27 November 2024, 02:00 UTC
Guangchuan-01 & 02
Debut flight of LandSpace's enhanced methane-fueled Zhuque-2E, launched from the Dongfeng commercial site near Jiuquan. It successfully deployed the Guangchuan-01 and 02 experimental satellites, which test laser inter-satellite communication links in low Earth orbit.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 150 kg (est.)
- Flight
- 1st
- of 3 Zhuque-2E flights
- Date and time
- 27 November 2024, 02:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Zhuque-2E
- Builder
- LandSpace
- Launch site
- Launch Area 96A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
- Payload
- Technology
- International designator
- 2024-221
- Launches in 2024
- 228th of 263
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