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=== Zhuque-3 ===
'''Zhuque-3''' ('''ZQ-3''') is an under-development, two-stage, medium-to-heavy launch vehicle made of stainless steel and powered by liquid methane fuel. The reusable first stage, equipped with nine [[Tianque-12|Tianque-12B]] engines, is designed to be recoverable and reusable for up to twenty launches. The rocket will be 76.6 meters long, 4.5 meters in diameter, and have a liftoff weight of approximately 660 tonnes. Its planned payload capacity to low Earth orbit is about 21 tonnes in expendable mode, 18.3 tonnes when the first stage is recovered downrange, and 12.5 tonnes when the first stage returns to the launch site. The maiden flight of the rocket is planned for 2025,
On 19 January 2024, Landspace conducted a successful vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) test using the Zhuque-3 VTVL-1 test vehicle at [[Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center|Jiuquan]]. The test stage, powered by a single Tianque-12 engine, flew for approximately 60 seconds and reached a height of about 350 meters. Landspace reported a landing accuracy of about 2.4 meters and a touchdown speed of approximately 0.75 meters per second.<ref name="sn-20240119">{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Andrew|title=China's Landspace conducts first VTVL test for reusable stainless steel rocket |url=https://spacenews.com/chinas-landspace-conducts-first-vtvl-test-for-reusable-stainless-steel-rocket/ |access-date=20 January 2024|website=spacenews.com |date=19 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Additionally, the company had previously announced plans to develop a 200-tonne class full-flow staged combustion engine [[BF-20]], which is expected to be ready by 2028 for a future version of Zhuque-3.<ref name="sn-20231209" />
On 11 September 2024, the Zhuque-3 VTVL-1 test stage completed another successful vertical-takeoff-vertical-landing test at its Jinquan launch complex. The test flight lasted about 200 seconds and achieved a maximum height in excess of 10 kilometres. The flight also featured a mid-air engine cutoff test at about 113 seconds after liftoff and an engine reignition test about 40 seconds later when the test stage was at a height of about 4,640 metres; this engine cutoff and reignition sequence during a VTVL attempt represented a first for any Chinese rocket manufacturing entities. During the period when its engine was not in active operation, the test stage employed a cold gas attitude control reaction system in addition to four grid fins to control its gliding descent. The test stage completed its landing sequence at a concrete pad located about 3.2 kilometres away from its launch point; the precise landing spot was 1.7 metres away from the nominal center of the landing pad.<ref name="sn-20240911">{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Andrew|title=Landspace completes 10-kilometer reusable rocket test, eyes 2025 orbital launch |url=https://spacenews.com/landspace-completes-10-kilometer-reusable-rocket-test-eyes-2025-orbital-launch/ |access-date=11 September 2024|website=spacenews.com |date=11 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
== Launches ==
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=== Zhuque-1 launches ===
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=== Zhuque-2 launches ===
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|[[Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center|Jiuquan]], Site 96
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|Failed to reach orbit due to failure of vernier thrusters on second stage. Nevertheless, it's the first methane fueled rocket to reach space.<ref name="aj-20221214">{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Andrew |date=14 December 2022 |title=Historic first launch of Chinese private methane-fueled rocket ends in failure|work=[[SpaceNews]] |url=https://spacenews.com/historic-first-launch-of-chinese-private-methane-fueled-rocket-ends-in-failure/ |access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref>
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|Zhuque-2
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|12 July 2023,<br />01:00 UTC
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|[[Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center|Jiuquan]], Site 96
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|First methane fueled launch vehicle to reach orbit.<ref name="Beil" />
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|8 December 2023,<br />23:39 UTC
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|[[Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center|Jiuquan]], Site 96
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|First methane fueled launch vehicle to launch payloads into orbit.<ref name="sn-20231209" />
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=== Zhuque-3 launches ===
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! Rocket & serial
! Flight number
! Date
! Payload
! Orbit
! Launch site
! Outcome
! Notes
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| Zhuque-3
| Demo flight
| data-sort-value="June 2025" | {{abbr|NET|No earlier than}} June 2025<ref>{{cite web |last=Xin |first=Ling |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3249190/chinas-landspace-tests-prototype-zhuque-3-reusable-stainless-steel-rocket |title=China’s LandSpace tests prototype of Zhuque-3 reusable stainless steel rocket |work=[[SCMP]] |date=20 January 2024 |access-date=1 July 2024}}</ref>
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| [[Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center|Jiuquan]]
| TBD
| First flight of Zhuque-3
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