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Zhuque-2 | Flight 3 launched on Fri, Dec 8, 2023, 11:39 PM UTC — a LandSpace mission.
NET Fri, Dec 8, 2023, 11:39 PM UTC
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Mission profile
Flight simulation
A representative gravity-turn climb for Zhuque-2 to Sun-Synchronous Orbit. Illustrative model — not this mission’s live telemetry.
SimulatedRepresentative Zhuque-2 ascent profile — illustrative model, not this mission’s live telemetry.
The mission
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.
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Good to know
Zhuque-2 | Flight 3 is scheduled to lift off Fri, Dec 8, 2023, 11:39 PM UTC.
Watch the official live webcast embedded on this page — it goes live shortly before liftoff.
Zhuque-2 | Flight 3 is an LandSpace mission flying on a Zhuque-2.
It lifts off from Launch Area 96A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.