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Zhuque-2 / Zhuque-2E
Two-stage methane-liquid oxygen medium-lift rocket; the first methalox launch vehicle in the world to reach orbit. The stretched Zhuque-2E variant adds payload performance for commercial missions.
LandSpaceZhuque-3
In Development
Two-stage, stainless-steel, methane-liquid oxygen rocket with a reusable first stage; LandSpace's Falcon 9-class vehicle aimed at low-cost, high-cadence launch. An enhanced Zhuque-3E variant is in development.
Latest update Sep 11, 2026
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Current status
Maiden flight on December 3, 2025 placed its payload in orbit, but abnormal combustion during descent prevented booster recovery. The second orbital flight on August 18, 2026 delivered the demo Honghu-03 satellite and landed the first stage on legs at the Minqin County pad ~390 km downrange - China's first private orbital-class booster landing and the third such landing worldwide after SpaceX and Blue Origin. A post-touchdown propellant fire then damaged the landing-gear area and collapsed the stainless-steel stage. LandSpace says it still aims to refurbish and refly a recovered stage within about six months (around February 2027), with reflying undamaged components (engines, grid fins) as a fallback if the stage itself cannot be repaired in time. No third-flight date has been confirmed. LandSpace also expects to fly AVIC's Haolong cargo spaceplane to Tiangong on a Zhuque-3 sometime in 2026, without a confirmed date.
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Specifications9
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Upcoming milestones4
Announced next steps from LandSpace that mention Zhuque-3.
2026
First Haolong cargo-spaceplane resupply mission to Tiangong
Target2026 (no confirmed date)
Launch AVIC/Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute's reusable Haolong cargo spaceplane to the Tiangong space station on a Zhuque-3, one of two low-cost-cargo concepts China Manned Space Engineering Office selected in October 2024 (the other pairs CAS Space with a Microsat spacecraft). LandSpace has said it expects to begin Tiangong cargo missions in 2026, but no specific launch date has been officially announced as of September 20, 2026. The company newsroom's latest items remain the September 15 Zhuque-2E Y7 Qianfan flight and the August 19 Zhuque-3 landing recap, with no new Haolong schedule.
2026-2027
Complete STAR Market IPO
Convert the Shanghai STAR Market filing into a completed public listing, raising roughly 7.5 billion yuan. LandSpace refiled an updated prospectus on June 29, 2026, returning the review to 'inquiry' status, projecting profitability by 2029 for the first time, and disclosing full-year 2025 results (52.10 million yuan revenue, a 1.71 billion yuan net loss, and an accumulated deficit near 4.84 billion yuan). The share-issuance terms imply a listing valuation near 75 billion yuan (~$10.4B), well above the 20.7 billion yuan (~$2.9B) private valuation set in an April 2025 capital increase. Payload reported on September 4, 2026 that LandSpace is the farthest along of China's commercial rocket firms in the STAR Market queue after the August 18 Zhuque-3 landing, still racing CAS Space to become China's first publicly listed commercial-space company, with proceeds funding Zhuque-3 production and reusability work. No listing date has been set.
2026-2027
Scale Zhuque-2E commercial cadence
Sustain the Zhuque-2E launch tempo after Y7 on September 15, 2026 placed 10 Qianfan Polar Orbit Group 19 satellites into a roughly 900 km orbit - the ninth Zhuque-2-family flight and the first large-scale satellite-internet constellation deployment by a Chinese private rocket, ending a three-month gap after Y6 (June 9). LandSpace said Zhuque-2E is now in regular commercial service for constellation work while Zhuque-3 engineering reuse verification continues. As of September 20, 2026 the company newsroom still lists Y7 as the latest launch, with no Y8 or later Qianfan/Guowang batch announced.
Feb 2027
Scale to engineering-grade Zhuque-3 booster reuse
Move from having verified booster-recovery technology on Zhuque-3's second flight (a successful August 18, 2026 landing, though a post-touchdown propellant fire damaged the landing-gear area and the recovered stage toppled several hours after landing) to engineering-scale reuse verification - refurbishing and reflying a recovered first stage - as LandSpace works toward routine reusability needed to hit its 2029 profitability target. The company says it aims to refly a recovered booster within about six months of the landing, pointing to around February 2027 rather than the fourth-quarter-2026 target floated immediately after touchdown; given the fire and toppling damage, officials have acknowledged full-stage reflight may require lengthy repair, and that reflying undamaged components (engines, grid fins) to prove multi-use capability is a fallback path if the stage itself cannot be repaired in time. No specific reflight date has been confirmed.
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In the news6
LandSpace's landed Zhuque-3 booster collapses after post-touchdown fire
Days after LandSpace's Zhuque-3 became the first privately built Chinese orbital-class booster to land on legs, residual methane and liquid oxygen ignited near its base on the recovery pad, burning the landing-gear area until the stainless-steel stage toppled over. LandSpace says the landing itself still counts as a successful proof of its recovery technology and it aims to refurbish and refly a recovered stage within months, targeting a first Zhuque-3 reflight around Q4 2026.
LandSpace lands Zhuque-3 booster, a first for private China
LandSpace's Zhuque-3 launched its second orbital mission on August 18 from the Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone at Jiuquan and successfully landed its first stage on legs, China's first-ever recovery of a private orbital-class rocket booster and the country's first successful booster landing on land. The mission arrived well ahead of the no-earlier-than August 31 estimate set after an August 10 postponement, and LandSpace says it now moves from recovery-technology verification to engineering-scale reuse.
LandSpace postpones Zhuque-3 booster catch after rocket blast
LandSpace's planned August 10-11 second launch and first-stage catch attempt of its reusable Zhuque-3 rocket was postponed following the explosion of an unrelated CASC Long March 7A rocket at the Wenchang Space Launch Site on August 10. Launch trackers now list a new no-earlier-than target of August 31, 2026 from the Dongfeng pad at Jiuquan; neither LandSpace nor Chinese state media has given an official cause for the postponement or a confirmed new date.
LandSpace targets August 10 for Zhuque-3 booster catch
LandSpace is targeting August 10 for its second orbital launch and first-stage catch attempt of the reusable Zhuque-3 rocket, with liftoff and landing planned for around 7:45 p.m. EDT (early morning August 11 in Beijing) from the Dongfeng pad at Jiuquan. The company's first Zhuque-3 flight in December 2025 reached orbit, but the booster exploded during its final descent toward the pad; this attempt follows a June 29 nine-engine static fire and would be China's fourth attempt at recovering an orbital booster, after the Long March 10B's successful landing on July 10.
LandSpace fires nine-engine Zhuque-3 stage ahead of debut
LandSpace completed a full-duration static fire of its reusable Zhuque-3 Y2 first stage on June 29 at the Dongfeng commercial pad at Jiuquan. The stage's nine Tianque-12A methalox engines ignited in sequence and fired for about 45 seconds with gimbal-control testing, producing roughly 7,542 kN of thrust. The company said both rocket and launch-site systems performed normally and that it will now proceed toward the maiden orbital flight of the Falcon 9-class vehicle.
LandSpace Zhuque-2E completes 8th mission with SpaceSail payload
LandSpace's Zhuque-2E Y6 rocket lifted off from the Dongfeng Aerospace Innovation Pilot Zone on June 9, successfully delivering the SpaceSail DTC 01 and China Mobile 02 satellites to their designated orbits - the eighth successful mission for the Zhuque-2 methane rocket family. The flight extends LandSpace's commercial launch cadence as China's leading private methalox operator while the company pursues its STAR Market IPO and works toward full first-stage recovery on the larger Zhuque-3.
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