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Domestic competitor Landspace is developing a methalox launch vehicle named Zhuque-2 with an inaugural launch set for 2021.
Landspace completed three gimbaling hot fire tests of the SkyLark (Tianque-12) 80-ton-thrust cryogenic methane/liquid oxygen rocket engine in early to 2020-05-15.
Landspace entered a joint compatibility test phase for ZQ-2 ahead of a first launch planned for late 2020 or early 2021.
Landspace recently raised $71,000,000 in funding for its Zhuque-2 launch vehicle.
Landspace raised $71,000,000 in a series C funding round to be used for development of a new launch vehicle.
Landspace signed a contract with Spacety for Zhuque-2 launch services in late 2019.
Landspace performed a successful 100-second hot fire test of the TQ-12 80-ton thrust engine for Zhuque-2’s first stage during the summer of 2019.
Landspace performed a full-system hot fire test of the TQ-11 10-ton thrust engine for Zhuque-2’s second stage on 2019-11-30.
If successful, an orbital flight by iSpace’s Hyperbola-1 would be the first Chinese private rocket to achieve orbit, following failures by Landspace in 2018 and OneSpace on 2019-03-27.
LandSpace expects the Zhuque-2 to be the first Chinese rocket powered by methalox propellant and to conduct a test flight expected in 2020 with the third-highest thrust level among commercial aerospace companies globally.
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 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 stated at the 2018 International Astronautical Congress that it plans to develop medium-lift launchers powered by liquid methane and liquid oxygen propellant.
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.
Landspace’s Tianque engine test took place at the company’s intelligent manufacture base in Huzhou.
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 planned to launch Zhuque-1 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in October 2018 carrying a small remote sensing satellite for China Central Television (CCTV) into sun-synchronous orbit.
Landspace completed assembly and testing of the Zhuque-1 launch vehicle at its Xi’an facility in late August 2018.
Landspace plans to debut larger methalox rockets in 2020 and beyond while aiming to launch its three-stage Zhuque-1 (ZQ-1) solid-fueled rocket in the fourth quarter of 2018.