18 August 2026, 23:35 UTC
Honghu-03
LandSpace's second Zhuque-3 flight deployed the Honghu 03 satellite to orbit, then landed its stainless-steel first stage on legs at a site in Gansu Province, China's first successful recovery of an orbital-class rocket booster and the first-ever recovery of a stainless-steel booster.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 500 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 2 Zhuque-3 flights
- Date and time
- 18 August 2026, 23:35 UTC
- Rocket
- Zhuque-3
- Builder
- LandSpace
- Launch site
- Launch Area 96B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2026-189
- Launches in 2026
- 198th of 243
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