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Zhuque-2 | Flight 3

Flight 3

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 8 Dec 2023, 11:39 pm UTC

Rocket: Zhuque-2 (Zhuque)

Provider: LandSpace

Mission

Type: Technology

Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Pad: Launch Area 96A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Mission Description

First operational flight of LandSpace's Zhuque-2 rocket with 3 payloads: Tianyi-33 - 50 kg class satellite from TYSPACE & Hunan University of Science and Technology that tests various new technologies including a camera, new spacecraft thermal control, composite material for anti-radiation effects, high-output electric power supplies and payload control software using the Rust programming language; Honghu-1 & 2 - 50 kg class satellites for long term testing of Xenon & Krypton-based Hall-effect thrusters & Argon-based ion thrusters.