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Zhuque-3
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission
First test launch of LandSpace’s ZQ-3 rocket, with a dummy payload. The rocket’s 1st stage attempted to land on a landing pad about 300 km downrange of the launch site.
- Launch vehicle
- Zhuque-3
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Area 96B
- Provider
- LandSpace
- Recovery
- Vertical Landing, The Zhuque-3 first stage booster executed its re-entry burn normally, but the landing burn was abnormal and the booster crashed next to its downrange landing pad on its landing attempt. +1
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Zhuque-3
Zhuque-3 (ZQ-3) is a reusable orbital launch vehicle developed by Chinese private company LandSpace. The rocket is built using stainless steel and shares the same series of gas generator cycle methane/liquid oxygen powered rocket engines as in the currently active ZQ-2E rocket. The first stage uses 9 TQ-12 engines (initially the TQ-12A, then upgraded TQ-12B) while the second stage uses 1 TQ-15 engine (TQ-15A, then TQ-15B). On launch missions where the first stage is recovered, it will land on a down-range landing pad located in Minqin County, Gansu Province.
- Height
- 76.6 m
- Diameter
- 4.5 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 1
- First flight
- 2025-12-03
Core
ZQ-3 F1
Flight 1NewLanding failed
- Recovery
- Zhuque-3 Landing Site
- Landing method
- Vertical Landing
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Launch site & orbit
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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