Second flight of LandSpace's methalox Zhuque-2, which reached a sun-synchronous orbit to become the world's first liquid oxygen/methane rocket to successfully reach orbit, following its failed debut in December 2022.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- SSO
- Sun-synchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 50 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 3 Zhuque-2 flights
- Date and time
- 12 July 2023, 01:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Zhuque-2
- Builder
- LandSpace
- Launch site
- Launch Area 96A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Test Flight
- International designator
- 2023-097
- Launches in 2023
- 104th of 223
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