Zhuque-2
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thumb|right|Zhuque-2 Launch Zhuque-2 (, ZQ-2) is a Chinese medium-class orbital launch vehicle developed by LandSpace. It is a liquid-fuelled rocket powered by liquid oxygen and liquid methane (methalox) and was the first methane-fueled rocket to reach orbit.
Key facts
- Rocket.name
- Zhuque-2
- Rocket.image
- Zhuque-2.jpg
- Rocket.caption
- Rendering of Zhuque-2
- Rocket.function
- Orbital launch vehicle
- Rocket.manufacturer
- LandSpace
- Rocket.country origin
- China
- Rocket.height
- Zhuque-2: Zhuque-2E:
- Rocket.stages
- 2
- Rocket.fail
- 2
- Rocket.last
- 15 August 2025
- Rocket/payload.location
- Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO)
- Rocket/payload.kilos
- Zhuque-2: Zhuque-2E:
- Rocket/stage.type
- stage
- Rocket/stage.stageno
- Second
- Rocket/stage.engines
- Zhuque-2: 1 × TQ-12 Vac 1 × TQ-11 (Vernier)Zhuque-2E: 1 × TQ-15A
- Rocket/stage.fuel
- LOX / CH4
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Design
- History
- 2E
- Launch statistics
- Launch outcomes & planned launches
- Launches
- See also
- References
thumb|right|Zhuque-2 Launch Zhuque-2 (, ZQ-2) is a Chinese medium-class orbital launch vehicle developed by LandSpace. It is a liquid-fuelled rocket powered by liquid oxygen and liquid methane (methalox) and was the first methane-fueled rocket to reach orbit.
== Design == Zhuque-2 has a liftoff weight of 216 tonnes and uses 4 TQ-12 methalox engines in the first stage, each with a thrust of . The second stage uses one vacuum-optimized TQ-12 with a thrust of in combination with a TQ-11 engine ( thrust), which acts as a vernier thruster.
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