Landspace performs 9-engine static fire test for reusable Zhuque-3 rocket

Landspace performs 9-engine static fire test for reusable Zhuque-3 rocket

Chinese launch startup Landspace carried out a breakthrough static fire test Friday as it builds towards an orbital launch attempt with its Zhuque-3 rocket. The post Landspace performs 9-engine static fire test for reusable Zhuque-3 rocket  appeared first on SpaceNews.

Landspace Performs 9-engine Static Fire Test For Reusable Zhuque-3 Rocket  - Data Intelligence

HELSINKI — Chinese launch startup Landspace carried out a breakthrough static fire test Friday as it builds towards an orbital launch attempt with its Zhuque-3 rocket. The nine engines of the Zhuque-3 stainless steel first stage ignited at 12:00 a.m. Eastern (0400 UTC, 12:00 p.m. Beijing time) at Landspace’s launch pad 2 at the Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Test Zone at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China.  The Zhuque-3’s sel…

China's Landspace: Static Fire Test of Zhuque-3 Commercial Rocket 1st Stage

China's Landspace: Static Fire Test of Zhuque-3 Commercial Rocket 1st Stage🔥China commercial rocket provider Landspace conducted the first static fire of Zhuque-3's first stage propulsion system at 04:00 UTC June 20, 2025, on the newly built Zhuque-3 launch pad. Several factors make this rocket special: a stainless steel body, nine Tianque-12A metholox engines, and 7542kN of thrust.Beijing-based LandSpace became the world's first company to lau…