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Mass Simulator
Zhuque-2E Block 2, flown by LandSpace
Launches / Zhuque-2E Block 2
Zhuque-2E Block 2, flown by LandSpace
This was LandSpace's first launch of 2026, and its ninth in all.
Counting every operator, it was the 110th orbital launch attempt anywhere in 2026, and the first from Launch Area 96A.
LandSpace
2.8 tonnes Mass Simulator launched to a 900 km polar orbit on a test flight proving further upgrades to the ZQ-2E, including a longer 1st stage and engine upgrades.
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.
LandSpace
LandSpace is a Chinese private space launch company based in Beijing. It was founded in 2015 by Tsinghua University alumni Zhang Changwu.
11 launches so far, 8 of them successful. The last 4 in a row went to plan.
It went up from Launch Area 96A at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China.
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