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'''LandSpace Technology Corporation''' ([[doing business as]] '''LandSpace''')<ref>{{cite web|date=30 September 2017|script-title=zh:
As of July 2023, the company's Zhuque-2 rocket became the first methane-fueled orbital launch vehicle in the world after reaching orbit on its second flight.<ref name="Jones2023" /><ref name="Beil" /> LandSpace plans to conduct three Zhuque-2 launches in 2024 and six in 2025.<ref name="sn-20231209" />
Since its founding, the company has established several aerospace infrastructure sites in [[Zhejiang]], including a $1.5 billion medium and large-scale liquid rocket assembly and test plant in [[Jiaxing]] and an intelligent manufacturing base in [[Huzhou]].<ref name="Jones2023" />▼
== History ==
▲Landspace Technology Corporation was established in 2015, after a Chinese government policy change in 2014 that allowed private capital into the space industry.<ref name="spacenewsaug23" /> Since its founding, the company has established several aerospace infrastructure sites in [[Zhejiang]], including a $1.5 billion medium and large-scale liquid rocket assembly and test plant in [[Jiaxing]] and an intelligent manufacturing base in [[Huzhou]].<ref name="Jones2023" />
LandSpace developed its first launch vehicle Zhuque-1, powered by [[Solid-propellant rocket|solid-propellant motors]]. Zhuque-1 was launched on 27 October 2018, however the payload failed to reach orbit due to an issue with the third stage.<ref name="Barbosa" /><ref name="Jones2018">{{cite magazine|last=Jones|first=Andrew|date=27 October 2018|title=Landspace fails to reach orbit with milestone private Chinese launch|url=https://spacenews.com/landspace-fails-to-reach-orbit-with-milestone-private-chinese-launch/|magazine=[[SpaceNews]]|access-date=28 October 2018}}</ref> The company also developed the liquid-fueled [[Zhuque-2]], which became the first methalox rocket in the world to reach orbit after a successful second flight on 12 July 2023.<ref>{{cite news|last=Zhao|first=Lei|date=12 July 2023|title=China launches first globally successful orbital mission for methane-fueled rocket|url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202307/12/WS64adfd51a31035260b815eaf.html|newspaper=[[China Daily]]|access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref>
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=== Zhuque-1 ===
[[File:Zhuque-1.png|thumb|upright=1.2|right|Zhuque-1]]
'''Zhuque-1''' ('''ZQ-1''', {{lang-zh|
The maiden flight of Zhuque-1 took place on
Following the launch, reports emerged that the solid rocket motor manufacturer had ended its contract with LandSpace, casting doubt on the future of Zhuque-1.<ref name="Gunter" /> Subsequently, LandSpace announced it would shift its focus to developing the methane-fueled Zhuque-2.<ref name="Jones2023">{{cite magazine|last=Jones|first=Andrew|date=12 July 2023|title=China's Landspace reaches orbit with methane-powered Zhuque-2 rocket|url=https://spacenews.com/chinas-landspace-reaches-orbit-with-methane-powered-zhuque-2-rocket/|magazine=[[SpaceNews]]|access-date=12 July 2023}}</ref>
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=== Zhuque-2 ===
{{Main|Zhuque-2}}
'''Zhuque-2''' ('''ZQ-2''') is a medium-sized [[liquid-fuelled rocket]] powered by [[liquid oxygen]] and [[methane]] capable of lifting {{cvt|6,000|kg}} of payload into a {{cvt|200|km}} LEO, or {{cvt|4,000|kg}} of payload into a {{cvt|500|km}} [[sun-synchronous orbit]] (SSO).<ref name="Lin&Singer" /><ref name="Beil">{{cite web|last=Beil|first=Adrian|date=11 July 2023|title=LandSpace claims win in the methane race to orbit via second ZhuQue-2 launch|url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/07/zhuque-2-launch2/|website=[[NASASpaceFlight.com]]|access-date=12 July 2023}}</ref> The rocket was planned to be launched in 2020,<ref>{{cite web|title=Landspace - ZQ-2 / Suzaku No. 2|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/china/zq-2.htm|website=[[GlobalSecurity.org]]|access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref> however by 2019 this had slipped to 2021,<ref name="spacenewsaug23">{{cite magazine|last=Jones|first=Andrew|date=10 December 2019|title=Chinese space launch firm Landspace raises $71 million|url=https://spacenews.com/chinese-space-launch-firm-landspace-raises-71-million/|magazine=[[SpaceNews]]|access-date=2 August 2023}}</ref> and later to December 2022.
The first flight of Zhuque-2 occurred on 14 December
=== 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.<ref name="sn-20231209">{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Andrew|title=Landspace launches third methane Zhuque-2, targets 2025 launch of new stainless steel rocket |url=https://spacenews.com/landspace-launches-third-methane-zhuque-2-targets-2025-launch-of-new-stainless-steel-rocket/ |access-date=2023-12-09|website=spacenews.com |date=9 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
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== Launches ==
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