Zhuque 3 Family rocket variant.
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Landspace performed a 10-kilometer-altitude vertical liftoff and vertical landing test at Jiuquan spaceport in September for the larger stainless steel Zhuque-3 launcher.
LandSpace’s full-flow staged-combustion engine may also support an upgraded variant of the partially reusable Zhuque-3.
LandSpace's Chief Executive Officer Zhang Changwu previously indicated that Zhuque-3 was initially hoped to fly in September 2023 or November 2023.
Zhuque-3 demonstrated effective thermal protection and structural integrity.
Because the Zhuque-3 booster did not land, it will be shipped to the factory in many pieces.
Recovery teams would have shipped the Zhuque-3 booster to LandSpace’s factory in Wuxi in one piece had it successfully landed.
The first stage of ZhuQue-3 is equipped with nine TianQue-12A LOX–methane engines.
Fraunhofer FHR used its space-surveillance radar TIRA to capture a radar image of the ZhuQue-3 upper stage.
When flown, the Long March 12B will become China’s third reusable launch solution following LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 and the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology’s Long March 12A in December 2025.
Landspace is developing the Zhuque-3 methalox reusable rocket with a payload capacity up to 21,000 kg to LEO and a first flight planned for 2025.
Landspace unveiled plans to develop a reusable stainless steel rocket named Zhuque-3 (Vermillion Bird 3).
Landspace plans a 100-meter-level hop test for Zhuque-3 near the end of 2023.
Landspace’s Zhuque-3 is a methalox reusable launcher with a payload capacity up to 21,000 kg to LEO and a first flight planned for 2025.
Landspace aims to launch three Zhuque-2 methalox rockets in 2024 and to conduct further hop tests for the stainless steel Zhuque-3.
Landspace plans to potentially launch the Haolong reusable cargo spacecraft on Zhuque-3 in 2026 as part of a low-cost cargo scheme promoted by China's human spaceflight agency.
Landspace is developing the methane-liquid oxygen Zhuque-2 and a planned stainless steel Zhuque-3 reusable launchers.
Landspace’s Zhuque-3 is a methalox reusable rocket with a payload capacity up to 21,000 kg to low Earth orbit and its first flight is planned for 2025.
Landspace’s Zhuque-3 has a stated payload capacity up to 21,000 kg to low Earth orbit and a first flight planned for 2025.
Landspace’s Zhuque-3 is a methalox launcher with a payload capacity up to 21,000 kg to low Earth orbit and a first flight planned for 2025.
Landspace’s Zhuque-3 is a methalox rocket with up to 21,000 kg payload capacity to LEO and a first flight planned for 2025.