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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.
LandSpace Technology Corporation was founded in 2015 and has attracted around $75,000,000 in funding from China Growth Capital, Goldwind, PGA Venture Partners, and others.
LandSpace will use the TQ-12 engine for its Zhuque-2 (Vermillion Bird-2) medium-lift launch vehicle.
LandSpace reached agreements with UK-based Open Cosmos and Italy-based D-Orbit related to launch services involving the Zhuque-2 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 intends Zhuque-2 to be the first Chinese rocket powered by methalox propellant and expects its test flight in 2020.
Landspace performed a successful test of the power pack for the Tianque-12 (TQ-12) 80-ton-thrust liquid-methane/liquid-oxygen rocket engine at a facility in Huzhou on 2019-03-25.
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 is developing a liquid methane-liquid oxygen launcher named Zhuque-2 (Vermillion Bird-2) at a site in Huzhou, Zhejiang province.
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.
Landspace tested gas generators and combustion chambers for the Tianque-12 80-ton-thrust liquid methane/liquid oxygen engine intended to power the two-stage Zhuque-2.
Landspace planned larger three-stage Zhuque-2 series rockets with variable-thrust engines intended to enable vertical landings and reuse of first stages and to carry up to 32,000 kg to 200-kilometer low Earth orbit.
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.
Landspace had previously planned to launch a different vehicle named LS-1 and signed a 2017 contract with Nordic company GOMspace to offer rideshare opportunities from Wenchang launch center.
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 stated at the 2018 International Astronautical Congress that it plans to develop medium-lift launchers powered by liquid methane and liquid oxygen propellant.
Landspace will launch its Zhuque-1 three-stage solid-propellant rocket near the end of October after announcing the plan on 2018-10-01.
Landspace operates three sites including an intelligent manufacture base in Huzhou and research and development sites in Beijing and Xi’an.
Landspace’s Tianque engine test took place at the company’s intelligent manufacture base in Huzhou.
Landspace plans to test the full Tianque system at its own facilities 2018.