launch vehicles, particularly those using liquid oxygen-methane propellants. Its Zhuque-2 rocket achieved a significant milestone in July 2023 by becoming the world's first methane-fueled launch vehicle to reach orbit. LandSpace aims to provide cost-effective and reliable space transportation services, contributing to the growing commercial space sector in China.
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Landspace’s first launch used the solid-propellant Zhuque-1 in October 2018 and that mission ended in failure.
Landspace’s Zhuque-2 is powered by gas-generator engines producing 268,000 kg of thrust.
Landspace established a $1,500,000,000 medium and large-scale liquid rocket assembly and test plant in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province.
Landspace tested a restartable version of the 80-ton-thrust TQ-12 engine which powers the Zhuque-2 first stage.
Landspace is developing an improved second-stage engine that will not require vernier engines, and that upgraded engine will not be present on the second Zhuque-2.
Commercial company Landspace delivered its second Zhuque-2 methalox rocket to Jiuquan in May 2023.
Landspace is preparing for the second launch of its Zhuque-2 methalox rocket after the vehicle failed to reach orbit on its debut flight in December 2022.
Landspace completed final assembly of its second Zhuque-2 methalox rocket on 2023-03-31.
Landspace completed final assembly of its second Zhuque-2 methalox rocket on 2023-03-31 following the failure of the first Zhuque-2 in 2022-12-01.
Landspace’s Zhuque-2, a privately developed Chinese methane-fueled rocket, launched in December but failed to reach orbit.
Expace, Landspace, iSpace, Galactic Energy, Space Pioneer, Deep Blue Aerospace, Orienspace, and Rocket Pi are all seeking to reach orbit 2023 or next.
Landspace was assembling and testing a second Zhuque-2 and planned the third Zhuque-2 to use an upgraded Tianque engine without vernier engines.
The Zhuque-2 rocket developed by Chinese private launch company Landspace malfunctioned on its inaugural launch on 2022-12-14 while attempting to become the first methane-fueled rocket to reach orbit.
Private firm Landspace attempted to launch the methane-fueled Zhuque-2 rocket to orbit from Jiuquan on 2022-12-14 and the attempt failed.
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.
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.