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LAUNCH SITEJiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission
A pair of demonstration satellites for Direct-To-Cell (DTC) communications from Low Earth Orbit for SpaceSail and China Mobile: * SpaceSail DTC 01 * CMCC-02
- Launch vehicle
- Zhuque-2E Block 2
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Launch Area 96A
- Provider
- LandSpace
The vehicle
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Launch vehicle
Zhuque-2E Block 2
Zhuque-2E (E stands for “enhanced”) is a medium-sized rocket powered by liquid oxygen and methane capable of lifting 6,000 kg of payload into a 200 km low Earth orbit, or 4,000 kg of payload into a 500 km Sun-synchronous orbit. It differs from the baseline Zhuque-2 in using enhanced TQ-12A engines on the 1st stage with higher thrust and specific impulse than the original TQ-12, and a new TQ-15A engine on the 2nd stage that has a moveable nozzle. The Block 2 variant lengthens the 1st stage with more propellant load and a lighter structure, plus engines with still more increased thrust to reach the capabilities listed above.
- Height
- 55.9 m
- Diameter
- 3.35 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 2
- First flight
- 2026-05-14
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Launch site & orbit
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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