China Commercial Rocket Launch: ZhuQue-2 Successfully Launches 3 Satellites

China Commercial Rocket Launch: ZhuQue-2 Successfully Launches 3 Satellites

LandSpace’s ZhuQue-2 launch vehicle (朱雀二, ZQ-2, 朱雀二号遥三, ZhuQue-2 Y3) launched three satellites, Honghu (鸿鹄卫星), Honghu-2 (鸿鹄二号卫星) and Tianyi-33 (天仪33卫星,TY-33), from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Gansu Province, China, on Dec. 8, 2023, at 23:39 UTC (Dec. 9, at 07:39 local time). LandSpace Technology Corporation (蓝箭, Blue Arrow) is a private company located in Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China. ZhuQue-2 is powered by four 80-tons thrust TQ-12 (天鹊, Tianque) liquid oxygen and liquid methane (LOX+LCH4) rocket engines. 

Note: Passive thermal control tiles are discarded upon liftoff (normal procedure). 

Credit: China Central Television (CCTV) / LandSpace / SPACETY

Acknowledgement: SciNews

Duration: 2 minutes, 44 seconds

Capture Date: Dec. 9, 2023

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